The library has moved up the stairs in Opus Hall, Minneapolis campus.
- Library today: Welcome to Keffer Library 2.0!
- Telos Project discussion today features Professor Elizabeth Schiltz, School of Law
Professor Schiltz is co-founder of Catholic Legal Scholars and co-director of the Murphy Institute for Social Thought. The discussion series focuses on the integration of knowledge across disciplines.
- American Marketing Association hosts speaker from 3M today
The speaker will discuss the culture at 3M, and its job and internship opportunities.
- Professional notes
See what St. Thomas faculty, staff and students are up to this week.
- Students age 30 and younger invited to Ignatian Retreat April 21-22
Popular in the media and as a retreat leader and teacher of spirituality, Father Timothy Gallagher will lead meditations on “At the Crossroads: An Ignatian Method for Finding Your Path.”
- Join Business 200 and SIFE students in Uganda this summer
Registration for the service trip has been extended to noon Friday, March 2.
- Blood drive needs volunteer workers April 4-5
Volunteers are needed for one-hour shifts.
- Volunteers In Action applications due Friday
Applications are available at the CILCE office and online.
- Social Work grad student researches networking among UST freshmen
Qualifying freshmen are asked to participate in an online survey, and also to share the survey link with other freshmen who meet the survey guidelines.
- AARC to offer condensed fitness-class session before spring break
The two-week session, March 5-15, will feature Sculpt, Spinning, TRX, Yoga and Zumba classes.
- Dr. Christopher Puto to step down as dean of Opus College of Business
He will step down on June 30 and then be on a sabbatical before returning to the faculty in 2013.
- Recovering from bulimia? Researcher seeks additional stories on healing process via online survey
The study has been approved by St. Thomas’ Institutional Review Board.
- Ooh, tan …
Susan Alexander learned all kinds of intriguing tidbits after she wrote in The Scroll earlier this month that purple is her favorite color. She now knows what trochaic tetrameter is, that violet – and not necessarily purple – may best define St. Thomas, and why her personal color is “logical tan.” Seriously! Read about this and take your own color (aura) quiz today in The Scroll.
- Next ‘Hot Topics: Cool Talk’ forum to probe U.S. immigration policies March 2
Retired Immigration Judge Joseph Dierkes will moderate the program featuring St. Thomas law professor Virgil Wiebe and Pepperdine economist Andrew Yuengert.
- National Foreclosure Settlement ‘will not have major impact’ on Twin Cities housing market’
University of St. Thomas analysts say a meaningful recovery won’t be seen until the percentage of ‘distressed’ sales returns to normal levels.
- Research grants available for faculty-graduate student teams
Applications for the Graduate Research Team Grant Program are due on Monday, March 26.
- Please remember in your prayers the four North Dakota State students who died in car accident Monday
The accident happened on Interstate 94 during heavy snow, fog and strong winds.
- Campus Ministry adds 5 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass
Ash Wednesday is tomorrow, Feb. 22.
- Vote by Friday, Feb. 24, for Lewis Segl, ‘America’s Next Eco-Star’
This Friday, Feb. 24, is the last day to vote for Segl to make the top 10 in this national contest.
- Apply to become a peer consultant in the Center for Writing
Undergraduates of all majors are invited to apply by noon Friday, March 9.
- RFS online catering orders no longer accepted after noon deadlines
Food options are available if a deadline is missed.
- Career Services, Kaplan offer free live online practice tests Saturday
UST students and alumni can practice taking the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT or PCAT from home, the library, a coffee shop, a computer lab or wherever they have Internet access.
- Feminist Friday: Panel of students to discuss ‘Love and Dating Across Cultures’
This free brown bag on Friday, Feb. 24, will focus on what dating and romantic relationships are like in different cultures. Everyone is welcome.
- Mid-Campus Council thanks clothing drive donors
Two full car loads of clothes were donated to the Marie Sandvik Center.
- Wellness Center hosts Grocery Bingo tonight
Win bags full of nutritious groceries tonight, and be entered into a drawing for gift cards to be awarded at the end of the semester.
