Archive Posts
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A Welcome Change in Cuba
AthleticsNancy Zingale, a retired St. Thomas political science professor, has been involved in educational and cultural exchanges between St. Thomas and Cuba since 1999. She was in Havana when President Barack Obama announced a significant change to U.S.-Cuban relations last December.
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Six Students Win National Recognition for Skills in Latin
University NewsIn late November, 14 students from Dr. Lorina Quartarone’s 211 (Intermediate) and 298 (Medieval) Latin classes participated in a national exam sponsored by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. -
'Survival Italian' Teaches Language Skills
University News“Survival Italian” is designed as a survival language course with an emphasis on developing the necessary language skills to handle the most frequent situations encountered while staying in Italy. -
Twenty Faculty Earn Promotions or Promotions With Tenure
University NewsFour tenured faculty members were promoted, and 16 were granted tenure and promoted simultaneously to associate professor. -
A Journey of Persistence and Learning
University NewsKayden Hoang Bui '13 currently is teaching English in Thailand through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. -
A German Push
University NewsGerman assistant professor Susanne Wagner is leading the push to make German at St. Thomas more <i>"aufregend."</i> Oh, right, in English. That's "exciting." -
UST Groups to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Berlin Wall's Fall
University NewsThe University of St. Thomas' German program and German Club will help mark the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall falling with “Fall of the Berlin Wall Campus Weeks,” a celebration of German and global culture and history. -
Modern and Classical Languages Department Names Five Shelly A. Moorman Outstanding Student Awardees
University NewsThe award is presented in honor of Shelly Moorman, who taught Spanish at St. Thomas from 1968 until her retirement in 2004. -
Senior Kia Johnson Awarded St. Thomas' First Fulbright Since 2010
University NewsThe Fulbright Program is a highly competitive, merit-based grant for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright in 1946. -
J-Term Program Takes Tommies to Cuba; First Time in 10 Years
University NewsLast month Dr. Don Miller and Dr. Sonia Rey-Montejo of St. Thomas' Modern and Classical Languages Department and 18 St. Thomas students took to Cuba, St. Thomas' first foray to Cuba in a decade.