St. Thomas’ Liturgical Choir spread its goodwill and honored two of its own at its annual spring benefit concert last Sunday.

Stay dry! At times, water might be blown out of the sprinkler systems.

The sale is for one day only at the Bookstore in St. Paul. Bargains are best if you shop early – 50 percent off from 8 to 10 a.m.

Women’s studies majors and minors who are graduating in May will be honored along with undergraduate and graduate students who received fellowships for research on topics related to women.

Tickets include admission, the Omnitheater and the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to sleep outside in boxes and tents to experience a night in the life of homelessness.

Today’s question: In 2008 UST students were ranked _____ among 138 institutions on their overall ability to write analytically.

You’ll need a personal statement. UST has partnered with the University of Minnesota Health Careers Center to provide access to an online training module to help in the writing process.

Stop by the Fireside Room to thank him for his service and wish him well.

Here are St. Thomas-related news clips of interest this week.

Students in Free Enterprise invites all students to this evening’s celebration, with free T-shirts to the first 100.

VIA is a student-run organization that provides St. Thomas students with the opportunity to interact with the St. Paul-Minneapolis community through service.

Tickets are just $30 with a UST ID for this Tony Award-winning production.

Take a break from the books and enjoy these fine performances by St. Thomas student musicians.

See the play in Frey Theater at St. Kate’s tonight and on Sunday afternoon. Or, see it Saturday morning at the East Lake Street Library in Minneapolis or Saturday afternoon at the Merriam Park Library in St. Paul.

This fall, the Theology Department will begin the transition to a new type of requirement for the third course in the Faith and Catholic Tradition core requirement.

A recently enacted state law requires board members for all 152 of the state’s charter schools to receive training in the areas of board governance, financial oversight and employment matters.

Be among the first 100 students living off campus to exchange contact information with a UST neighbor and check in with the Commuter Center to win a $20 voucher!

The program provides special recognition to faculty and staff celebrating milestone anniversaries.

The 12th annual Poetry on the Patio at O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center features favorite poems read by UST colleagues and musical selections performed by the Show’d Up Band.

A highlight of this week’s “notes”: Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., hosts the premiere of a new hymn and gives an honorary degree to its composer, St. Thomas’ own Father Jan Michael Joncas.

Susan Alexander plans to celebrate National Poem in the Pocket Day on Thursday, so watch out! Her choice has something to do with pie, she writes today in The Scroll. Well, not really … but its title, “If The World Was Crazy,” should be reason enough to ask her on Thursday for a dramatic reading. She thinks you should find a poem of your own, too.

Commencement is Saturday, May 22, at the Metrodome.

Applications will be accepted until 4 p.m. Friday, April 30.

He was the father of Carol Ashwood, a student in the Master of Social Work program.