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Joining Boston Consulting Group With Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm
Business & LawSchulze Innovation Scholar Grace Northamer ’22 has shared the stage with Dick Schulze and recently moderated a panel for Women Entrepreneurship Week. The Newsroom connected with Northamer on her entrepreneurial enthusiasm, studying abroad, career aspirations and more. What was it like serving as the moderator of the Women Entrepreneurship Week panel? How did it differ…
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St. Thomas Students Pursue Next Big Idea
Business & LawAnderson Student Center was bustling with entrepreneurial creativity Nov. 18 as University of St. Thomas students pitched their business ideas to judges at the Fowler Business Concept Challenge. Students competed for more than $88,000 in scholarships with ideas ranging from face scanning technology for EMTs to an app helping Hispanic Americans obtain financial literacy. Students… -
St. Thomas Breaks Into Top 20 in Princeton Review Entrepreneurship Rankings
Business & LawThe University of St. Thomas’ entrepreneurial studies program is drawing more national attention, as more people take note of the unique experiences and opportunities it’s creating for undergraduate students. A year after jumping 10 spots in the Princeton Review’s annual list of top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship advanced another five to… -
VIDEO: Air Force ROTC Cadets March in Honor of POW-MIA Service Members
PhotosThe U.S. Air Force ROTC Detachment 410 and the campus chapter of Arnold Air Society, a national professional and service organization, began its 36th annual Veterans Day vigil Nov. 10 as the temperature dropped. Cadets will march slowly and solemnly near the flagpole in the center of the lower quad on the St. Paul campus… -
Transferring to St. Thomas for Exercise Science
Health & EducationAfter attending Johns Hopkins University, her “dream school,” for a year, Ally Starks ’25 decided that a change of pace was in order. Burnt out, the Bloomington, Minnesota, native took a year off to focus on her mental health and coach volleyball. She switched from studying pre-med molecular and cellular biology at Johns Hopkins to… -
Sights and Sounds: Homecoming 2022
PhotosStudents, faculty, staff, alumni and families showed off their Tommie pride last week for homecoming. From the golf cart parade to food trucks to Tommie sports, there were a variety of activities for everyone. The football team secured a 26-14 victory over Drake with a 100-yard rushing and three-touchdown performance by running back Gabe Abel,… -
First Friday: Bill George on Authentic Leadership
Five ObservationsThe First Friday Speaker Series kicked off its 2022-23 season Oct. 7 with a conversation on authentic leadership between business leader and bestselling author Bill George and Dr. MayKao Hang, vice president of strategic initiatives and founding dean of the Morrison Family College of Health. The college is the recent recipient of a $500,000 grant… -
New Enrollment Management VP Focuses on St. Thomas Thriving
People & CultureAn early experience with higher education shaped the professional career of Omar Correa, St. Thomas’ new vice president of strategic enrollment management. Beginning his academic career at the University of Puerto Rico, Correa braved a transition to Iowa State University to complete a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, although he did not speak English at the… -
Sights and Sounds: 2022 Welcome Week
Quotes from the QuadWith a flurry of activities ranging from March Through the Arches to Headphone Disco and the Mass of the Holy Spirit, the 2022-23 academic year kicked off to an energetic start. Check out these Welcome Week photos from Mark Brown and Liam James Doyle, as well as the video produced by Brad Jacobsen and Nick…