On March 25, 2022 the Carlow University community celebrated a 'good beginning' with the inauguration of Kathy W. Humphrey, PhD. Committed to transforming generations through innovative educational opportunities, Humphrey makes history as the University's first Black president.
Kathy Wilson Humphrey, PhD, is the 11th president of Carlow University. With more than 35 years in higher education, she is revered as an inspirational and visionary leader with a wealth of experience in planning and budgeting; community engagement; diversity, equity and inclusion; and board management.
Dr. Humphrey embraces Carlow’s Mercy heritage and longstanding commitment to social justice as the key to positively impacting and transforming generations of lives. Passionate about helping more students gain access to and complete postsecondary education, she identifies with the 44 percent of PELL-eligible undergraduate students at Carlow, as she, too, was a PELL-eligible college student.
Please consider honoring Dr. Humphrey with a gift towards her vision of excellence for Carlow University.
▸ Give to the President’s Fund for Excellence
Carlow University is honored to have the following individuals present at the Inauguration of President Humphrey.
Pastor Brian Edmonds
Senior Pastor
Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh
Rich Fitzgerald
County Executive
Allegheny County
Ed Gainey
Mayor
of Pittsburgh
Patrick Gallagher, PhD
Chancellor
University of Pittsburgh
Sister Patricia McDermott, RSM
President
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Rabbi Schmuel Weinstein
Director
Chabad House on Campus, Pittsburgh
His Excellency, Most Reverend David A. Zubik, DD
Bishop
Diocese of Pittsburgh
Guests are not required to wear a mask indoors but are encouraged to mask based on their preference or need. Those with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to COVID-19 should not attend.
Inauguration Day
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2022
10:15 a.m. Inaugural Mass
St. Paul Cathedral
11:30 a.m. Lunch Reception (invitation only)
1:15 p.m. Academic Procession Line-up
Carnegie Music Hall Foyer
1:45 p.m. Inaugural Procession
Carnegie Music Hall Foyer
2 p.m. Installation Ceremony
Carnegie Music Hall
Reception immediately following Ceremony – all guests are invited to attend