Archive Posts
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Four New Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants Come to St. Thomas
University NewsThey are among 400 young educators from 50 countries who are in the United States during the 2015-16 academic year to help internationalize U.S. colleges and universities.
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Professional Notes for Sept. 15, 2015
University NewsThis week's notes feature faculty, an alumna and a student from the departments of chemistry, history, mathematics, modern and classical languages, and sociology and criminal justice, and the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity. -
Language Learning Laments – and Opportunities
University NewsSpanish professor Dan Tight investigates the challenges English speakers face when learning a new language. -
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. -
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.