Dave Nimmer is tired of what he calls the “mean season” of politics, where candidates for public office run ads that, in his words, “stretch the truth” at the least and “trample it” at the worst. He remains hopeful, he writes today in The Scroll, that civility might yet prevail.
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper ’89 and Brian Bellmont ’90 chronicle the lost toys, tastes & trends of the ’70s and ’80s in their book Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? Among their recollections is the Generation X dog hero, Benji.
Topics for the “Sunberg Leadership Center Speaks About …” series were selected to enhance leadership skills and the overall student experience. All students are welcome.
As we near the end of the third quarter of 2012, the final story of the 2012 housing market in the Twin Cities is starting to take shape.
Meet with an academic counselor to make sure that all graduation requirements are met in the right order and at the right time.
All seniors are invited to attend the Senior Class Gift Committee’s first meeting on Monday, Oct. 1.
Take this opportunity to learn about the School of Law, meet students, faculty and staff, and tour the building, located on the Minneapolis campus.
The library provides an opportunity to register to vote, and supplies information voters can use to research the candidates and amendments that will be on the ballot in November.
Volunteer hosts are needed. Many international students are eager to experience this uniquely American celebration.
Festivities, including film screenings, information tables, free bike repair by BEAST, and NiceRide demonstrations, are planned from Monday, Oct. 1, through Saturday, Oct. 6.
Carl Baumgaertner ’48 was the photo editor of the Kaydet, the St. Thomas Military Academy yearbook. He snapped the first aerial photo of campus on Dec. 6, 1941, from a J-3 Piper Cub piloted by George Kell, a fellow student who ran the Kaydet’s darkroom. St. Thomas has grown and changed since that photo was taken, and those changes have been documented from the sky above campus.
Martha McCarthy graduated in 2011, but she still feels linked to the St. Thomas community every day and what is happening on campus because of social media and the Web. Sharing that “common bond” is important and exciting, she writes today in The Scroll.
The challenge asks students to develop a business concept that has the potential to become a viable high-growth business. Teams that submit the winning business concept in each of two divisions (undergraduate and graduate) will receive $10,000 in St. Thomas scholarships.
Dining options and catering will be affected on Oct. 17 and 18.
The discussion will focus on end-of-life decision making. Participation in the colloquium is open to all interested faculty and staff.
Vaccines will be offered on several dates in September.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reminding motorists and pedestrians to “Share the Road: Pedestrian Safety is a Two-way Street.”
The merger of the Office for Service-Learning and the Center for Intercultural Learning and Community Engagement (CILCE) is the culmination of a process that began in 2006 when two external reviewers recommended greater collaboration among St. Thomas offices engaging in community partnerships.
He was the husband of Joan Chandler, a St. Thomas employee from 1978 to 1998.
During her 20 years of service to St. Thomas she has been the primary contact for the recruitment and enrollment of transfer students from the community colleges.
Mourners gathered Friday in a crowded Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas to celebrate the life of Monsignor James Lavin. Homilist Father James Stromberg recalled Lavin’s life as “a series of good deeds.”
She was the stepmother of Dr. Thomas Hodgson, head coach of women’s and men’s swimming and diving, and adjunct professor in the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling.
Annual notification of rights as required by the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (FERPA).
A large selection of ceramics by the five artists featured in the exhibit, copies of the catalog and DVDs are for sale now.
Dine your way through the renovated offices of the open house from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25.