By Jamie Borowicz ’82
“Each decade brings with it a need for a specifc type of progress involving radical change.” When a discerning Sister Carolyn Herrmann made that statement just prior to her retirement as Mercyhurst College president in 1972, she was refecting on the turmoil that marked the transition from the late ‘60s to the early ‘70s and what it meant for a Mercy institution in such a rapidly changing world. When Vice President for Mission Greg Baker chose that sentiment as inspiration for a painting the university commissioned local artist Jamie Borowicz to create last spring, prior to the pandemic, little did he know how authentically Sister’s words would resonate today. Order your professional print today: mhur.st/artwork
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