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Universitywide Restorative Justice Faculty-Staff Learning Community Forming
Business & LawFaculty and staff from across the University of St. Thomas are forming a new Restorative Justice Faculty-Staff Learning Community to build connections, learn from each other and foster the teaching and use of restorative practices on campus. Restorative justice concepts date to the 1970s and have been successfully used in a variety of settings and…
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St. Thomas Alumnus Helps International Company Navigate Ethics and Technology
AlumniIf you are the kind of person who hears about facial recognition and imagines a dystopian, “Black Mirror”-style future, then hearing Michael Gaytko ’16, ’20 MBA, ’20 J.D., ’23 LL.M. talk about the influence of his St. Thomas education may have you feeling optimistic. Gaytko is part of the legal team at IDEMIA, the global… -
The Entrepreneuring Tommie: How Purple Passion Fueled a Multimillion-Dollar Adventure
AlumniImagine being a young entrepreneur with a start-up company so successful it sells for millions of dollars in less than five years. That’s the bragging rights of University of St. Thomas alumnus Matt Michalski ’19. This summer he and two co-founders sold their 5-year-old content management company Aryeo to real estate listing giant Zillow for… -
Summer Law Extern: Allison Vasilakis, Activision Blizzard, inc.
Business & LawThis summer 2L Allison Vasilakis made perfect use of the law school’s off-campus Legal Externship Program, accomplishing one of its intended goals for students. She was curious if compliance was an area of the law that could be a potential career path, so she accepted a position with California-based video game company Activision Blizzard on… -
New MS in Management Program First of Its Kind in Upper Midwest
Business & LawThe Opus College of Business has announced a new Master of Science in Management (MSM), the first of its kind program in the Upper Midwest. Designed for current students and recent graduates from non-business disciplines, this 10-month hybrid program integrates students’ unique undergraduate interests with essential business and management knowledge, creating a pathway to accelerate… -
Summer Law Extern: Riley Smith, Wright County Public Defender’s Office
Business & LawOne of the goals of the law school’s Mentor Externship Program is to connect each law student with a practicing attorney who can give them practical advice and guidance they can use in law school and their career. In his summer position with the Wright County Public Defender’s Office, 2L Riley Smith found himself reflecting… -
Summer Law Extern: Alfonso Gunaratnam, Minnesota Court of Appeals
Business & LawLaw school has solidified for 3L Alfonso Gunaratnam that he wants to be a litigator, in part, because he has been diligent about finding ways to explore the career path as a student. This summer, he completed a judicial externship with Judge Diane Bratvold in the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Gunaratnam says having the opportunity… -
Ana Del Rivero: A Global Citizen in the Making
Humans of St. ThomasAna Del Rivero, a junior originally from Cancun, Mexico, feels right at home with two St. Thomas organizations: HOLA! and OISS. Since the Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement as well as the Office of International Students and Scholars helped her early on, she readily volunteers her time with each. “It was crazy that a… -
Creating a Recipe for Using Virtual Reality
Business & LawThe yacht business is “absolutely booming” and undergraduates in an Opus College of Business course at the University of St. Thomas experienced firsthand what it takes to market to the CEOs of yacht manufacturers. The real-world challenge was a partnership with manufacturing giant 3M for the capstone project in the new Digital Transformation Applications course… -
St. Thomas Faculty Member Discusses Behavioral Finance
Business & LawDavid Alexander, assistant professor of marketing in Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas, was highlighted as an expert in MoneyGeek on behavioral finance. From the Q&A: As it relates to personal finance, what do you think is the most important thing individuals need to know about behavioral finance? Perhaps the most…