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DFC Associate Dean Sees Self Reflected in Scholars
St. Thomas 2025 - Expand Pathways through the Dougherty Family CollegeDougherty Family College, a two-year college at the University of St. Thomas, offers an associate degree designed to propel students toward success and provide a smooth transition to a four-year institution of higher learning. For Dr. Janine Sanders Jones, the interim associate dean for academics at DFC, her transition was sort of the other way…
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Tales from the Archives: Black Leaders Visit Campus
People & CultureAs St. Thomas hosts several speakers and performers this February to commemorate Black History Month, Ann Kenne, head of special collections and archivist at St. Thomas, recalls St. Thomas' history of welcoming Black speakers to inform and engage our community. Two such speakers who visited St. Thomas in the late 1960s and early 1970s were… -
Humans of St. Thomas: Chief Accessibility Officer for Start-up
Humans of St. ThomasLisan Hasnain ’21 AA, '23 came into Dougherty Family College thinking it was going to be a typical two-year community college. But he “underestimated it a little bit.” After a few leadership roles at the associate degree college and writing “one of the hardest essays” he’s written, he was one of several recipients of the… -
Celebrating the East Asian Lunar New Year
Diversity, Equity and InclusionThere are many festive occasions that are celebrated with a favorite or signature dish, and when it comes to ringing in the Chinese New Year – which begins this year on Feb. 1 – one of those dishes is often dumplings. At least that’s a food staple you’ll spot this holiday on the dinner tables… -
Mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter Talk Priorities at St. Thomas
People & CultureThe pandemic – and the road forward out of it – was top of mind at the first hybrid Breakfast With the Mayors event on Jan. 27. University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey all expressed gratitude at being able to gather in person. At… -
Tales from the Archives: Tommie Olympic Speedskaters
AthleticsIn advance of the Beijing Winter Olympics, where St. Thomas' Joel Johnson will be coaching the U.S. women's hockey team and Tommies Saskia Maurer and Nicole Vallario will be competing on the Swiss women's hockey team, Ann Kenne tells the tales of Tommie Olympic speedskaters. When thinking about St. Thomas and excellence in winter sports,… -
Tommie Award Finalist: Kevyn Perkins '22
Humans of St. ThomasTommie Award finalist and electrical engineering major Kevyn Perkins '22 has successfully balanced a challenging academic schedule with campus involvement during his time at St. Thomas. He's president of the Black Empowerment Student Alliance, been both an Ignite Research Scholar and a Ciresi Walburn Scholar, served as the student liaison to the Board of Trustees… -
Tommie Award Finalist: Adam Revoir ’22
Humans of St. ThomasAs a member of Undergraduate Student Government (USG) since his first year at St. Thomas, Tommie Award finalist Adam Revoir ’22 has been working on improving the experience for all students at the university throughout his entire college career. Now the USG president, the servant leader has been focusing on making his campaign principles of… -
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… -
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…