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Senior Strides: Jamie Larson

Jamie Larson, a marketing major/communication and journalism minor, got a head start on her post-graduation gig, getting hired on as a digital specialist for Collegis Education.

Measuring the Future of Minnesota’s Trees Amidst Climate Change

Sophomore Rachael Heier spent last summer researching white oak saplings to see how Minnesota trees are affected by climate change, and what can be done about it.

Senior Strides: Stephanie Garcia

Garcia is grateful for the plentiful research opportunities available at St. Thomas, which paved the road to her being offered a full scholarship to earn a Ph.D. at Rutgers University's School of Biomedical Sciences.

From a Silent Center: Pairing Faith and Business

Two students share what they learned about silence and belief in their Christian Faith and Entrepreneurship course.

Class of ’17 in the Spotlight

In the ranks of seniors graduating this weekend, we have students who earned the Chief’s Award from the City of St. Paul for helping a woman in distress in 2014, a student who served as an ambassador on a Minnesota trade mission to Mexico, and students who have done research on everything from political cynicism to drying breadfruit. Read a roundup of the stories the Newsroom has written about Class of 2017 students since they arrived on campus.

Senior Strides: Gavin Linnihan

University of St. Thomas senior Gavin Linnihan will work full time for an award-winning, downtown Minneapolis-based music production firm that has composed music for NBC, Bravo and Cadillac.

Humans of St. Thomas: Keanu Daley

Welcome Jamaican Keanu Daley to Minnesota. He's an actuarial science major with deep thespian roots and is finishing his first year at St. Thomas.

Senior Strides: Ahmed Eshmawy

This fall Ahmed Eshmawy will return as a graduate student in the School of Engineering's M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering program.

Engineering a Career to Serve

At St. Thomas, engineering and ROTC seem to go hand-in-hand.

Tommie Mentors and Mentees: Amy Finnegan and Laura Kvasnicka

Some guidance on potential research over a J-Term in Tanzania helped spark a years-long mentoring relationship between justice and peace studies assistant professor and department chair Amy Finnegan and senior Laura Kvasnicka.

D.C. Trip Puts Health Care MBA Cohort in the Thick of ACA Action

University of St. Thomas Health Care MBA's trip to Washington, D.C., put its cohort in the thick of the Affordable Care Act action.

Senior Strides: Hannah Rudkin

After graduation, Rudkin, a social work major, will head to Mexico to work with abandoned and orphaned children.

Beneath Purple Lights, St. Thomas Robot Project Blooms

The purple light emanating from the Owens Science Hall greenhouse isn't the School of Engineering's homage to the late, great Prince. A cross-departmental team at St. Thomas is testing a robot with the overall goal of addressing the world crisis of food shortages and the development of new technologies to grow healthy crops using less man-made and natural resources.

St. Thomas Hires Presbyterian, Jewish, Muslim Faith Leaders

The Office for Campus Ministry has hired a Presbyterian minister, Jewish rabbi and Muslim faith leader onto its pastoral staff, another step forward in the university’s push toward supporting all faiths on campus and throughout the St. Thomas community.

Business 200 Helps Form Ethical, Effective Business Leaders

The class, which all undergraduate business majors take, connects St. Thomas students to their communities.

Tommie Traditions: the Power of the Tommie Network

The strength and tradition of the St. Thomas network has long been a point of pride for the university and its more than 100,000 alumni and students.

Tommie Mentors and Mentees: Lesley Scibora and Chris Hornung

A research opportunity helped spark an organic mentor-mentee relationship for health and human performance professor Lesley Scibora and junior Chris Hornung.

Tommie Mentors and Mentees: Sarah Baxter and Anna Schellpfeffer

Engineering professor Sarah Baxter is helping junior Anna Schellpfeffer explore as many opportunities as she can at St. Thomas.

Valuable Lessons, Funding Plentiful at St. Thomas-hosted e-Fest

More than $200,000 was awarded to undergraduate entrepreneurs at the St. Thomas-hosted e-Fest competition, which is held at the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the Opus College of Business.

Upping the Ante on Urban Agriculture Research

Biology assistant professor Chip Small, associate professor Adam Kay and their students are primed to contribute some much-needed research to the field of urban agriculture.

The Art of Making Molecules

Since Dr. Eric Fort joined the university in 2010, he has been working with undergraduate students on a research project that continues to journey not only onto roads not taken but roads (pleasantly) unforeseen.