Seven faculty and staff recently joined the campus community.

The forum is free and will be held Oct. 1 in Whitby Hall at St. Catherine University.

This speaker series presents St. Thomas alumni who discuss how they integrate faith, reason and service into their personal and professional lives.

Susan Alexander was pleased to discover on Monday night that she has a lot in common with Donna Brazile, who spoke on campus. And as Alexander writes today in The Scroll, she has a greater appreciation for the value of St. Thomas’ CommUNITY series.

Look for construction to begin right after final exams in December.

Submit proposals for UST- and UMAIE-sponsored short-term off-campus programs by Monday, Oct. 12.

Free shuttle buses will take visitors from gallery to gallery.

Dr. Michael Sain was the father of Dr. Barbara Sain, Theology Department.

UST’s Art History Department and the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians will co-host this free event, which is open to the public.

The number of new cases ranges from one to 13 per day, according to this week’s campus flu update.

Tickets are to “The Importance of Being Earnest” on Oct. 1.

A military veteran faculty or staff member is preferred, but all full-time UST faculty and staff members are welcome to answer the call.

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, Dr. John Abraham, UST Engineering Department, and Margret Levin of the Sierra Club will speak on environmental issues from different perspectives.

Try the 20th-Century American Poetry, Literature Online and iPoll databases before their trial periods end.

The International Education Center, the Office of International Student Services and ELS Language Centers sponsor this annual celebration.

A dedication ceremony for the ramp and the observatory will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the 3M Auditorium, Owens Science Hall; a reception and observatory tour will follow.

Monsignor James Lavin, who lived in Ireland Hall from 1946 to 2002, visited St. John Vianney Seminary for evening prayer on Thursday, Sept. 17. He gave a brief talk and afterward greeted and blessed each of the seminarians. Lavin arrived at the St. Thomas campus 73 years ago as a freshman; he graduated in 1940 and was ordained in 1945. Here he greets David Neuschwander. Lavin, 90, lives in a nursing home in St. Paul and helps out in the Alumni Association office. (Photo by seminarian Michael Yassick.)

A variety of activities are planned – most of them free – for students and their families.

Get a poster, frames and magnets to decorate your room at this two-day sale.

Among stories of interest this week: “What Makes a Good Question, Good?” UST’s Dr. Carol Bruess and Dr. John Tauer are this WCCO-TV segment’s most-quoted experts.

Maheen, a native of Pakistan, earned her master’s in education at St. Thomas.

Four principals from local schools will examine the components of effective student engagement and the factors that often prevent student success.

VIA is Volunteers in Action.

All freshmen and other interested students are invited for pizza and conversation.

The group will meet Wednesday, Oct. 14. Everyone is welcome.