Owen is the 16-month-old son of David Fouts ’95.
- Please pray for the health of Owen Fouts
- McNair Scholars Cohort 3 Summer Research Symposium is July 27
The morning session will feature a student-panel discussion on “Diversity Challenges Facing U.S. Higher Education,” and the afternoon session will feature individual student-research presentations.
- Electric power to be shut down July 31 on most of south campus
The power outage will last approximately 10 hours.
- UST in the news
Here’s a look at the past week’s media coverage of interest to the St. Thomas community.
- Great Books reading group to discuss poems of T.S. Eliot
The books are available in the University of St. Thomas Bookstore.
- Academic Affairs says ‘thank you’ for supporting summer food drive
The drive collected 263 pounds of food and raised $176 for the Keystone Shelter.
- UST welcomes Steubenville North Conference participants
While conference sessions have been moved to Macalester College because of construction on UST’s St. Paul campus, attendees still will be housed in St. Thomas residence halls.
- Tommie swimmers soon will plunge into a ‘wicked fast’ new pool
Coach Tom Hodgson explains what it takes to have the fastest pool in town.
- Blackboard, computing network outages planned for Sunday
Blackboard will be unavailable due to upgrades from 12:10 a.m. until noon. All other central systems will be upgraded between 6 a.m. and noon.
- Please remember in your prayers Alice Werner
She was the mother of Bob Werner, Geography Department.
- Please remember in your prayers Josephine Lentz
She was the mother of JoAnn Ott, Business Office.
- Please remember in your prayers Donald Moonen
He was the father of Pam Van De Velde, a master of business administration student.
- Please remember in your prayers Pearl Dobel Miller
Evening UST MBA student Nancy Miller is Pearl’s daughter.
- Welcome, new staff members
Six staff members recently joined the campus community.
- Faculty Center for eLearning announces instructional technology learning opportunities
Planned for August are classroom sessions on a variety of instructional technology tools, and planned for September is “Blended Learning: The 21st-Century Learning Environment,” the 2010 ELI online Fall Focus session.
- Last chance to register to volunteer at UST’s State Fair booth
Only a few volunteer slots remain.
- Fitness director describes training, exercise facilities in the new Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex
Ty Stenzel says the upgrade over previous facilities here will be like “night and day.”
- IRT to update printer, multifunction printer network configuration
IRT also is changing printer names so they can be more easily identified and reported when problems develop.
- UST to hold annual Neighborfest July 29
Don’t miss this summertime event next week.
- University Relations Department wins Acts of Kindness Award for June
The award is part of the UST Acts of Kindness Campaign, which identifies, promotes, supports and inspires acts of kindness across the UST community.
- Construction begins soon to improve safety of Summit-Cretin intersection
The project should be complete by Labor Day.
- Business Journal names St. Thomas among ‘Best Places to Work’
St. Thomas is one of 10 “large” Minnesota organizations recognized as “Best Places to Work” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
- Judy Olson sends her thanks
She writes on behalf of her mother and entire family.
- UST in the news
Here are latest media mentions of interest to the St. Thomas community.
- Public Safety posts alert on recent office burglaries
Four campus offices have been forcibly entered between June 14 and July 14.