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2021 Law Graduates Set Record for Employment
Business & LawSt. Thomas Law’s Class of 2021 set a school milestone for the record high number of graduates employed in “gold-standard” positions within 10 months of commencement. The law school recently reported that 92.3% of last year's graduating class is working in full-time, long-term jobs that either require a law license or for which having a…
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School of Law Celebrates 2022 Commencement
Business & LawThe University of St. Thomas School of Law conferred degrees to 199 students on May 14, 2022. Among them were 164 students earning their J.D. – four of whom earned a joint degree – 22 earning an LL.M. in U.S. Law, and 12 earning a master’s or LL.M. degree in organizational ethics and compliance. Professor… -
Outside Consultant: As I Start Working for My Family Business How Can I Help the Company Find New Opportunities to Grow? Where Do I Look?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by David Deeds, a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, the Schulze Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and research director of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, ran in the Star Tribune on May 9, 2022. Searching for, finding and successfully exploiting opportunities for growth is critical to sustain a business. Markets evolve as new… -
Gaining Philanthropy Experience Through the Damus Board
Business & LawFour local nonprofits working toward racial justice were awarded a total of $50,000 this spring by the Damus Board, a group of eight St. Thomas Opus College of Business students empowered to grant funds to organizations of their choice. Students, staff, alumni and community members gathered on April 21 to celebrate those winning nonprofits and… -
e-Fest 2022: Here’s What a $50,000 Idea Looks Like
Business & LawNinety-six entries, 250 students and 58 different universities later, the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship officially wrapped e-Fest 2022 by awarding $215,000 in cash prizes. The $50,000 grand prize was awarded to HydroPhos Solutions from the University of New Hampshire for its solution to extract phosphorus from wastewater so that it can be sold to fertilizer… -
Outside Consultant: What Are the Best Practices for Fostering Creativity in a Hybrid Work Environment?
Outside ConsultantThis "Outside Consultant" column by Glenn Karwoski, adjunct faculty member at the Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on April 25, 2022. All the rules about working have changed and most of us are in some form of hybrid work environment. What does that mean for creativity? Many leaders believe that people physically being… -
Professor Kevin Henderson on Leading DEI Reform at St. Thomas
Diversity, Equity and InclusionKevin Henderson has seen an opportunity to influence diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of St. Thomas through his leadership role as a professor in the Opus College of Business. “The culture needs to change. I’m trying to help make that change happen to eliminate all the ‘isms’ that exist out there, so we… -
School of Law Appellate Clinic Students Argue to U.S. Court of Appeals
Business & LawThird-year students in the University of St. Thomas School of Law Appellate Clinic argued a prisoner medical neglect constitutional tort case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California, on April 15. The case, Gerald Von Tobel v. Johns, et al., was argued by students Sarah Almquist and Megan… -
Two St. Thomas Entrepreneurship Teams Vie for $215,000 in Prize Money
Business & LawAs start-ups surge across the country, a group of the nation’s top college entrepreneurs will arrive in Minneapolis this week to pitch their ventures to local business executives and compete for a chance to bring their ideas to life. And two teams from St. Thomas will be among them. In all, 25 teams from colleges… -
Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge Makes In-Person Debut
Business & LawFor the first time since it was launched in 2019, the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge (Fowler GSIC) Campus Finals were held in person. During the April 22 event on the Minneapolis campus, eight St. Thomas teams competed for $11,000 in cash prizes. The top two teams, UWell and ECON Habitat Project, won an all-expenses-paid…