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Sophomore Wins SEJ Press Freedom Award
Humans of St. ThomasInspiration can be found in interesting places. For Macy Berendsen ’24, inspiration came to her while studying abroad in Rome, where she became aware of the trash epidemic facing the city. As a journalism major with an interest in sustainability, this story was waiting for her to tell. After returning to Minnesota, her professor, Dr.…
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Comics Are More Than Just Stories for St. Thomas Senior
Arts & HumanitiesVerdis Webb IV was a soon-to-be first-year student at Dougherty Family College when he started his first day of orientation in 2018. His excitement soon turned to dread as he began to feel like he was back in elementary school, eating lunch alone and not fitting in. He channeled those emotions into his favorite outlet,… -
Associate Professor of English Receives Technical and Scientific Communication Award
Professional NotesAssociate Professor of English in Professional Writing Fernando Sanchez has won the 2022 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the Best Article on Philosophy or Theory of Technical or Scientific Communication category. Sanchez’s winning article, titled “Examining Methectic Technical Communication in an Urban Planning Comic Book,” appeared in Volume 29 Issue 3 of Technical… -
13-Year Research Collaboration Explores Untapped Hemingway
Arts & HumanitiesIn the fall of 2009, four University of St. Thomas English students, their professor, and a librarian met in a far corner of O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library to begin what would become a 13-year collaboration creating an annotated bibliography on the life and art of the most celebrated American author of the 20th century: Ernest Hemingway. Acclaimed… -
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… -
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… -
St. Thomas Day Celebration Honors Outstanding Tommies
University NewsThe University of St. Thomas celebrated its annual St. Thomas Day on Wednesday, June 9, when the recipients of the Monsignor James Lavin Award, Professor of the Year Award, Humanitarian Award, Tommie Award and Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award were announced. -
Documenting Street Art, St. Thomas Researchers Better Understand Crisis
Action Plan to Combat RacismStreet art painted on the sides of buildings or plywood-covered windows can help us understand the complexity of the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, reveals a mapping project spearheaded by St. Thomas faculty. -
Strub Receives Fulbright Award, Will Teach English in Canary Islands
University NewsSt. Thomas senior Anna Strub recently joined an elite group: She was named a Fulbright scholar. -
Tommie Experts: Books on Black History You May Not Know (Yet)
Tommie ExpertsThis Black History Month, the Newsroom spoke with associate professor Todd Lawrence to get his book recommendations for the St. Thomas community.