Class of ’18 in the Spotlight
Congratulations, Class of '18 – you did it! We celebrate some of the amazing accomplishments of your years at St. Thomas with a roundup of all the Newsroom stories spotlighting graduating seniors.
Humans of St. Thomas – Tobias Knight
A Renaissance man of sorts, Tommie Award finalist Tobias Knight put together an eclectic resume of experiences in four amazing years at St. Thomas
Humans of St. Thomas – Jules Porter
Meet Jules Porter, the joint J.D./MBA graduate student who developed the idea for video game company Seraph 7 Studios and won $16,000 in the Fowler Business Concept Challenge and $10,000 in the St. Thomas Business Plan Competition.
Humans of St. Thomas – Halle Mason
Humans of St. Thomas spotlights Halle Mason, a "Pride and Prejudice" guru with nearly 7,000 followers on her Looking for Mr. Darcy Instagram.
Humans of St. Thomas – Michael Scham
This St. Thomas Spanish professor has transformed his passion for tango into not only a beloved hobby but also a dedicated area of academic research and teaching.
Humans of St. Thomas: Keanu Daley
Welcome Jamaican Keanu Daley to Minnesota. He's an actuarial science major with deep thespian roots and is finishing his first year at St. Thomas.
Humans of St. Thomas: Michael Stevens
Michael Stevens, co-president of St. Thomas' Theology Club and a theology major, loves studying, you guessed it, theology. He also can out eat most humans at a buffet and go head to head with the world's greatest PlayStation enthusiasts.
Humans of St. Thomas: Jonathon Shields
Humans of St. Thomas caught up with junior music performance and music business major Jonathon Shields, who uses his musical talents to bring joy to elderly homes and children hospitals around the Twin Cities.
Humans of St. Thomas – Meghan Sharkus
Meghan Sharkus is tackling the same challenges as her freshman classmates, plus the added challenge of running her own business, which is dedicated to improving the education, design appeal and safety of insulin kits for children with diabetes.
Humans of St. Thomas – Patrick Fisher
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Humans of St. Thomas visits with Patrick Fisher, a senior triple major in philosophy, Catholic studies and mathematics with a big appetite for big ideas.
Humans of St. Thomas – Sarah Lynch
This girl is into music.
Humans of St. Thomas – Peter Southard
Opus College of Business associate professor Peter Southard is into trains. Big time.
Humans of St. Thomas: Talia Nadir
Talia Nadir, one of St. Thomas' research and instruction librarians, discusses what it was like growing up in Israel, how a global awareness and love of traveling influences raising three teenage sons, and why people need to stop assuming that librarians just organize and shelf books.
Humans of St. Thomas: Ryan Foster
Ryan Foster '18 is the sophomore class president and, unlike most of the human population, is not afraid of public speaking.
Humans of St. Thomas: Emma Kopp
Junior American culture and difference/women's studies double major Emma Kopp is as enchanting as she is unconventional.
Humans of St. Thomas: Xiaowen Guan
Communication and journalism professor Xiaowen Guan's whole life is a blend of cultures, from her Chinese roots, to her research, to her Irish husband, to her Star Wars-approved son's name.
Humans of St. Thomas: Shannon Twiss and Hannah Drazenovich
Roommates Shannie and Hannie met just before starting at St. Thomas because their grandmothers had been roommates when they attended college.
Humans of St. Thomas: Batoyun Uranchimeg
During weeks when our world has been inundated with too much darkness, loss and anguish, it seems timely to shine a light on one beacon of what is right and good in the world. Carol Bruess introduces us to COJO staff member Batoyun "Oyuna" Uranchimeg.
Humans of St. Thomas: Jake Rubash
Meet Olympic lifting, pug-loving Jake Rubash, a senior mechanical engineering major at St. Thomas.
Humans of St. Thomas: Todd Lawrence
English professor Todd Lawrence got to St. Thomas thanks to as little math as possible, a smoke-filled advising session from a college professor, and a just plain love of books.
Humans of St. Thomas: Mashael Aljahdali
Carol Bruess is back with this year's first installment of the popular Humans of St. Thomas series. She chats with graduate student Mashael Aljahdali who loves her family and dreams of working at a university – and who is almost never not smiling.
The Scroll: Humans of St. Thomas and Talee Vang
Talee Vang is one remarkable woman – Thai refugee camp survivor, mother of three young children, granddaughter of a legendary Hmong general’s confidant and St. Thomas doctoral student in professional psychology. Carol Bruess and Meredith Heneghan caught up with her at a coffee shop for a Humans of St. Thomas interview for The Scroll.
The Scroll and Humans of St. Thomas: Vito Sauro
Did you know St. Thomas has a thriving Table Top Game Club? It does! And senior Vito Sauro is its president. Meet Sauro, the latest Tommie to be profiled as part of Carol Bruess’ Humans of St. Thomas series, in The Scroll.
The Scroll: Humans of St. Thomas and Nyasia Arradondo
Earlier this month, readers met St. Thomas junior Nick Jordan in a Humans of St. Thomas Scroll, and also learned about his friend and classmate Nyasia Arradondo. She is so interesting that Scroll correspondents Carol Bruess and Meredith Heneghan felt compelled to write a separate Scroll about her.