Many reservations do not list set-up needs, timelines or titles for the events and activities.
- Planning an Opening Week event? Review reservations
- Women’s Center Book Club to discuss The Time Traveler’s Wife
The book club will meet Wednesday.
- NESC to celebrate new academic year with ice cream social
The Nonexempt Staff Council’s annual event will be held Thursday, Aug. 26, on both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses.
- Work continues apace on Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex as fall teams move in
You’ll see plenty of Tommie purple in the $52 million, 180,000-square-foot complex.
- Multicultural Student Services thanks REAL Program students, faculty, staff
Fifteen talented and motivated students were selected and successfully completed the six-week program.
- Dining Services places policies, menus, RFS, website updates on its plate this summer
No date is too early to book an event or food order.
- Two parking lots to close for a day for repaving
Lot G will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 24. Lot O will be closed Thursday, Aug. 26.
- UST in the news
From a real estate hall of fame to football rankings to why the Twins’ Kiss Cam is so popular, read all about it here.
- Aug. 18 update: UST moves up in U.S. News rankings
St. Thomas ranks No. 124 in the National Universities category of the 2011 “America’s Best Colleges” survey, an improvement from No. 137 a year ago.
- Please remember in your prayers Dennis Olean
He was the father of St. Thomas baseball coach Chris Olean.
- Please remember in your prayers Bonnie Pearson
She was the mother of Michele Walton, a graduate student in the university’s counseling psychology program.
- Welcome, new staff members
Four staff members recently joined the campus community.
- Bookstore conducts three-day book buyback
A St. Thomas ID is required.
- UST Public Safety issues advisory regarding Minneapolis’ Elliot Park neighborhood
Please see the UST Public Safety website for the complete advisory.
- Please remember in your prayers Mary Patricia Moore
She was the mother of Fintan Moore, of St. Thomas’ Modern and Classical Languages Department.
- Webinar information session highlights three learning technology programs
The webinar will be held at noon Tuesday, Aug. 17.
- Graduate Programs in Software, School of Engineering host Distinguished Lecturer event Aug. 24
“Competitive Simulation: Energy Markets and Supply Chain Management” is the topic for the speakers: Wolfgang Ketter, a graduate of St. Thomas’ MS in Software Engineering Program, and John Collins from the University of Minnesota, will speak. Registrations are requested by Thursday.
- Please remember in your prayers William Phillips Sr.
He is the brother-in-law of Liz Kelly, managing editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.
- Sing Heavenly Harmony (a.k.a. SHH!) in the library on Wednesday
Sing for a song or two or just sit and listen with your lunch.
- Grill to close at 4 p.m. on Fridays
Is your group planning to dine early in The Grill? Advance notice is requested.
- Gubernatorial Forum to cover issues important to business in Minnesota
The forum will be held Tuesday, Aug. 24, in Schulze Hall on the Minneapolis campus.
- News Service’s Pat Sirek to replace retiring Roberta Hall as assistant to the president
A reception in honor of Roberta Hall will be held Monday, Aug. 30, in the Fireside Room of Murray-Herrick Campus Center.
- Art Fair Committee wins Acts of Kindness Award for July
The award is a traveling trophy that is presented to a person or a group each month.
- UST in the news
Here’s a roundup of the latest media mentions of interest to the UST community.
- Graduate Financial Aid staff moves to skyway level
Effective today, the staff will be in Suite 201, Terrence Murphy Hall, Minneapolis campus.