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CAPE: A ‘Treasure Trove’ of Expertise and Insight
St. Thomas 2025Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE), specifically highlighted in St. Thomas 2025 as an avenue to meet the ever-changing needs of students, alumni and employers, is providing real-world opportunities to learn. CAPE offers opportunities for professionals to expand their skills in areas such as health care, education, leadership, sales and marketing, nonprofits, project management, personal growth…
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School of Social Work Names Dr. Ande Nesmith New Director
Health & EducationThe Morrison Family College of Health announced that after a national search, Dr. Ande Nesmith has been selected to serve as the new director of the School of Social Work. Nesmith will officially begin her duties at the start of the 2022-23 academic year. Nesmith, who has been serving as interim director of the School… -
Family Legacy Fuels Men's Rugby Coach
AlumniMeaghan Schmitt ’20 truly embodies the idea of Tommie pride. Whether during her time as an undergraduate student in health promotion or now as an aspiring MBA student, her job as the head coach of the university’s rugby team, or her work in Dining Services, she has never lost her love for the University of… -
Graduate Psychology Professor Receives Two Awards
People & CultureGraduate School of Professional Psychology Associate Professor Dr. Bryana French is the recipient of two recent awards for her exceptional contributions to the field of psychology. On Feb. 4, she received the John M. Taborn Award for Outstanding Contributions to Psychology by a Person of African Descent from the Minnesota Psychological Association. On Feb. 6,… -
Two Tommies Compete in Beijing for Winter Olympics
AthleticsAs St. Thomas students tuned in to February’s Winter Olympics opening games in Beijing, they may have recognized some of the players flying across the ice over the weekend in the women’s hockey competition. Two freshmen teammates on the St. Thomas women’s hockey team, goaltender Saskia Maurer and defender Nicole Vallario, were competing for Team… -
Five Observations: First Friday on Transforming Health Care with Jennifer DeCubellis
Five ObservationsJennifer DeCubellis, CEO of Hennepin Healthcare, joined Dr. MayKao Hang, founding dean of the Morrison Family College of Health at University of St. Thomas, on Feb. 4 for the First Friday Speaker Series to discuss opportunities surrounding health care as well as challenges, such as systemic racism, that must be addressed within the sector. DeCubellis… -
In the News: Dr. MayKao Y. Hang on the St. Thomas School of Nursing
In the NewsDr. MayKao Y. Hang, vice president of strategic initiatives and founding dean of the Morrison Family College of Health, was interviewed by Hmong TV on the new School of Nursing at the University of St. Thomas. She spoke to the Hmong community in her native language and she explained that the new program is offering… -
Relentless Support: A Conversation About Life as a Modern Nurse
AlumniMartha Scheckel, director of the St. Thomas School of Nursing, recently sat down with Jake Gerhartz, RN, PHN, MN, who graduated from St. Thomas with a degree in exercise science from the Department of Health and Exercise Science. Scheckel and Gerhartz, now a registered nurse at Regions Hospital, discussed the nursing shortage, nursing during a… -
In the News: Dr. MayKao Hang Discusses Need for More Nurses
In the NewsDr. MayKao Hang, founding dean of the Morrison Family College of Health, spoke with Minnesota Live on KSTP-TV about the national nursing shortage due to retirements and burnout. She said the new School of Nursing program that is now taking applications for fall 2022 will educate more nurses into the field. However, she said, "Before… -
In the News: St. Thomas' School of Nursing Plans to Target Underserved Communities
Diversity, Equity and InclusionMayKao Hang, the dean of the Morrison Family College of Health, spoke with reporter Fred Melo of the Pioneer Press about plans to have 30% of the inaugural class of the university's new School of Nursing be people who are from rural and disadvantaged communities or have a heritage that is of Black, Indigenous or…