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Management Faculty Member Leads Executive Education Conference
Business & LawJoseph T. Bork, president of ProEd and co-owner of the Conference on Management and Executive Development, joined his organizations in holding their 46th annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Bork is a participating adjunct faculty member in Opus College of Business. The conference was held in conjunction with Rollins College serving as a premium co-sponsor. Directors,…
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Family Business Center Director Receives the Hubler Award
Business & LawJon Keimig, director of the University of St. Thomas Family Business Center at Opus College of Business, recently received the Hubler Award for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Working with Family Businesses. Twin Cities Business magazine presents the Hubler Award as part of its annual Minnesota Family Business Awards, acknowledging outstanding work in advancing family businesses in… -
Dr. Pamela Patnode of The Saint Paul Seminary Shares Insights on Catholic Education
Faith and MissionDr. Pamela Patnode, program director for Certificate in Catholic School Leadership at The Saint Paul Seminary, has provided her perspectives in several talks to the Catholic educational community. She was the keynote speaker for Chesterton Schools Network National Conference (Minneapolis) and a workshop presenter at the Duc In Altum Schools Summit (Washington, D.C.). Patnode also… -
Opus College of Business Professor Emeritus Publishes Third Edition of Business Economics Book
Professional NotesCambridge University Press recently published the third edition of Dr. Charles M. “Mel” Gray’s co-authored book, The Economics of Art and Culture. Gray is Professor Emeritus of Business Economics in the Opus College of Business and Senior Fellow with the Center for the Common Good. The third edition was delayed by the death of Gray’s original… -
Faculty Member Talks Intersectionality With Land O’Lakes
Arts & HumanitiesMike Klein, associate professor of justice and peace studies and chair of the Justice and Society Studies Department, presented to Land O’Lakes employees Oct. 25. Klein’s talk, titled “Building Bridges Not Walls,” was on intersectionality and conflict transformation. Six hundred Land O’Lakes employees attended the talk as part of the organization’s DEI Learning Series. -
Christopher Michaelson Named New President of the Society for Business Ethics
Professional NotesChristopher Michaelson, the Opus Distinguished Professor of Principled Leadership and academic director of the Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership at The University St. Thomas, has been named the new president of the Society for Business Ethics. The Society for Business Ethics is widely regarded as the leading global academic association for… -
The Entrepreneuring Tommie: How Purple Passion Fueled a Multimillion-Dollar Adventure
AlumniImagine being a young entrepreneur with a start-up company so successful it sells for millions of dollars in less than five years. That’s the bragging rights of University of St. Thomas alumnus Matt Michalski ’19. This summer he and two co-founders sold their 5-year-old content management company Aryeo to real estate listing giant Zillow for…