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STEAM Rises: The Building of Schoenecker Center
St. Thomas 2025As the University of St. Thomas crossed the halfway point to opening the 130,000-square-foot Schoenecker Center, its new home for science, technology, arts, engineering and mathematics, the McGough Construction crew and naming donors marked the moment by signing the steel beam that was placed at the highest point on the building. This act, known in…
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Simulation Haven: Creating a Tech Center for Nursing
St. Thomas 2025 - Grow the Morrison Family College of HealthPediatrics patient Hal is feeling dizzy. Even more concerning, Hal is having trouble feeling one of his legs. Today, he’s being treated at the Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing, and like some pediatric patients in a typical medical setting, Hal is showing signs that he’s uncomfortable with his surroundings. “Don’t touch me,” Hal tells… -
Research: Unmasking LinkedIn Profiles
Business & LawOpus College of Business faculty reveal race, gender impact on hiring. Inside of Professor Kevin Henderson’s classroom, the students are engaged. They ask questions that show more than their grasp of the topic at hand; they also ask questions that spur Henderson’s research topics. “During a lecture about (corporate hiring practices), students asked me how… -
Shifting Leadership Fuels St. Thomas Innovation
St. Thomas 2025A changing landscape in higher education spurs new ideas from new leaders at St. Thomas New academic deans. A new head of enrollment. And, as we embark on a new year, even a new university president. To say a new era of leadership is underway at the University of St. Thomas would be a slight… -
VIDEO: The Dean Dream Team
St. Thomas 2025 - Retain and Attract World-Class TalentMeet some of the visionaries leading St. Thomas into the future. Dr. Laura Dunham, Dr. Buffy Smith and Dr. Bill Tolman have a few things in common. For one, they are the newest deans at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. But the similarities don’t end there. The respective leaders of the Opus College… -
A World of Science: Ancient Art and History Under the St. Thomas Microscope
Arts & HumanitiesTucked away in a corner of the O’Shaughnessy Science Hall on the St. Paul campus, you’ll find the geology lab. Under the microscope today is a special sample that could hold important clues to the ancient Roman world. Lab manager Anik Regan is working with Sophia Ritacco, a sociology major and art history museum studies… -
The Transformers: Philanthropists Change the Lives of Students
St. Thomas 2025Dick Schulze, Best Buy’s founder and chairman emeritus, remembers growing the retail chain by “trial and error,” without the benefit of a college education. Mike Dougherty remembers hoping for a second chance for a bachelor’s degree. Paul Karon remembers falling on hard times which meant working while attending evening classes. If there’s a common thread among… -
The Science of Athleticism: Sports Science Institute Partners With Athletics
Health & EducationIt goes without saying that student-athletes at the University of St. Thomas have a drive to compete. But if you visit the second floor of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex, you’ll discover a laboratory that is a secret weapon giving them an edge: The Sports Science Institute. Inside this institute, depending on the season… -
Building a Community of Support With the DFC Advisory Board
Diversity, Equity and InclusionOliver Phan knows firsthand the power of education. A Vietnamese refugee, Phan and his family moved to Northeast Minneapolis when he was just 8 years old. “Being a refugee, I started from the bottom,” Phan said. “You have a lot of social challenges, things that pull you back. Getting a great education will get you… -
A Simple Priest With a Big Dream: Monsignor Terrence Murphy's Vision of a Catholic University
Faith and MissionI first met Monsignor Terrence Murphy – the 13th president of St. Thomas – not as a biographer or historian, but as a reader of his own words. As part of an assistantship coupled to my graduate pursuits in Catholic Studies, I was asked to transcribe the handwritten and typewritten homilies and speeches Murphy gave…