Briar Cliff University in Sioux City has received a two-million-dollar endowment gift from the Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque. President Rachelle Karstens says the legacy gift is one of the largest in the University’s history and establishes the Sisters of St. Francis Endowed Chair in Theology.

Sister Kate Katoski, President of the Sisters of St. Francis, says the endowment will support and expand Briar Cliff’s theology program and infuse Catholic Franciscan values throughout Briar Cliff and into the community.

Briar Cliff was founded in 1929 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, with the approval of the Bishop of the Sioux City Diocese.  The Sisters of St. Francis have given six million dollars to Briar Cliff since the University’s inception.