Win prizes: Enter a two-minute (or less) video illustrating your UST Libraries stories by Monday, April 11.
- Library today: Students invited to enter National Library Week video contest
- Denim Day fosters awareness about sexual violence
Wear jeans on Friday, April 8, to recognize this injustice that all community members have a part in preventing.
- UST Libraries thanks faculty for answering survey
A total of 166 faculty took the survey, a response rate of 26 percent.
- Film offers ‘Fresh’ look at our relationship with food
“Fresh” will be shown, with a discussion to follow, at 6 p.m. today, Thursday, March 31, in 3M Auditorium, Owens Science Hall.
- ‘Teaching Human Rights’ talk set for April 5
Dr. Paola Ehrmantraut will discuss challenges and the cultural context of teaching practice in today’s classrooms.
- April music events scheduled at St. Thomas
Enjoy great on-campus entertainment – free!
- Nominate a fellow student for annual Spirit of St. Thomas award
Nominations will be accepted either in writing or via video. The award will be presented April 20.
- Red Cross schedules blood drive April 5-6; appointment openings available
Make an appointment online through the Red Cross website.
- Please remember Roy Riegler in your prayers
He was the father of Greg Robinson-Riegler, undergraduate Psychology Department.
- UST leads Recyclemania 2011 in Grand Champion Division among Minnesota schools
Higher than usual paper recycling and less than usual waste hauling have pushed St. Thomas into the top position.
- Career Development Center launches TommieCareers
Anyone with a current UST NetID and password already has access to TommieCareers with no need to create a separate profile.
- Intramural co-ed softball registration ends Friday
League begins play Sunday, April 3, weather permitting.
- ‘Muslims and America: Beyond Fear of the Other’ program planned here April 6
The featured speaker is a professor, author and international commentator, Dr. Muqtedar Khan of the University of Delaware.
- Common Context series to show 2010-2011′s final film, ‘Water,’ tomorrow
In India women are taken to live apart from society following the deaths of their husbands. Sprinkled with humor in the midst of problems, the film follows three widows who dared to rebel.
- April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
The Division of Student Affairs has launched a new Web page on sexual assault, and events have been planned to raise awareness and support victims of sexual violence.
- Professional notes
Check out what St. Thomas faculty, staff and students have been up to recently.
- Grammy-winner and humanitarian John Legend to speak here Friday, April 8
Founder of the “Show Me Campaign” to end poverty, Legend will speak and perform three songs here that evening.
- USG seeks candidates for 2011-2012
Undergraduate Student Government will hold elections for all executive board positions and general council positions April 13-15.
- Former Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attorney to speak at ‘Quest for Diversity’ brunch April 8
Registrations are due Friday to hear the keynote address of this renowned civil rights attorney Alvin J. Bronstein at “The Quest for Diversity: Continuing the March for Civil Rights.”
- Federal financial aid policy will affect students who withdraw from all classes
In order to earn all their federal aid, students must attend classes through 60 percent of the semester.
- American Marketing Association hosts Target reps tomorrow
The speakers will focus on Target internships, full-time job opportunities and career paths.
- Father Bill Baer to speak at season’s final ‘Faith and Work Breakfast’ April 7 at St. Olaf
Baer, former rector of St. John Vianney College Seminary here, will talk about what has happened to “the Lord’s Day.”
- Campus celebrates men’s basketball national title: ‘It’s a great time to be a Tommie!’
The Tommies walked off the court Tuesday for the last time to cheers and the strains of the Queen song “We Are the Champions.”
- ‘Like’ … Dr. Xiaowen Guan to lead workshop on communication skills tomorrow
Get rid of bad habits and pick up professional skills to enhance your future career.
- U.S. Rep. Ellison and General Nash to discuss ‘The Role of Religion in U.S. Foreign Policy’ April 8
The program is sponsored by St. Thomas’ Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center. All are welcome to attend.