http://www.stthomas.edu/aboutust/president/default.html en-us http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/2008/09/04/agreement-establishes-close-ties-between-st-thomas-and-new-archbishop/ Archbishop John Nienstedt will meet regularly with UST board members; archdiocesan vicar general, Father Lee Piché, will serve on university's board. 9_4_08 http://www.stthomas.edu/magazine/2008/Spring/upfront.html One of the most challenging issues in Catholic higher education today is Catholic identity itself. For some the question is whether our institutions enjoy sufficient academic freedom. For others it is whether our institutions are Catholic enough. In the end, it comes down to how best to balance the built-in tension between academic freedom and fidelity to Catholic teaching. 3_26_08 http://www.stthomas.edu/magazine/2008/Winter/upFront.html Last October, at a dinner to celebrate Father John Malone’s 40 years as a priest and his retirement as pastor of Assumption Catholic Church, I had the opportunity to toast – and roast – my good friend. It was an evening I knew I would relish, because it is not often that Father Malone has to sit quietly and take the brunt of barbs, good-natured as they may be. 12_15_07 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200713/Monday/Dease3_26_07.cfm?ArticleID=470 Hate crimes in any form at the University of St. Thomas are not tolerated and must be condemned. 3_26_07 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200636/Thursday/PresidentsConvocationRemarks9_7_06.cfm?ArticleID=1058 Dease encourages 'focus anew on our mission'. 9_7_06 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200537/Thursday/PresidentsConvocationRemarks9_8_05.cfm?ArticleID=6232 Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, spoke to faculty and administrators at the annual academic convocation Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 6, in St. Mary's Chapel. 9_8_05 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200437/Friday/FacConvo9_10_04.cfm?ArticleID=4502 The Rev. Dennis Dease, president, spoke to faculty and administrators at the annual academic convocation Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 7, in St. Mary's Chapel. 9_10_04 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200417/Thursday/Dease4_22_04.cfm?ArticleID=4102 Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, will receive the Pope John XXIII Award for Distinguished Service from Viterbo University this evening in La Crosse, Wis. 4_22_04 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200251/Thursday/Habitat12_19_02.cfm?ArticleID=1691 Father Dennis Dease, University of St. Thomas president, along with two other college presidents helped build a Habitat for Humanity house last Saturday. 12_19_02 http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/200236/Friday/Convocation9_6_02.cfm?ArticleID=1014 The Rev. Dennis Dease, president, spoke to faculty and administrators about demographic changes and other issues during the annual academic convocation Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 3, in St. Mary's Chapel. 9_6_02 http://www.stthomas.edu/magazine/showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=1018975060 I want to take this opportunity to make some observations about the nature and mission of the University of St. Thomas — about what we are today and where we are going in the years ahead. 4_1_02