Thomas More University has named the Office of the Registrar in honor of Sr. Irmina Saelinger, O.S.B., recognizing her impact as Thomas More’s first Registrar, among other roles she held in her decades of service to the University.

In Thomas More University at 100: Purpose, People and Pathways to Student Success, Raymond Hebert, PhD, writes about Sr. Irmina’s foundational role in the early days of the University:

“This early history was carefully chronicled by Sr. Irmina Saelinger, O.S.B., who served as Registrar at Villa Madonna College/Thomas More College (VMC/TMU) from 1928 to 1967, along with many other roles, some official and some unofficial in her 40+ years. Monsignor John Murphy, in his memoir, stated that she had been the “glue” that held together the campus and the interactions between students, faculty, and staff in the crucial decade before the move to the Crestview Hills campus. He event speculated that, in his opinion, she should have been selected as president in 1951 instead of him, which tells us how valuable she was and had been to the institution.” – Thomas More University at 100: Purpose, People, and Pathways to Student Success, p. 11

Sr. Irmina authored a history of the University’s origins, entitled Retrospect and Vista: the First Fifty Years of Thomas More College. Honoring her legacy, the Thomas More Alumni Association awarded Sr. Irmina Saelinger the Lasting Influence Award in 2022. Members of the Saelinger family attended a dedication ceremony during Homecoming week in September 2025 as they visited campus.