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Dease Scholar Maintains Culture With Spanish Major
Diversity, Equity and InclusionWhen Adalí Flores-Mendoza ’23 was attending Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in her birth city of Minneapolis, she thought she’d attend a large college in a big city like Chicago, Los Angeles or New York. But when she started looking closely at schools best suited for her as a first-generation Mexican American, she decided to…
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War Hits Home for Ukrainians at St. Thomas
People & CultureCollege and high school students across America are currently cramming for midterms or preparing for spring break. It’s life as usual for most of them, but for St. Thomas international students Oksana and Bohdan their daily thoughts are with their family and friends they left behind in Ukraine when they came to study in the… -
In the News: Oyuna Uranchimeg and Paralympic Curling
In the NewsOyuna Uranchimeg, an administrative assistant for the Emerging Media Department at St. Thomas, is representing Team USA at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, China. Uranchimeg is a member of the U.S. curling team, and the 2022 Games will be her Olympic debut. Uranchimeg was first introduced to curling in 2016, when she was… -
In the News: Oyuna Uranchimeg on Representing the US in the Paralympic Games
In the NewsOyuna Uranchimeg, an administrative assistant in the Emerging Media Department at St. Thomas, is representing Team USA at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games as a member of the U.S. wheelchair curling team. Uranchimeg was first introduced to curling in 2016, when her friend Kyle Bauman invited her to lunch at the Four Seasons Curling Club… -
St. Thomas Staff Member Competes in Paralympic Games
Arts & HumanitiesOyuna Uranchimeg, an administrative assistant for the Emerging Media Department at St. Thomas, is representing Team USA at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. St. Thomas Emerging Media student Justin Amaker '22 caught up with Oyuna to hear about her journey to get there. As a communication and journalism major at St. Thomas, I… -
In the News: Professor Paul Gavrilyuk Discusses His Family in Ukraine
In the NewsPaul Gavrilyuk, a University of St. Thomas theology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, left Ukraine in 1993 to pursue graduate studies in the U.S. But his parents, in their 70s, still reside in Ukraine, as do other family members, he told KSTP-TV News. From the story: Gavrilyuk says several family members have seen the… -
In the News: Political Science Professor Renee Buhr on Russia-Ukraine Planned Peace Talks
In the NewsRenee Buhr, a political science professor with the University of St. Thomas, spoke with KSTP-TV about the planned peace talks between delegations from both Russia and Ukraine that are expected to take place on Monday, Feb. 28. She told the station that she believes not much will be accomplished with the possible peace talks, but that discussions are… -
Willa Cather Medallion Featured in O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library
Arts & HumanitiesBest known for her novels about frontier and pioneer experiences, Willa Cather has a new place at St. Thomas. A stained-glass medallion of the 20th-century author that was recently installed in St. Thomas’ O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library and is meant to inspire a new generation of learners. Installed on the library’s first floor overlooking the lower quad, Cather’s… -
ThreeSixty Wins 5 State Journalism Awards
Arts & HumanitiesThreeSixty Journalism won five awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association College Better Newspaper Contest for the 2020-21 school year, including a general excellence award. Four ThreeSixty reporters won the awards for stories they produced in high school, although they competed at the college level. “We are so proud of our students who won these awards,… -
Students Take Advantage of Undergraduate Research Opportunities
People & CultureIn her sophomore year, engineering student Julia Lindell ’22 saw a posting on the St. Thomas student job board that would transform her time at St. Thomas and her career plans. The post was a call for student researchers to join the Playful Learning Lab, an interdisciplinary research group where undergraduate students, educators and community…