She will oversee legal issues, including the coordination of work done for the university by area law firms, and the 17-person Department of Human Resources.
- University names first general counsel and chief human resources officer
- IRT to upgrade the Microsoft Exchange email system starting July 29
The process to migrate all accounts will take up to 15 days, but the impact will be minimal for most users.
- Please remember John McGivern in your prayers
He was the brother of Gene McGivern, sports information director, and brother-in-law of Barb Lammers McGivern ’90, M.B.A. ’09.
- Faculty, staff invited to R.S.V.P. to Purchasing Services’ annual Vendor Fair Aug. 10, 11
All St. Thomas faculty and staff are invited to R.S.V.P. by Thursday, Aug. 4.
- Parking lots N, M to close this weekend for Steubenville North Conference
Parking will remain available for employees, students and guests in the Anderson Parking Facility throughout the three-day event.
- Thirty-minute email outage scheduled for midnight
Tonight’s outage involves preparatory work in order to upgrade the university’s email system to Exchange 2010 later this summer.
- IRT announces Blackboard Learn training for August
Video tutorials and helpsheets also are available.
- Health professions advisers sought for 2011-12 academic year
A one-day training session will be held Tuesday, Aug. 23.
- St. Thomas named to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
The honor roll recognizes a variety of higher education institutions for their community service programs, practices and community partnerships.
- Twins tickets go on sale July 25
The tickets are for Monday, Sept. 5 (Labor Day), and Friday, Sept. 16.
- TPT to rebroadcast three St. Thomas programs
The programs will air on TPT’s statewide Minnesota channel, tptMN.
- Professional notes
Here’s what faculty, staff and students have been up to lately.
- Library today: New animal research database available
Grzimek’s Animal Life is a major point of reference for researchers and students studying the animal kingdom.
- University welcomes visiting organizations
The annual Steubenville North Conference will be held July 29-31.
- Free chair massages offered to Minneapolis campus staff
The 10-minute massages will be given on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
- St. Thomas ‘Phillips Scholar’ is teaching youth about healthy choices this summer
Senior Bryant Ortega designed ‘Project Hope’ to teach Minneapolis kids about nutrition and physical activity.
- Never Give Up program seeks St. Thomas student, faculty, staff volunteers
Volunteers will assess the skills and personalities of inner city youth to match them with careers that may be best for them.
- Marlene Levine resigns as director of Gainey Center
Levine, who has accepted an executive position in Chicago, is the only employee to have worked on all four St. Thomas campuses.
- Public Safety posts alert on July 20 window-peeping incident
This is the second window-peeping alert this summer.
- Please remember Mary-Anne Bellamy in your prayers
She was the wife of Dr. Michael Bellamy, professor emeritus of English.
- Pat Alexander says thank you
- Computing network outages planned for Sunday morning
All central university technology resources may be affected.
- Please remember Elisabeth Gibson in your prayers
She was the mother of Adam Gibson, who will be a senior at St. Thomas this fall.
- Luann Dummer Center for Women book discussion features Spending
The discussion will be held Wednesday, July 27.
- Catholic Studies summer master’s essay presentations scheduled for July 21
Three speakers will give presentations.