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      Angie Vognild
      October 22, 2019
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    • Golden hour sunlight streaks down a walkway next to the Anderson Student Center on the St. Paul campus on March 23, 2020. Most students were off campus and all classes moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

      Rallying Behind Our Students: St. Thomas Responds to COVID-19

      Rachel Reisig
      July 7, 2020
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      When (Not) in Rome: An Oral History of the Decision to Close Bernardi Campus

      Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
      July 14, 2020
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Tommie Give Day Collaboration Provides 900 Masks to Catholic Charities

Rachel Reisig
November 24, 2020
Center for the Common Good, COVID-19 Response, Events, Front Page, News, Our Community, St. Thomas Responds, Tommie Traditions, University News
The number of donors and dollars raised on Tommie Give Day shattered previous records, and the Tommie Network rallied for a community partner: Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Please Remember in Your Prayers Don Regan

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
November 24, 2020
Front Page, In Our Prayers, News, Our Community
Don Regan, founding chairman of Premier Banks and a steadfast supporter of St. Thomas, passed away on Oct. 23 at the age of 91.
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Law Students Assist in Ongoing Research to Create a New Legal Test for Establishment Clause Cases

Joan Wieland
November 24, 2020
Academic News, Front Page, Murphy Institute, News, School of Law, School of Law Current Students, School of Law News Feed
St. Thomas Law students Annie Boeckers and Megan Massie have been collaborating with law professor Greg Sisk to compile data for a third installment of his research into religious liberty decisions in the federal courts.

Fowler Business Concept Challenge Finalists Pay It Forward

Michael Derus
November 24, 2020
Academic News, Events, News, Opus College of Business, Our Community, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, Top News
"Sankofa" was a fitting theme for the Fowler Business Concept Challenge, which concluded in an online award ceremony last Friday.
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Please Remember in Your Prayers Professor Emeritus Bob Brown

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
November 23, 2020
Academic News, Front Page, In Our Prayers, Leadership, News, Notices, Our Community, School of Education
Please remember in your prayers Professor Emeritus Bob Brown, who died Nov. 14.
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COVID-19 Situation Update: Nov. 19

President Julie Sullivan
November 19, 2020
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President Julie Sullivan shared important updates regarding Gov. Tim Walz’s latest executive order and its impact on St. Thomas.
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Upcoming Free Virtual Event: ‘A Christmas Carol and the Common Good’

Michael Derus
November 19, 2020
Academic News, News, Opus College of Business, Top News
“'A Christmas Carol' and the Common Good,” presented by the Guthrie Theater and the Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership at the University of St. Thomas, will examine themes of leadership, social justice and business ethics through the lens of the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol."
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Princeton Review: St. Thomas Tops MN Entrepreneurship Programs

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
November 17, 2020
Academic News, News, Opus College of Business, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, Top News
St. Thomas is the only Minnesota school to make this year’s Princeton Review list of top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs.

St. Thomas Remains High in Rankings for Study Abroad and International Students

The Newsroom
November 16, 2020
Academic News, Admissions, Front Page, Globalization, News, Our Community, Study Abroad, University News
The Institute of International Education recently released Open Doors Report 2020. St. Thomas has the most international students among private universities in Minnesota and remains fourth in the state overall for international enrollment.
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Please Remember in Your Prayers Professor Emeritus Michael Sullivan

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
November 11, 2020
Front Page, In Our Prayers, News, Notices, Opus College of Business, Our Community
Please remember in your prayers Professor Emeritus Michael Sullivan, who died Nov. 7.
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Five Observations: First Friday with Archie Black

Jamie Tjornehoj ’22 and Brant Skogrand ’04 MBC
November 9, 2020
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Archie Black, CEO and president of SPS Commerce, sat down with Distinguished University Chair, Professor and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative Dr. Yohuru Williams on Nov. 6 for the First Friday Speaker Series.
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Five Students Named University Innovation Fellows

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
November 6, 2020
Academic News, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Computer and Information Systems, Current Students, Emerging Media, Front Page, News, Opus College of Business, Our Community, Physics, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, Statistics
A group of University of St. Thomas students recently completed training to join the University Innovation Fellows.
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Dougherty Family College Student Receives Volunteer Award

The Newsroom
November 6, 2020
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Dougherty Family College student Khadra Sharif was recognized with the Don Friborg Student of the Year Award at nonprofit BestPrep’s virtual Annual Lunch-In event.
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Tommie Experts: Facing Domestic Abuse Among Immigrant Latinas

Catherine Luz Marrs Fuchsel, PhD, LICSW, LCSW, MSW
November 6, 2020
Academic News, Faculty, Morrison Family College of Health, News, Our Community, School of Social Work, Tommie Experts, Top News
In this Tommie Experts column, Dr. Catherine Luz Marrs Fuchsel stresses the importance of raising awareness about the global problem of domestic violence.
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Spring Term Study Abroad Suspended

The Newsroom
November 5, 2020
Academic News, COVID-19 Response, For Students, Front Page, Globalization, News, Notices, Our Community, St. Thomas Responds, Study Abroad
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the university has made the decision to suspend all spring term 2021 study abroad programming.
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Formation of the Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming

President Julie Sullivan
November 5, 2020
Anti-Racism Efforts, News, Our Community, President's Office, Top News
President Julie Sullivan shared more details about the Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming.

A Message About the 2020 Election from President Julie Sullivan

President Julie Sullivan
November 2, 2020
Front Page, News, Our Community, President's Office
President Julie Sullivan shared a message with the St. Thomas community about the 2020 election.

Three Years in a Row: Princeton Review Names St. Thomas to List of Green Colleges

The Newsroom
October 30, 2020
Front Page, News, Our Community, Sustainability
For the third consecutive year, St. Thomas was named by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges.
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Athletics Addresses DEI with New Committees and Initiative

The Newsroom
October 30, 2020
Anti-Racism Efforts, Athletics, News, Our Community, Top News
The Athletic Department is advancing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts with two new committees and an initiative titled “Shed a Little Light.”
Kia Johnson hoists the national championship trophy as her teammates celebrate after UST's NCAA Division III Volleyball title game against Calvin College in Holland, Michigan on November 17, 2012. The game took place at Hope College in the DeVos Fieldhouse before a record crowd. UST won the title after coming back from two sets down to defeat number one ranked Calvin 3-2.

Introducing the Tommie Athletic Fund

The Newsroom
October 26, 2020
Athletics, New Athletics Conference, News, Our Community, Top News
St. Thomas announced its first-ever endowed athletics scholarships today, as it unveiled a new philanthropy initiative that will help support the university along its historic transition to Division I athletics.

Please Remember in Your Prayers Carmelita M. McMillan

The Newsroom
October 23, 2020
Front Page, In Our Prayers, News, Notices, Our Community
Please remember in your prayers Carmelita M. McMillan, mother of Ea McMillan Porter, staff member in the School of Education, and mother-in-law of Louis Porter II ’12 EdD, faculty member in Dougherty Family College.
Loras Hall is shown July 31, 2017.

Panel Discusses Bishop Mathias Loras and Loras Hall

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
October 23, 2020
Academic News, Anti-Racism Efforts, Catholic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, History, News, Our Community, Top News
In the next step of a deliberative process related to concerning information recently received about Bishop Mathias Loras, the namesake of Loras Hall, a panel answered questions and shared best practices on truth and reconciliation.
Students walk toward the Frey Science and Engineering Center on a sunny winter day in St. Paul on February 5, 2020, in St. Paul.

Newly Formed Department Connects with Class of 2020

Michael Derus
October 22, 2020
Alumni, COVID-19 Response, News, Our Community, St. Thomas Responds, Staff, Top News
A newly formed department at St. Thomas is assisting the Class of 2020, who graduated into a world that would have been unrecognizable just months before.
The University of St. Thomas sign in front of the Anderson Student Center. Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas

USG Issues Resolution Denouncing Hate

Brant Skogrand '04 MBC
October 21, 2020
Anti-Racism Efforts, Current Students, Front Page, News, Our Community
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has issued a resolution denouncing white supremacy and hatred in all forms.
Students hang out on the lower quad on a beautiful fall afternoon during Homecoming week on October 9, 2020, in St. Paul.

Dear Tommies: Gratitude from USG

Undergraduate Student Government
October 21, 2020
COVID-19 Response, Current Students, Faculty, Front Page, News, Our Community, St. Thomas Responds, Staff
The Undergraduate Student Government expresses gratitude to all members of the St. Thomas community that have played a role in the return to campus this fall.
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