Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University announces that Sister Nancy Schreck, O.S.F., D. Min., has been named chairperson of the Briar Cliff University Board of Trustees.

Sr. Nancy graduated from Briar Cliff in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She holds a master’s degree in theology from Boston College, Boston, Mass., and a doctorate degree in ministry from Pacific School of Religion, Berkley, Calif.

Currently, Sr. Nancy is president of the Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa. She has held numerous leadership positions, including director of the initial formation of the Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa; pastoral administrator at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Houston, Miss.; vice president of Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque; program director for Excel Inc. in Okolona, Miss.; and facilitator and retreat director for a variety of national and international organizations. She has been president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) and currently is a U.S. delegate to the International Union of Superiors General with offices in Rome.

Sr. Nancy has served on many organizational Boards of Directors, including the National Association of Religious Women in Chicago; the Sacred Heart Southern Missions in Walls, Miss.; Excel Community Center, Food Bank and Baby Steps Health Initiative, all in Okolona, Miss.; Hospice and Mercy Medical Center, in Dubuque.

Sr. Nancy is the recipient of the Good Samaritan Award from the Catholic Development Foundation in recognition of service to those most in need.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.