London Alumni and Students Celebrate ThanksgivingThose gathered included current study abroad students, U.K.-based alumni and London Business Semester program directors.
St. Thomas’ Study Abroad, International Enrollment Rankings RiseThe Institute of International Education’s Open Doors Report 2017 recently released its annual report on international enrollment and U.S. students who study abroad during college.
Two Spring Graduates to Study Overseas as Fulbright ScholarsSchool of Law student Christina Espey-Sundt '17 will study refugee and immigration law in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Senior Mitchell Sullivan, a triple major in German, international studies and political science, heads to Germany in the Fulbright's English Teaching Assistantship program.
Global Learning and Strategies/Office of Study Abroad to Offer Two Webinars on Global LearningThe Office of Study Abroad at the University of St. Thomas will host two webinars: Global Learning, Technology, and Big Data: Expanding the Use of Analytics in February and Assessing Global Learning: Methods, Metrics and Meaning in April.
International Experiences Illuminated in Study Abroad Photo ContestPhoto submissions highlight the varied experiences of our Tommies abroad and the many ways in which St. Thomas students are engaging globally.
Study Abroad Participation Jumps to Eighth in Nation; International Enrollment at 15-Year HighThe annual Open Doors Report on international education shows St. Thomas continues to show strong, and growing, international student enrollment and study abroad participation.
Keep Calm and Study Abroad: Celebrating 20 Years of London Business SemesterEach fall for the past 20 years, a growing cohort of St. Thomas business undergraduates have escaped the confines of their American classrooms and traveled to the U.K. to spend a semester studying in London as ...
J-Term 2017 Study Abroad Open House Is March 17Interested students should attend to learn more about the programs available and to speak with faculty directors and program representatives.
St. Thomas Joins the Diversity Abroad Network for Study AbroadThe Diversity Abroad Network is the leading professional consortium dedicated to advancing diversity and inclusive practices in study abroad.
Dr. Monica Hartmann Named Inaugural Rome CORE Semester Faculty DirectorDr. Monica Hartmann, Economics Department, will lead the first iteration of the program in fall 2016 and teach ECON 251 Principles of Macroeconomics.
Study Abroad: The Positive Potential of 962 TommiesSt. Thomas will welcome home 137 fall semester study abroad students and soon will be sending off 133 spring semester students, 62 VISION participants and a record-breaking 630 J-Term students.
On the Cusp of History in CubaThirteen master’s students from the International Leadership Program and the Murray Institute saw history in the making this summer during a trip to Cuba as part of a study abroad experience.
International Students’ Ranking at St. Thomas Rises to Fourth in MinnesotaThe Institute of International Education’s Open Doors Report 2015 recently released its annual report on international enrollment and U.S. students who study abroad during college.
Opportunity: IndiaOpus College of Business Dean Stefanie Lenway traveled to India to explore opportunities for St. Thomas students to study abroad and work in local social enterprises during a J. Term course.
J-Term Abroad: Marketing in Emerging MarketsOne of the recurring themes in MBA study abroad is not necessarily the amazing cities we visited writes Kressen Anderson but the relationships we formed with each other while we were there.
International Leadership Program Plans Cuba Study AbroadAs Cuba opens up for Americans, 11 students in the International Leadership Program and two from the Murray Institute will be among the first to witness the island country’s transition. The Obama administration...
Learn About the Irish Gaelic Language, Study Abroad OpportunitiesTom Jeffers, adjunct Gaelic professor, and Clar Johnston, the current Irish Language Fulbright Scholar on campus, will host an introductory meeting into Gaelic from noon-1 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in O’Shaughnessy Educational Center, Room 306.
Immersing Ourselves in a Different Way of Teaching“There is a different definition of failure in Minnesota...in Silicon Valley it’s a celebration for learning.”
Summer 2015 Offers Range of Study Abroad OpportunitiesStudying abroad provides the chance to gain professional and intercultural skills that will help students navigate an increasingly connected global workplace.
St. Thomas Breaks Into Top 10 Schools for Study Abroad ParticipationThe Open Doors 2014 report showed that St. Thomas’ undergraduate study abroad participation is on the rise, ranking eighth this year, and remains among the leading American institutions for undergraduate students who study abroad. International student enrollment at St. Thomas retained its fifth-place rank among Minnesota colleges and universities.
Learn Tech Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley ImmersionAs the Star Tribune’s Adam Belz pointed out Sunday, many Minnesota technology companies are being sold and moving operations to large tech firms.
Globalization and Health CareIt will surprise almost no one to learn that the U.S. health care system faces a number of challenges, writes Peter Young, Ph.D. The two most vivid facts being that we spend one and a half times more on health care than any other country, while being far from the top in terms of broad performance measures.
The French Perspective on American BusinessMarine Melin is an Evening UST MBA exchange student from IAE of Caen, France, here to learn about American business culture and practices. We invited her to share some of her insights on the cultural differences she’s experienced while at St. Thomas.
MBA Abroad: A Transformational ExperienceThe differing perspectives that Evening UST MBA student Travis Bezella gained while studying abroad shed new light "on what I believed I knew about business being truly global." Many of these interactions challenged him to consider his MBA experience, as well as his career, in a completely new light.
J-Term Trip to India Transcends BordersIndia has a lot to teach the rest of the world, writes Pleasant Radford, Jr. in a reflection on his study abroad trip there this J-Term. We must be willing to listen, observe, and appreciate the beauty in its “managed chaos.”
