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The Scroll: Talk About the Llama
26 Oct 2012 by Jordan Zahrte / No Comments
Jordan Zahrte likes to hear all “the chatter” around campus about politics these days. She wants to hear more, she writes today in The Scroll, and she hopes that students will continue to engage in rich conversations and walk away knowing more about other perspectives as well as their own.
Robert Vischer Named School of Law Dean
25 Oct 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / 1 Comment
Robert Vischer, associate dean for academic affairs and a professor in the St. Thomas School of Law since 2005, will become the new dean of the school, effective Jan. 1. Vischer will succeed Neil Hamilton on Jan. 1, said Dr. Susan Huber, executive vice president and chief academic officer. Hamilton has served as interim dean since May, when dean Thomas Mengler left to become president of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas.
Depth of Field: A Gainey Gasp of Summer
25 Oct 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
As the weather turns cold and the skies darken, it’s worth giving summer one last look. Fortunately Depth of Field has just the thing – photos from the Daniel C. Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna.
Sociology Student Finds Significant Gender Differences in Sexual Coercion Tactics
24 Oct 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / 1 Comment
Sociology student Kylee Joosten and her adviser, Dr. Lisa Waldner, researched differences in how males and females act as perpetrators of sexual coercion.
Presidential Search Committee Reviewing Applications
24 Oct 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / 1 Comment
The search committee for the next president of St. Thomas has begun to review applications and select semifinalists for interviews in November.
International Enrollment at St. Thomas Rises for Fourth Consecutive Year
24 Oct 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
The most notable highlight from this year’s report is the 67.8 percent increase in students from Saudi Arabia.
The Scroll: First Homecoming as an Alumna
23 Oct 2012 by Krissy Schoenfelder '09 / 1 Comment
Krissy Schoenfelder, a 2009 alumna and Young Alumni communications chair, put on her reporter’s hat and interviewed a classmate back for her first Homecoming since graduation. You can read their Q-and-A in The Scroll.
The Politics of Purple: School of Law Faculty Debate, Dialogue and Model How to Disagree
23 Oct 2012 by Hank Long / 1 Comment
One year ago, law professors Mark Osler and Teresa Collett wrote corresponding opinion pieces on Minnesota’s marriage amendment, which were published in the Minneapolis-based “Star Tribune.” In this election year they have continued to discuss the topic with each other quite regularly in a “purple” sort of way.
Dr. Paul Schons, St. Thomas Faculty Member for 45 Years, Dies
22 Oct 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / 14 Comments
Dr. Paul Schons, a member of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and professor of German, died Sunday, Oct. 21, after being diagnosed with stage IV metastatic melanoma earlier this year. Schons was the most senior faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences. He began teaching in 1967, five years after graduating from the College of St. Thomas.
The Weigh-In: The Good Wife?
22 Oct 2012 by John Martens, Ph.D. / 1 Comment
There are many questions surrounding a recently discovered fragment that suggests Jesus may have been married.
Antonio Bernardi, Rome Campus Benefactor, Dies
18 Oct 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
Antonio Bernardi, a Twin Cities real estate developer whose gift led to the establishment of St. Thomas’ Bernardi Campus in Rome, Italy, died earlier this month.
#OpeningDoors Goes Social
18 Oct 2012 by Kate Metzger / No Comments
The $515 million raised in the Opening Doors capital campaign has people talking. Read what some of them have to say.
Priest and Psychologist James Burns to Discuss Catholic Mission and Identity Oct. 22
18 Oct 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Burns, of Boston College, is a former member of St. Thomas’ graduate psychology department.
We Made it! Opening Doors Capital Campaign Surpasses $500 Million Goal
17 Oct 2012 by James Winterer '71 and Doug Hennes '77 / No Comments
The completion of the most successful fundraising campaign of any private institution of higher education in Minnesota and its four neighboring states was announced Wednesday by the University of St. Thomas. “The campaign transformed our campus with stunning new facilities. But most significant was our single-largest goal, raising $142 million for financial aid that will open the doors to a St. Thomas education for future generations of students from all economic and cultural backgrounds,” Father Dennis Dease said.
Thank You, for Opening Doors
16 Oct 2012 by Father Dennis Dease / No Comments
Five years ago, as St. Thomas announced its Opening Doors campaign, I reflected in a column about how my dad became the first person in his family to attend college. He had the misfortune of enrolling at St. Thomas in 1929, the first year of the Great Depression, and he could scrape together enough funds to stay for only two years.
The Scroll: A Million (x 500) Little Details
16 Oct 2012 by Carol Bruess / No Comments
Carol Bruess is excited about the big parties on campus this week to celebrate the conclusion of the Opening Doors capital campaign. Today in The Scroll she gives a few hints on what to expect on Wednesday night and over the noon hour on Thursday.
Fall Enrollment Declines 2 Percent, but Undergraduate Population Increases
15 Oct 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Undergraduate enrollment and overall credit hours are up, but graduate enrollment is down this year.
Junior Heaven Fekadu Studies and Paints Peace Across Minneapolis With Local Nonprofit
15 Oct 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / 2 Comments
Over the summer, Fekadu conducted a research project that studied the painting of street murals over gang-tagged Minneapolis businesses with artist Jimmy Longoria, the only Chicano/Latino/Hispanic to be awarded a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship.
All Are Invited to the Opening Doors Campaign Celebration Thursday, Oct. 18
15 Oct 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Please join in celebrating the conclusion of Opening Doors from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the field house. Lunch will be provided.
‘Rock the Vote’ on Nov. 6
12 Oct 2012 by Dr. Jane Canney, Vice President for Student Affairs / No Comments
With the election just three weeks away, Dr. Jane Canney, vice president for student affairs, encourages students to prepare to vote on Nov. 6 and, in the meantime, to treat with dignity and respect people who may not hold the same opinion as you.
The Scroll: Habitat for Humanity was ‘Win-Win’ Experience for Volunteer
12 Oct 2012 by Krissy Schoenfelder '09 / 1 Comment
Krissy Schoenfelder had her doubts when friends suggested she should volunteer with a Young Alumni group on a Habitat for Humanity project in a North Minneapolis neighborhood hit by a tornado last year. But the 2009 alumna agreed to participate and found the experience very rewarding, she writes today in The Scroll.
The Power of Pardon: Law Students Advocate for the Incarcerated.
11 Oct 2012 by Mark Osler, J.D. / No Comments
Jacquelynne Sutton is serving a 10-year prison sentence, thousands of miles from her family. She believes she deserves a second chance.
So do Nancy Ly and Vicky Wanta from the new St. Thomas Commutations Clinic.
MacPhail Building Served Music for Decades; This Summer, MacPhail Served Its Country
10 Oct 2012 by Tom Couillard '75 / No Comments
The training conducted by SEALS of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group on the Minneapolis campus was not a classified secret, but there was little mention of it by local media. The now-empty building was once home to a student by the name of Lawrence Welk, MacPhail’s class of 1927, who would go on to become an icon of American culture.
Monsignor James Habiger, Social Justice Champion, Dies
09 Oct 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / 5 Comments
Monsignor James Habiger, a champion of social justice issues in the Catholic Church and a longtime pastoral associate in the St. Thomas Campus Ministry Office, died Tuesday. His funeral will be Monday, Oct. 15, at St. Thomas.
Depth of Field: Eye in the Sky
09 Oct 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / 14 Comments
There’s something about being a photographer at St. Thomas that feels just a bit like cheating. You work at an institution that is comprised entirely of beautiful architecture surrounding what is essentially an arboretum.
And every few years the place rents you a helicopter.