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Professional Notes for April 10, 2013
10 Apr 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
This week’s notes feature Massimo Faggioli, Dan Gjelten, Father Joseph Hurtuk, John Wendt, and students Samantha Hanowski, Shannon Kelly, Meghan Meints, Kilee Pertl and David Steinhafel.
The Weigh-In: March Madness at Rutgers
10 Apr 2013 by John Tauer, Ph.D. / 1 Comment
The videos showing former Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice physically and emotionally abusing his players were outrageous and disgusting, in large part because they run so counter to the messages we hope our student-athletes learn from intercollegiate athletics.
Division III Volleyball National Champions Meet Governor Dayton
08 Apr 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
The Tommie volleyball team was invited to breakfast with Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton in honor of its recent NCAA Divsion III championship. According to Dayton, “Purple is my favorite color.”
Please Remember Norbert O’Keefe ’52 in Your Prayers
05 Apr 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
A St. Thomas alumnus, he was a physician and an aviator in North Dakota.
Please Remember Ronald R. Brinsfield in Your Prayers
05 Apr 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
He was the father of Chad Brinsfield, Opus College of Business.
Please Remember Lucille Brandes in Your Prayers
04 Apr 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
She was the mother of Margaret Brandes, Department of Campus Life.
Luann Dummer: Feminist, Friend, Gourmet Cook
03 Apr 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
This Friday St. Thomas celebrates 20 years of the Luann Dummer Center for Women. Here is the story of the incredible woman who started it all one month before her premature death from lung cancer in 1992.
Please Remember Jack Alvin Martens in Your Prayers
03 Apr 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / 1 Comment
He was the father of Jeff Martens, Physical Plant; the father-in-law of Leann Martens, Service Center; and the grandfather of Cassandra Watson, Service Center.
Please Remember Ralph Parilla in Your Prayers
02 Apr 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / 1 Comment
He was the father of Peter Parilla, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.
Award-Winning Printing Is Alive and Well at the Service Center
02 Apr 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
A poster that was produced by the Service Center for the Music Department’s Festival Orchestra Honors Concert in 2012 recently won a Bronze Award from the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association.
UST in the News for March 28, 2013
28 Mar 2013 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
St. Thomas experts weigh in on the new pope – plus basketball featurettes and real estate news.
Please Pray for the Health of Bill Monday ’88
28 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
While traveling for work, Monday fell ill with an unknown illness and is in intensive care in a Hong Kong hospital.
Please Remember Nancy Longley in Your Prayers
25 Mar 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
She was the mother of Mariko Longley, a senior at St. Thomas; her husband of 27 years, Chris, is a 1983 alumnus.
Zachary Sikich ’05 Gets NHL Moment With Anaheim Ducks vs. Minnesota Wild
22 Mar 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
Hockey has taken the ’05 grad all across the country and even across the Pacific Ocean to China. Earlier this month hockey carried him to the Xcel Energy Center and the NHL to suit up for the Anaheim Ducks when they were in town to take on the Minnesota Wild.
Tauer’s Guys Put the ‘Team’ in Teamwork
22 Mar 2013 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Coach Johnny Tauer repeats several words -– “unselfish” and “great senior leadership” -– over and over when he analyzes the three St. Thomas men’s basketball teams that have advanced to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Division III tournament in the last five years.
Recyclemania Cardboard Bale Weighs in at 1,020 Pounds
21 Mar 2013 by Bob Douglas / No Comments
Student guesses for the weight of the cardboard bale ranged from 75 to 2,700 ponds. May we have the envelope please; the winner of the Recyclemania weight-guessing contest is …
Please Remember Ann Marie (Votel) Fashingbauer in Your Prayers
19 Mar 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
She was the mother of Anne Howard, adjunct faculty member in the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling.
Brad Pulles ’08: A ‘REAL’ Success Story
19 Mar 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / 1 Comment
REAL Program alum Pulles began working at St. Thomas after he graduated in 2008. He now is program retention director for Student Diversity and Inclusion Services.
Please Remember Harold Baker in Your Prayers
19 Mar 2013 by Virginia Lyons / No Comments
He was the father of David Baker, Evening UST MBA Admissions.
Student-team Presents Innovation Scholars Recommendations to Mayo Clinic
18 Mar 2013 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
A team of four University of St. Thomas students and a graduate student from St. Catherine University present recommendations March 7 concerning a medical innovation that they have been working on in collaboration with a Mayo Clinic physician.
Please Remember Clemencia Meléndez-Soto in Your Prayers
18 Mar 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
She was the mother of Cindy Badilla Meléndez, media resources librarian in the UST Libraries.
A Conversation With Poet Sun Yung Chin ’05 M.A.
18 Mar 2013 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Shin’s latest poetry collection, Rough, and Savage, was published by Coffee House Press late last year.
TommieMedia Reporter’s Pope-Election Reaction Photo Goes Global
15 Mar 2013 by Alyssa Adkins, TommieMedia / No Comments
A photo of seminarian Nathaniel Binversie taken Wednesday, March 13, on the lower quad was distributed globally by the Associated Press. The photo was taken by TommieMedia’s Caroline Rode.
Theologian Dr. John Martens Appointed Columnist for America Magazine
14 Mar 2013 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
He writes about Sunday Scripture reading for America’s The Word column.
Rome Has White Smoke, We Have Christopher Gernetzke
13 Mar 2013 by Jim Winterer '71 / No Comments
As head sexton at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, it was Gernetzke’s responsibility to announce the selection of Pope Francis by ringing the seminary bell.