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St. Thomas Students Advocate for Financial Aid Parity at Minnesota Capitol
St. Thomas 2025 - Close Financial Gaps For StudentsDare Akinmusire ’24 is just weeks from walking across the graduation stage at the University of St. Thomas. But before officially throwing his cap in the air, the senior is delivering a personal message to the Minnesota Legislature: their vote can make it possible for more students like him to succeed in college. A Minnesota…
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Tommie Give Day 2023 Shatters Records
St. Thomas 2025Shattering previous records, 2,966 Tommie Network members gave a total of $3,350,984 during Tommie Give Day on Nov. 14. Alumni from all graduating classes as well as parents, loved ones, faculty, staff, students and friends of the university came together to provide important funding for scholarships and resources that fuel a legacy of leaders that… -
Tommie Give Day 2022 Engages Record Number of Donors
St. Thomas 2025Donating a total of $2,036,450, a record-breaking 2,787 members of the Tommie Network participated in Tommie Give Day. Alumni from all graduating classes as well as parents, faculty, staff, students and friends of the university came together to provide important funding for scholarships and access to a transformative St. Thomas education. Board of Trustees and… -
Student Diversity Increase at St. Thomas Reflects Goal Commitment
University NewsBlack, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) students represent nearly one-third of all first-time, first-year Tommies enrolled at the University of St. Thomas for four-year and two-year degrees this fall, according to the university’s recently released 10-day enrollment numbers that reflect the most diverse freshman class in the history of the university. “This new standard… -
CAS Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Science-Focused Scholarship Program
St. Thomas 2025 - Close Financial Gaps For StudentsThe $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will be used to provide financial support for low-income students interested in science fields. The College of Arts and Sciences will establish the NSF Discovery Scholars program, designed to help disadvantaged students thrive at St. Thomas. The program will award scholarships to 23 students interested in… -
Record Fundraising Year Bolsters Student Experience
St. Thomas 2025With the 2022-23 academic year fully underway, there are numerous reasons to feel optimistic about the future of the University of St. Thomas and the initiatives it’s driving forward to enhance the student experience. Ninety-three million reasons, to be exact. St. Thomas officially announced a record fundraising year that saw nearly $93 million raised by… -
In the News: DFC Receives $10M Gift
St. Thomas 2025 - Expand Pathways through the Dougherty Family CollegeDougherty Family College Dean Buff Smith spoke with the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press about the anonymous $10 million gift the two-year college received so that it can continue its work closing the educational achievement gap for underserved students. From the Star Tribune: "Every conversation that I've had with community leaders,… -
Dougherty Family College Receives $10M Anonymous Gift
St. Thomas 2025 - Close Financial Gaps For StudentsMatching challenge seeks $20M total to fund student education in perpetuity An anonymous $10 million gift to the University of St. Thomas will help students who attend its Dougherty Family College (DFC) in Minneapolis obtain their associate degree. The gift, tied for the largest in the five-year-old school’s history, is expected to drive further gifts… -
New Cohort Receives Welcome as Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows
University NewsThe Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellowship (CWLF) recently selected and inducted 10 University of St. Thomas first-year students for the 2022-23 cohort. The pinning and induction ceremony was held Friday, Sept. 9, in the Iversen Center for Faith amphitheater, where the inductees were greeted by the namesake benefactors, as well as St. Thomas Interim President Rob… -
St. Thomas Continues Steady Climb Among National Catholic Universities
University NewsBuoyed by strong programs such as engineering, business and computer science, as well as its veterans programs, the University of St. Thomas continues to steadily raise its profile among the nation’s top Catholic institutions of higher education. Minnesota’s largest private university landed 17th among the top 20 national Catholic universities ranked in the 2022-23 U.S.…