“Slumdog Millionaire” Offers Realistic – but Narrow – Slice of India
02 Mar 2009 by Dr. Kevin Sauter / 2 Comments
Editor’s note: Dr. Kevin Sauter, professor of communications and journalism, submitted a guest column to The Scroll. MUMBAI, India – It added a different level of interest and intensity to be sitting in the middle row of a theater filled with Indians, in the middle of the city of Mumbai, on the second day after [...]
Defining Ourselves can be Tricky at Times
25 Feb 2009 by Susan Alexander / 1 Comment
Who are you, anyway? Some of us have well-defined roles in our professional lives. Some of us overlap categories. In any case, we define ourselves at work in many ways. Sometimes our sense of self is so complicated we have trouble with a simple name and role introduction. When I introduce myself these days, I [...]
St. Thomas Community Lives out University’s Mission
23 Feb 2009 by Karen Harthorn / No Comments
Editor’s note: Karen Harthorn, director of Purchasing Services, submitted a guest column to The Scroll. St. Thomas: What a great place to work. I can’t even count the ways! I have been employed by St. Thomas for just two and one-half years and LOVE it! Where else can you do a retreat series over lunch [...]
Flower bed Caretaker is our True Harbinger of Spring
19 Feb 2009 by Dave Nimmer / 12 Comments
Somewhere in the middle of the rain storm last week. I got to thinking that maybe spring isn’t far away. The thought of people unbundling, ice melting and robins returning made me almost giddy. But I know when spring officially begins its entrance: Steve Trost starts roto-tilling his campus flower beds. Trost is my harbinger [...]
Love: Not a Spectator Sport
10 Feb 2009 by Carol Bruess / 2 Comments
One of my favorite concepts to teach in the Family Communication course is how, in our families and intimate relationships, we need to understand each other’s “relational currencies.” Relational currencies are those symbolic acts or statements used to express our love, care or concern for another person. For example, to some, receiving chocolate on Valentine’s [...]
A Final Journey With Cardinal Laghi
09 Feb 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / 1 Comment
Any beginning student of the Italian language would have difficulty with the name Cardinal Pio Laghi. It is, after all, a singular Christian name, Pio (Pius), appearing to describe a plural noun, Laghi (lakes). No such confusion lay in the mind and heart of the man Pio Laghi, however. He was a man with a [...]
A Jolt of Pride, Satisfaction and Gratitude
05 Feb 2009 by Fr. Dennis Dease / No Comments
Do you ever have those stretches of time when you are moving so fast – running to meetings, keeping up with email and voice-mail, handling the latest emergency – that you don’t sit down long enough to think about how good this university truly is? I seem to have a lot of those stretches! And [...]
January Term not so Quiet After all, and That’s OK
02 Feb 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / 1 Comment
Quiet . . . a cold January morning, 20 degrees below zero. Trudging through the snow to campus, everything seems different. It’s quiet, there are very few students milling around and I can finally find a close parking spot! My “to do” lists keep getting longer and longer as I have all this time (the [...]
Purple Pride and Being No. 1
27 Jan 2009 by Doug Hennes / No Comments
Editor’s note: Doug Hennes, vice president for university and government relations, submitted a guest column to The Scroll. For weeks, as the St. Thomas men’s basketball team’s undefeated record grew, I blabbered rather incessantly to anybody who would listen that if we kept winning, it would be just a matter of time before the d3hoops.com [...]
He’s Proud of his Heritage . . . Again
25 Jan 2009 by Dave Nimmer / 10 Comments
Watching the inauguration of President Barack Obama Tuesday in Scooter’s – packed with students, staff and faculty – I couldn’t help recalling my experience 48 years ago in Madison, Wis., when John F. Kennedy swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States, so help him God. The moment was more poignant and powerful today, [...]
She’s Obsessed With “Streamlining”
16 Jan 2009 by Carol Bruess / 3 Comments
Streamlining: “To construct or design in a form that offers the least resistance; to improve the efficiency of; to organize; to simplify; to improve something by removing the parts that are least useful or profitable” (www.thefreedictionary.com). I have been obsessed with this word for the past week since my 3rd grader returned home, frozen hair [...]
Trustee Profile: Fast Track
10 Jan 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Mark Zesbaugh?s meteoric career propelled him to the CEO office at the age of 37. Now he’s looking for the next challenge.
Trustee Profile: Faith in Healing
06 Jan 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Sister Carol Keehan plays a significant role in health care reform, with particular concern for those most desperately in need of care
Trustee Profile: ‘He Always Wanted to be a Parish Priest’
03 Jan 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Father Lee Piche ’80 called to serve as a moderator of the curia and vicar general for the archdiocese
Learning Through Chaos
03 Jan 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Innovative St. Thomas-Cristo Rey service program helps students move beyond stereotypes and privilege
How do I Want to “be” Today?
03 Jan 2009 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Kris Melloy left the comfortable security of a tenured position to become founding principal of Cristo Rey
Trustee Profile: A Call for Peace in the Darkest Moments
10 Jan 2008 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Cardinal Pio Laghi is a leader of world peace and Catholic education
Trustee Profile: ‘He’s Going to Be an Electrical Engineer’
06 Jan 2008 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
3M’s George Buckley fulfills his grandmother’s prediction
Final Thoughts
06 Jan 2008 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
If the world belongs to those who participate, why are we sitting on the sidelines?
The Best in All of Us
06 Jan 2008 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
John Rigo ’75 died in the World Trade Center terrorist attack on 9/11. His wife and loved ones remember the man who will be in their hearts forever
Trustee Profile: Loyal Teammate
03 Jan 2008 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
"Speed is life" defines Bob Ulrich and his 40 years at Target
Trustee Profile: You Gotta Believe
10 Jan 2007 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Dr. Antoine Garibaldi, president of Gannon University, inspires others to achieve great things
Northern Ireland: Hope and Love in the Wake of the Troubles
10 Jan 2007 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Always on the Farm
03 Jan 2007 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Innovative Al McQuinn embraced technology to improve agriculture
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