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Tommie Award Finalist: Thevni Lelwala ’22
Business & LawTommie Award finalist Thevni Lelwala ’22 has served as one of Opus College of Business' inaugural DEI interns, a Tommie Corps student scholar and the director of DEI for the Undergraduate Business Council. The Newsroom recently caught up with Lelwala and asked her about everything from tips for international students and how she winds down to who…
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Humans of St. Thomas: GHR Fellow and Lifelong Learner
Business & LawGeorgina Sugrue ’24 is a Spanish and international business double major and Catholic studies minor who has a wide variety of interests and passions that led her to St. Thomas. She was originally born in Margate, England, and moved to the U.S. when she was 5 years old. When looking at colleges, Sugrue considered schools… -
Outside Consultant: What Are the Best Practices for Setting Up a Rewards Program for My Customers?
Outside ConsultantThis “Outside Consultant” column by Glenn Karwoski, adjunct professor at the Opus College of Business, ran in the Star Tribune on Jan. 10, 2022. Almost every business today has some type of rewards program for customers, and it’s never been easier to gauge effectiveness given the tracking and reporting analytics available. While test, learn, modify and repeat can eventually get you to… -
Engaging Rapidly Changing Fields of Knowledge
Business & LawIn this letter from the fall 2021 issue of St. Thomas Lawyer, School of Law Dean Robert Vischer addresses the law school's expanding presence in the world of intellectual property. -
Winning With IP Moot Court Coaches
Business & LawMoot court competitions are propelling St. Thomas Law toward a legacy of excellence in intellectual property. In 2020, St. Thomas Law took first place at the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition in its debut appearance at the event. The law school’s IP Moot Court teams have advanced to the American Intellectual Property Law Association… -
VIDEO: Inaugural Principled Leadership Awardees Named
Business & LawSt. Thomas' Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership has announced the first recipients of an award recognizing the Twin Cities' best. The inaugural Melrose Twin Cities Principled Leadership Award recipients' issues of focus – public health, veteran support and racial justice – are all as timely as they are timeless. The awardees… -
Business Learning Through Service Makes an Impact for 30 Years
Faith and MissionGenerating over $6.3 million dollars' worth of work at over 300 nonprofits in the Twin Cities per year, it is safe to say St. Thomas' Business Learning Through Service program has grown to make quite the splash since it was added to the university's curriculum in 1991. “It's been 30 years, which is pretty amazing,”… -
Outside Consultant: What Should Business Leaders Consider in Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.?
Diversity, Equity and InclusionThis "Outside Consultant" column by Dr. Yohuru Williams, founding director of the Racial Justice Initiative, ran in the Star Tribune on Jan. 17, 2022. As we mark the federal holiday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, many are wondering how best to honor the memory and legacy of this civil rights leader. His family has called for no celebration… -
Q&A With Thomas Berg
Business & LawA thought leader in the relationship between intellectual property rights, social justice and human development, Thomas Berg, James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy, is the co-author of Patents on Life: Religious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He is also an accomplished scholar in… -
Long-distance Mentorship Offers a Global Experience
Business & LawWhen 3L Erin Herdeman was contemplating asking Laura Gisler '14 J.D. to be her mentor last year, she knew it would be a unique pairing considering the more than 4,000 miles separating them. But with a global pandemic forcing more people online to connect, distance became less of an issue than it might have been…