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How Tommie Award Nominee Pam Savira ’22 Found Her Footing
People & CultureWhen Pam Savira ’22 found out about her Tommie Award nomination – an award that recognizes students in their senior year for leadership, academics and campus involvement – she immediately thought about using that recognition to help others. “I think just reading their kind words really touched me,” Savira said, referring to the comments from her…
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Campus Ministry Discusses the Origins of Passover
Faith and MissionAs many Christians prepare to observe the end of Holy Week and Easter, Jewish people are readying to celebrate the festival of Passover. Passover commemorates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Beginning at sunset on Friday, April 15, and ending at nightfall on Saturday, April 23, the holiday is often celebrated with family… -
St. Thomas Senior Is a Twin Cities River Rat
Arts & HumanitiesBeing a neuroscience major with two minors in biology and personal health and wellness would be enough for students, but not for Morgan Williams ’22. During her first two years at St. Thomas, she competed for the university’s swim and dive team, and now fills the role of team manager, along with finding time for… -
Raney Linck – On Finding Passion in Nursing Education
Health & EducationBefore he found his true calling, Dr. Raney Linck tried out a few careers after his bachelor's in mass communication, including as an assistant chaplain at a Baptist hospital and as a sales rep. He was working in sales when he decided he wanted another college degree – one that would allow him to transition… -
Berline Pierre-Louis – Advocating for Change in Patient Care
Health & EducationGiving birth to her own child is what reinforced for Berline Pierre-Louis, a clinical faculty member in the St. Thomas School of Nursing, just what an impact a good nurse can have on society. Her hospital stay gave her a close-up view to the other side of patient-provider relations than the one she experienced through… -
Heather Anderson – Taking Care of Families Through Nursing
Health & EducationAt the intersection of care and education is where you’ll find Heather Anderson, who was raised in the small town of Rushford, Minnesota. Hailing from a family of nurses and educators, Anderson knew she wanted to follow one of these community-oriented paths. The question was: which one? Watching the nursing careers of her cousin and… -
gBETA St. Thomas Mentors Entrepreneurs
Business & LawAlumni with start-ups express value of accelerator program. gBETA St. Thomas is a free, seven-week accelerator that mentors start-ups with at least one founder who is either a University of St. Thomas alumnus or a current student. Run in collaboration with the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship and the nationally ranked gener8tor accelerator program, each gBETA cohort… -
Creating Video Games to Change the World
Business & LawgBETA participant Jules Porter '18 J.D./MBA is on a mission. Ms. Billie Mahalia Rudolph can run on water, hear ultrasonic sounds and move at supersonic speeds. The 77-year-old African American with an aeronautics degree is one of several senior citizen video game characters created by University of St. Thomas alumna Jules Porter. Porter, who in… -
Announcing the New Dean of CAS
Arts & HumanitiesExecutive Vice President and Provost Eddy Rojas shared the following in email to the University of St. Thomas community on April 7, 2022. I know many of you have been eagerly awaiting news about our open dean positions – so it makes me very happy to share that we have completed the first of our… -
St. Thomas Hosts World Press Institute Fellows
University NewsNine of the world’s top journalists are wrapping up their time at St. Thomas, after spending three weeks studying the news media, politics and a busy slate of current events. Organized by the World Press Institute (WPI), this year’s journalism fellowship program includes representatives from all over the globe, including Argentina, Bangladesh, Finland and Iran. …