Photo Services Best of 2017
What you see here is a record of the pride and care we took with the slices of St. Thomas we encountered in 2017.
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Author Mike Ekern '02
Mike Ekern '02
Director of Photography
Mike Ekern is the director of photography for the University of St. Thomas.
Photo Services Best of 2016
St. Thomas photographers have chosen their favorites from the more than 5,000 photographs collected in 2016.
Depth of Field – Welcome Week
St. Thomas kicked off a new academic year with a Welcome Days program that included educational and entertaining programs for first-year students during their first few days on campus.
Depth of Field: ‘Moonshine Abbey’
Get a sneak peek of "Moonshine Abbey," the latest production from the Saint Paul Seminary to be staged April 22-24.
Photo Services Best of 2015
Sunset through a Minneapolis skyway. A solemn procession of the faithful. A lizard. St. Thomas photographers picked these moments and others as their favorites from the more than 5,000 photographs collected in 2015.
Depth of Field: The Borromeo Procession
Seminarians and lay people celebrated the 11th annual Borromeo Weekend with a procession across campus.
Depth of Field: Opening Celebration
St. Thomas welcomed 1,651 new Tommies on the 130th anniversary of its founding by Archbishop John Ireland.
Depth of Field: Baseball Light Painting
Photographer Mike Ekern '02 and some Tommie baseball players light paint their way to this year's promo photos.
Depth of Field: WineHaven
Photographer Mike Ekern explored WineHaven, a Chisago City winery and vineyard run by Kyle Peterson.
Depth of Field: Photo Services’ Best of 2014
The quiet contemplation of a documentary videographer. The excitement of a football fan. The rapture of a musical performance. We’ve picked these moments, and the others you see here, from the more than 5,000 we collected in 2014 as our favorites of the year.
Depth of Field: Farewell to Fall
Autumn put on a spectacular show and St. Thomas photographers were there to document a small slice of it.
Depth of Field: Homecoming 2014
Brilliant sunshine and a welcoming atmosphere greeted attendees of the 2014 homecoming events.
Depth of Field: Signs of Spring
The winter of 2013-14 was the coldest in 35 years according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. But with temperatures after today predicted to be above freezing, it's only a matter of time before scenes like these show up all over campus.
Depth of Field: Photo Services’ Best Photos of 2013
Historic steel being lowered to the ground. Lightning as it arcs above campus. St. Thomas presidents, past and present, walking together. We've picked these moments, and the others you see here, from the more than 5,000 we collected in 2013 as our best of the year.
Depth of Field: Bridge Work
More than 12,000 pounds of debris from the 35W bridge collapse has arrived on campus. The remnants will serve as a reminder to those who aspire to engineer a better future for all of us.
Depth of Field: Somewhere Else … Is Mischke
Tommy Mischke '87, the broadcast outcast, steps down.
Depth of Field: Best of Sport 2012-13
Last season was a banner year for St. Thomas sports. Relive it with the best images from St. Thomas photographers.
Depth of Field: Kites
Lance Ramm flies a kite on the John P. Monahan Plaza as part of an event celebrating St. Thomas' wind power initiatives and Earth Week April 25.
Depth of Field: In Defense of Winter
By now winter is the season we despise with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. We shouldn't let that stop us from taking a look back at what winter was before it became the March and April bully.
Depth of Field Icons: Harry Truman
St. Thomas President Father Vincent Flynn (left) greets U.S. President Harry Truman (center) and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey on Summit Avenue as Truman and Humphrey travel from Minneapolis to St. Paul's Hotel Lowry on Nov. 3, 1949.
Depth of Field Icons: Cardinal Ratzinger on Campus
Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, he was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger -- and he visited St. Thomas in 1984 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of St. John Vianney Seminary.
Depth of Field: Black and White World
The first "real" photos I took, with even a bit of photo knowledge in my head, were on T-Max 400 black and white film for The Aquin and The Aquinas yearbook. For the next three years black and white was all I shot as I learned how not to make a complete fool of myself with a camera.
Depth of Field: Photo Services’ Best Photos of 2012
Simple blades of prairie grass silhouetted in the moments before night. The exultation of an improbable victory. A firm touch as a final goodbye. We've picked these moments, and the others you see here, from the more than 5,000 we collected in 2012 as our best of the year.