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Students Attract Employers at 'Meet the Engineers' Career Fair
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationTypical college career fairs involve students walking expansive floors and waiting in long lines to visit with potential employers seated behind tables adorned with banners and brochures. St. Thomas’ School of Engineering takes a different approach by literally reversing the roles. At the Oct. 13 Meet the Engineers reverse career fair, now in its 20th…
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New $1.5M STEM Grant Aims to Set Transfer Students to St. Thomas Engineering Up for Success
St. Thomas 2025 - Close Financial Gaps For StudentsThe University of St. Thomas’ School of Engineering was awarded nearly $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The funds will be used, in part, to increase recruitment, retention and graduation rates of select transfer students seeking a bachelor’s degree from the Minneapolis-St. Paul-based university. The six-year grant from the NSF Scholarships in Science,… -
Tommie Experts: Embracing AI in Modern Business
Tommie ExpertsAI business success can be enhanced through collaboration. The five pillars of implementation and collaboration describe the fundamental elements that any business in this space should be considering. Recognizing that mastery of all five components can be daunting, this article seeks to highlight the point that not each is a company's strength; working with ecosystem… -
Tommie Experts: The Global Battle for AI Dominance
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationIn this Tommie Experts piece, read about the global battle for AI dominance between the U.S. and China. -
Engineering Seniors Reveal Problem-Solving Designs
STEAMA wireless system to charge a medical implant through the skin, the reconstruction design for a car and pedestrian bridge, and a safety sensor system to detect and respond if children are left in a hot car were all projects dreamed up and designed by St. Thomas School of Engineering students. -
Film Roll Jumbo Racking: A 3M Collaboration
STEAMSt. Thomas has been fortunate to partner with 3M engineers on multiple senior design projects every year. -
St. Thomas 2025: New Priorities to Elevate Prominence
St. Thomas 2025With the demographics of college-age students set to undergo radical shifts in the coming years, St. Thomas unveiled this week a bold five-year plan designed to propel the university into the country’s top echelon of Catholic higher ed institutions. -
Loras Hall Makes Way for STEAM Complex
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationWhen St. Thomas’ state-of-the-art STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) complex opens in 2024, the final structure may include portions of Loras Hall salvaged during the demolition of the historic building. -
Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Jobs
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationIn this Tommie Experts piece, Manjeet Rege and Dan Yarmoluk weigh in on AI’s impact on the future of work. -
Collaborating with the Business Community on STEAM Complex
St. Thomas 2025 - Lead in STEAM EducationSt. Thomas is taking an unorthodox approach to designing what will be its newest south campus facility: asking employers what skills they need from graduates entering the workforce.