BCU Sister Muriel Ford Circle of Mentors for Women Hosts Program on Women’s Personal Safety

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Sister Muriel Ford Circle of Mentors for Women hosted the program “Personal Safety for Women” on Monday, April 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the St. Francis Center on the Briar Cliff campus.

Keynote speaker Judy Kellen ’89, of the Sioux City Police Department addressed the  personal safety of women in public places, such as parking lots, ATM lines and online.

The Sister Muriel Ford Circle of Mentors for Women was created in 2005 to serve as an opportunity for mentors to share their leadership and professional skills with female students at Briar Cliff.
The program is named after Sister Muriel Ford, alumni director at Briar Cliff from 1946 to 1969 who was also a member and chairperson of the sociology department for 35 years.

For more information about the Sister Muriel Ford Circle of Mentors for Women, please contact Amy Meister, director of alumni relations at (712) 279-1705 or amy.meister@briarcliff.edu.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states, Bosnia, Canada, Ecuador and Pakistan.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion.