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In the News: Kevin Sauter on How Watching TV Shows With Your Partner Can Improve Communication and Strengthen Relationships
In the NewsUniversity of St. Thomas Communication Studies Professor Emeritus Kevin Sauter recently spoke with WCCO-TV about how watching TV together can be beneficial for a relationship, and how couples can talk about topics that arise in a show to discuss personal values and opinions on different issues. From the story: “It engages communication facilitation, that you…
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Research and Opinion: Dr. Audra Nuru Authors New Study on 'Relationship Limbo'
In the NewsDr. Audra Nuru, Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences, associate professor of communication/family studies and director of family studies, has published a new study that explores difficult conversations as sites for identity negotiation during times of relational change and challenge. The study was published in Human Communication Research, the journal of the International Communication Association.… -
Three St. Thomas Students Named Fulbright Semifinalists
University NewsThree University of St. Thomas students are semifinalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this year: senior Laura Hankins (neuroscience), Alli Preece ’21 (Spanish and political science), and Adalí Flores-Mendoza (communications studies, Spanish, and English with emphasis on professional writing). Flores-Mendoza and Preece applied to teach English in South Korea and Colombia, respectively. Hankins applied… -
Tommie Award Finalist: Viviana Ruiz ’23
Humans of St. ThomasSince transferring from Texas A&M to St. Thomas, Tommie Award finalist Viviana Ruiz ’23 has embodied a culture of encounter. The communication studies and Catholic studies double major is an intern at the Habiger Institute for Catholic Leadership, a Duc in Altum core team member in Campus Ministry, and a former percussionist in the St.… -
First-Year Student Joins Inaugural New York Times Corps
Humans of St. ThomasFirst-year student Gwynnevere Vang is an inaugural member of The New York Times Corps, the newspaper's yearlong mentor program for aspiring college journalists from underrepresented groups. Vang is one of two ThreeSixty Journalism alumnae, along with Faaya Adem, to be selected. In addition to being a first-year student, Vang is a second-generation Hmong woman and… -
Louis Porter II: Telling the Stories You Don't Usually Hear
People & CultureLouis Porter II, a University of St. Thomas English professor in Dougherty Family College, wants to help tell the stories you don’t otherwise hear. It’s a passion that started earlier in his career at the St. Paul Pioneer Press reporting on the working poor. “These are people who were working every day but still had… -
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… -
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,… -
ThreeSixty Journalism Marks 20 Years Mentoring Budding Journalists
St. Thomas 2025In classrooms just off St. Paul’s Cretin Avenue, high school students piece together sound bites and interview notes they will transform into published work, marking them as journalists – broadcast or print, depending on the workshop. Participants in the ThreeSixty Journalism program have been coming to the St. Thomas campus for 20 years, learning an… -
St. Thomas Hosts World Press Institute Fellows
University NewsNine of the world’s top journalists are wrapping up their time at St. Thomas, after spending three weeks studying the news media, politics and a busy slate of current events. Organized by the World Press Institute (WPI), this year’s journalism fellowship program includes representatives from all over the globe, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Finland and Iran. …