Dec. 1, 2022 Newsletter

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Tree Lighting Ceremony Kicks Off Holiday Season

Holiday Tree Lighting
University of St. Thomas students, faculty and staff celebrated the holiday season Nov. 28 in the atrium of Anderson Student Center with the 26th annual holiday tree lighting ceremony. Cadenza and The Summit Singers provided cheerful songs, and Santa Claus even stopped by. St. Thomas videographer Brad Jacobsen and photographer Mark Brown captured the festivities.
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Joining Boston Consulting Group With Entrepreneurial Enthusiasm

Grace Northamer headshot.
Schulze Innovation Scholar Grace Northamer '22 has shared the stage with Dick Schulze and recently moderated a panel for Women Entrepreneurship Week. The Newsroom connected with Northamer on her entrepreneurial enthusiasm, studying abroad, career aspirations and more. What was it like serving as the moderator of the Women Entrepreneurship Week panel? How did it differ…
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Three Tommies Hold President Titles at Premier Banks

Corey Heimer, Casey Regan and Jeff Hatton.
Imagine being 25 years old. Your St. Thomas college days are barely behind you, and you've been elevated to president of not one, but two banks. That was the swift trajectory for Casey Regan '04, who, as president of two Premier Banks in Hastings, became the youngest bank president in the greater St. Paul area.…
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Jason King: From Lacrosse Player to Head Coach

Participation in club sports at the University at St. Thomas is at an all-time high, with nearly 500 students involved this academic year. Among the 16 club sports, men's lacrosse is considered one of the nation's best, having captured a record six Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) titles from 2009-19. Jason King '10, head coach…
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VIDEO: Importance of Seeking a Culture of Encounter

Father Chris Collins and Bernie Brady
Sometimes friendships go south. Perhaps it's from a dispute over politics, general personal beliefs or because of control conflicts or a simple misunderstanding. It's not unusual for people in relationships with one another to sometimes disagree. It has even happened with God's relationship with humanity, as we see in Biblical stories, Vice President for Mission…
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This Week in Tommie Sports

Let's get it, Tommies! Show your support at these home games on Saturday.
Saturday at 2 p.m. | Women's hockey vs. St. Cloud State
Saturday at 7 p.m. | Men's basketball vs. Crown

For a full calendar of events, click here.

To learn how the Tommies did in past games, read these posts from TommieMedia:
Football: Caruso wins PFL Coach of the Year
Men's basketball: St. Thomas cruises past North Central

Please Take the Campus Climate Survey

The university is working to know more about how students, faculty, and staff perceive St. Thomas's climate and level of support for diversity and equity. The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is asking all members of our campus community to take part in its Campus Climate Survey. We will use the results to inform and improve support, policies, and practices at St. Thomas. To complete the survey please refer to the Nov. 3 email titled "Campus Climate Survey" and click on your single-use link.

Learn more on OneStThomas.

Vote for St. Thomas as Data Innovation Leader

The St. Thomas Data Innovators program has been selected as a finalist for the 2022 Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards in the category of custom data and analytics training programs. The Data Innovators program was created by the Institutional Data, Analytics and Reporting unit (IDAR) to empower and upskill the data capabilities of our St. Thomas community. Vote for the Data Innovators program by Dec. 5 by visiting the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards page and selecting the "Cast Your Vote" button.

Dec. 2: Cor Jesu at The Saint Paul Seminary

Join The Saint Paul Seminary for eucharistic adoration, confession, praise and worship music with young adults, college-age and older. Deacon Joseph Michalak will preside at the Dec. 2 gathering at 8 p.m. inside St. Mary's Chapel. Read more.

Dec. 7: Climate Change and K-12 Education

How can educators and the K-12 system respond to climate change? Dr. Muffet Trout will explore how we are responding to the ecological crisis in K-12 education at the School of Education's December 2022 Dean's Forum. "Culture and the Ecological Crisis: Expanding Our View in Education" will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in MOH 201. Register for the event here.

Dec. 7: Catholic Studies Advent Reflection

Join Catholic Studies for this year's online Advent reflection. Tune in over your lunch break as Father Austin Litke, OP, draws us more deeply into the Advent season.

Register on OneStThomas.

COVID-19 Dashboard: 7 Positive Cases Reported

The university reported seven new COVID-19 positive test results for the week ending Nov. 25, 2022, and a 92.1% vaccination rate among students, faculty and staff. See full dashboard details on the COVID-19 webpage.

Seen Around St. Thomas

Campus glows during the holiday tree lighting ceremony in the Anderson Student Center on Nov. 28 in St. Paul. (Mark Brown/University of St. Thomas)

In the News

Media Highlights: As debate stirs around proposed police reform in Minneapolis, law professor Rachel Moran spoke with the media about the oversight board review process.

Vice President and Director of Athletics Phil Esten spoke with the Star Tribune about making the jump from Division III to Division I, bringing a new sports complex onto campus, and a future matchup with Harvard.

University of St. Thomas' Playful Learning Lab in partnership with Metro Deaf School and Minnesota's Children's Museum hosted the first-ever Deaf Day, focused on creating a more welcoming and open community for deaf people.

Read St. Thomas "In the News" stories.

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Know of anything or anyone interesting around the university that would make for a good Newsroom feature story? Let us know at news@stthomas.edu.

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