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Laura Hankins ’23 Selected for Fulbright Award
Global Learning and StrategyUniversity of St. Thomas senior Laura Hankins has earned the distinguished honor of being named a grantee from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. “When I found out I had received the award, I was overwhelmed with joy and gratitude, thanking God for the opportunity I had been given,” Hankins said. “As I was still shaking…
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First Friday: Soledad O’Brien Shares Insights on Courage, Trust and Diversity
Five ObservationsUniversity of St. Thomas alumna and journalist Georgia Fort ’11, host of the CW’s “Here’s the Truth,” interviewed nationally recognized journalist, documentarian and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien for the last First Friday Speaker Series of the 2022-23 academic year. In the conversation, which took place when O’Brien was in the Twin Cities for the ThreeSixty Journalism… -
St. Thomas Faculty Share Their Research Lightning Fast
ResearchTen St. Thomas faculty members from across the university took over Scooter’s in Anderson Student Center to share five-minute, high-level presentations of their most recent research projects for the inaugural Faculty Lightning Talks. “This (Faculty Lightning Talks) event is very helpful for us to gain an understanding of the actual research work that is performed… -
Second Straight Year: St. Thomas Earns Military Friendly School Gold
University NewsThe University of St. Thomas’ dedication to student veterans continues to be recognized at the top level. For the second year in a row, the university received the Military Friendly School Gold Award. St. Thomas has been recognized as a Military Friendly School for six years in a row. “I’m thankful to St. Thomas faculty,… -
An Entrepreneurship Doubleheader
Business & LawThe entrepreneurial spirit was in the air all day March 3 on the University of St. Thomas Minneapolis campus. That’s when the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship held for the first time a combined competition day with the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge (Fowler GSIC) Campus Finals in the morning and the St. Thomas Business Plan… -
Social Work Alumna Meghan Green ’22 Pays It Forward
Diversity, Equity and InclusionThe trajectory of Meghan Green’s life changed on Oct. 5, 2015. A University of St. Thomas junior at the time, studying neuroscience, Green had a stroke caused by medication while lifting weights in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex. She was rushed to Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Green spent the next 100 days between the hospital… -
First Friday: A Commitment to Veterans
AlumniAs the University of St. Thomas is on a mission to become the most veteran-friendly campus in the Upper Midwest, it’s fitting that the topic of recruiting, retaining and advancing veterans was the focus of a First Friday Speaker Series conversation. In his introduction to the March 3 panel discussion, St. Thomas President Rob Vischer… -
State of the University: Momentum and Aspirations
President's OfficeThe University of St. Thomas’ place as Minnesota’s largest private university is well established, but Rob Vischer knows its impact can be felt far beyond the state’s borders. In his first State of the University address as St. Thomas’ president, Vischer indicated it’s time for more people across the country to know about the work… -
Three St. Thomas Students Named Fulbright Semifinalists
University NewsThree University of St. Thomas students are semifinalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year: senior Laura Hankins (neuroscience), Alli Preece ’21 (Spanish and political science), and Adalí Flores-Mendoza (communications studies, Spanish, and English with emphasis on professional writing). Flores-Mendoza and Preece applied to teach English in South Korea and Colombia, respectively. Hankins applied…