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Creating Spaces of Affirmation for LGBTQIA+ Youth
Arts & HumanitiesSt. Thomas sociology professor Dr. Patricia Maddox had what sounds like a conventional childhood. She was in the Girl Scouts, played saxophone in the marching band and spent time with her high school boyfriend. But under the surface, she was searching for more. “I was also harboring a bit of a secret,” Maddox said. “I…
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Making 'Good Trouble': Nkechukw Akpati Awarded New Racial Justice Scholarship
Diversity, Equity and InclusionNkechukw Akpati dreams of making a career out of using his own voice. Drawn to the idea of hosting his own talk show, Akpati loves to entertain. But before getting his name on a marquee, he’s working hard to lift up the voices of others. “When you come from a school where you’re in the… -
Outstanding Tommies Honored on St. Thomas Day
AlumniAs the University of St. Thomas prepares for the end of another successful academic year, it’s time to toast the best of the best. Honoring outstanding faculty, students and alumni, the university held its annual St. Thomas Day on Wednesday, May 4. St. Thomas Day recognizes the extraordinary contributions that members of the St. Thomas… -
Psychology Professor Wins Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award
Professional NotesProfessor of Psychology Britain Scott won the 2022 Walter D. Mink Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty in Psychology from the Minnesota Psychological Association. This award is given to the best undergraduate teacher of psychology in the state, recognizing a teacher who brings a special quality or commitment to undergraduate teaching in psychology. Scott accepted the award… -
Xiaowen Guan Teaches That Communication Isn't Just About Talking – It's a Culture
People & CultureXiaowen Guan is nothing less than an eclectic individual. From China to the U.S., interpreter to parent, she works at the University of St. Thomas as a professor in the Department of Emerging Media teaching intercultural communications. The Department of Emerging Media offers three programs: journalism, digital media arts and strategic communication. Guan teaches in… -
Two College of Arts and Sciences Professors Receive Fulbright Awards
Professional NotesThe College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that Dr. William Cavert from the Department of History and Dr. Vanessa Cornett-Murtada in the Department of Music have received Fulbright awards. Cavert will be in residence at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. from January to July of 2023. He will conduct research… -
Study Abroad Programs Help Junior Anna Puhek See the World in a New Way
People & CultureAnna Puhek ’23 is studying actuarial science and economics, but at many universities around the world. Puhek currently studies at St. Thomas’ home campus in St. Paul. She has studied abroad at the Bernardi Campus in Rome in the fall semester of 2021, and studied abroad in London in January 2020. Puhek possesses sincere gratitude… -
Breaking Ground on a New Era for Engineering
STEAMSt. Thomas breaks ground on $110 million STEAM complex; the integrated facility will showcase science, technology, engineering, arts and math. St. Thomas breaks ground in May on the Schoenecker Center, a $110 million state-of-the-art complex that aims to transform south campus by adding a world-class STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) complex targeted to… -
From Fiction to Nonfiction: France Aravena on Breaking Into Journalism
Arts & HumanitiesWhile paging through Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan, first-year student France Aravena, like many other young teens, fell in love with the Percy Jackson series. It wasn’t just the fantastical plot that grabbed Aravena, but the hook Riordan used to entrance readers: the iconic disclaimer that Percy makes to the reader,… -
How Tommie Award Nominee Pam Savira ’22 Found Her Footing
People & CultureWhen Pam Savira ’22 found out about her Tommie Award nomination – an award that recognizes students in their senior year for leadership, academics and campus involvement – she immediately thought about using that recognition to help others. “I think just reading their kind words really touched me,” Savira said, referring to the comments from her…