In the spirit of Presentation foundress, Nano Nagle, the Dubuque Presentation sisters initiate a $1,500 Nano Nagle College Scholarship to further her legacy of education. Nano Nagle was a young Irish woman who spent her days teaching those who would have otherwise been deprived of an education and her evenings were spent walking through the streets of Cork, Ireland bringing food and medicine, comfort and hope to those in need. Nano Nagle was a WOMAN of SERVICE. Her life reflected her own words, “If I could be of service in any part of the world, I would gladly do all in my power to do so.”

Today the Sisters of the Presentation follow in Nano’s footsteps by serving in education, pastoral ministry, chaplaincy and advocacy for the disadvantaged and those made poor throughout the United States and Bolivia.

The 2024 $1,500 Nano Nagle Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving senior from Wahlert Catholic High School, Iowa, who plans to further his or her education. This scholarship rotates among the many high schools in which Presentation Sisters have ministered. In the following years, the scholarship was awarded to the following schools:

        2023: Columbus Catholic High School in Waterloo, Iowa
        2022: Beckman High School in Dyersville, Iowa
        2021: St. Edmond High School in Fort Dodge, Iowa
        2020: St. Mary High School in Storm Lake, Iowa
        2019: Newman High School in Mason City, Iowa
        2018: Bishop Garrigan High School, Algona, Iowa
        2017: Wahlert High Catholic School, Dubuque Iowa
        2016: Columbus Catholic High School in Waterloo, Iowa
        2015: Beckman High School in Dyersville, Iowa
        2014: St. Edmond High School in Fort Dodge, Iowa
        2013: St. Mary High School in Storm Lake, Iowa
        2012: Newman High School in Mason City, Iowa
        2011: Bishop Garrigan High School, Algona, Iowa
        2010: Wahlert High Catholic School, Dubuque Iowa

The Nano Nagle College Scholarship is awarded to a student who models self-giving service helping to improve the lives of others and meets the following criteria:

• uses his or her God-given talents for the betterment of others
• exemplifies exceptional service
• needs financial assistance
• satisfactorily completes the application and provides two letters of recommendation

Interested students complete the application form and submit two letters of recommendation by April 1 of the current year. Announcement is made at the end of April.