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Tommies Fall to Mount Union in D3 Football National Championship
14 Dec 2012 by Doug Hennes '77 / 2 Comments
St. Thomas’ bid for a national football championship ended Friday night with a 28-10 loss to Mount Union in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
Kristine Wammer and Her Students Take on a Major Source of Environmental Pollutants
14 Dec 2012 by Kristine Wammer / No Comments
Chemistry professor Kristine Wammer studies the effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment. “I am a ‘farm kid.’ I grew up on a corn and soybean farm in southern Minnesota that truly was the middle of nowhere, with the nearest town (Butternut) having a population that hovered around a dozen. Having no kids nearby meant that my brother Todd and I had to come up with creative – if slightly dangerous – ways to entertain ourselves.”
Junior Jane de Lambert and Her ‘Rockin” Geology Research
12 Dec 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Jane de Lambert researched the geologic history of the Lovell Wash area of the Upper Horse Spring Formation in the Lake Mead region of Nevada last spring and presented her findings in October at the Geological Society of America’s national conference in North Carolina. She is among the first to research this remote formation in southern Nevada.
Depth of Field: O Christmas Tree
10 Dec 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / 4 Comments
I’m going to make this simple, folks. When someone tells you they’re constructing a 34-foot Christmas tree over three to five days, you shoot a time lapse of it. Read on to find out how we did it.
The Weigh-In: Tommies and Johnnies – Artistic Associates
05 Dec 2012 by Victoria Young, Ph.D. / 1 Comment
We all know about the competitiveness we have with Saint John’s in sports. What you might not think about when you hear UST and SJU in the same sentence however, are the ties that bind us together. Both schools are anchored in the Catholic intellectual tradition and have a shared belief in the importance of the arts in a humanities-based education.
Holiday Spending Surveys: What We’ve Learned
04 Dec 2012 by Dave Brennan, Ph.D., and Lorman Lundsten, Ph.D. / No Comments
Holiday spending is the most concentrated retail sales event of the year. It also reflects current consumer confidence and is often a bellwether for retailing in the coming year. That’s why we began conducting an annual holiday spending survey in 2002.
Presidential Candidates Interviewed; Selection Will be Made Next Year
03 Dec 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
The search committee interviewed candidates in November for the next president of St. Thomas, and is expected to nominate an individual to the Board of Trustees in the new year.
Testing the Waters: Undergraduates Leave the Lab and Plunge Into Research
28 Nov 2012 by Emily Koenig ’12 / No Comments
Most weekdays last summer Grant Schmura and David Houserman left the biology lab around noon and drove to Lake Judy in Shoreview, Minn. Before each of those days was done they would spend five hours gathering and tracking painted turtles.
The Weigh-In: A Tale of Two Cities (Celebrating Christmas)
27 Nov 2012 by Dave Brennan, Ph.D. / No Comments
Holiday and retail traditions once differed greatly in London and Minneapolis/St. Paul. Those differences are now less pronounced.
Smiles Follow as Segway Rolls Across Campus
26 Nov 2012 by Tom Couillard '75 / 1 Comment
The Segway was originally viewed as a tool for the St. Paul Police Department and Public Safety to better conduct weekend patrols of the neighborhood surrounding St. Thomas during fall and spring months.
Giving Voice to the Multiracial Experience: A Conversation With Shanea Turner-Smith
19 Nov 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Turner-Smith led a 90-minute workshop on her McNair Scholars research project, “The Multiracial Experience,” Friday, Nov. 16, at the Overcoming Racism conference held at Metro State University in St. Paul.
Tommie Volleyball Wins NCAA Division III National Championship
17 Nov 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
The No. 8-ranked University of St. Thomas volleyball team defeated No. 1-ranked Calvin College to earn the team’s first-ever NCAA Division III championship. The Tommies are the first MIAC team to reach the NCAA volleyball championship match.
International Photo Contest Winners Announced
16 Nov 2012 by Study Abroad / No Comments
The International Education Center at St. Thomas congratulates this year’s winners of its annual International Photo Contest. Every year the IEC holds the contest for photos students take while studying abroad. This year the IEC received 195 photo submissions from 34 students.
(A)rising to the Challenge
14 Nov 2012 by Kate Norlander '07 M.B.C. / No Comments
Angela Selden ’87 leads Arise Virtual Solutions to success and invites the nation’s leaders to use technology to put Americans back to work.
Air Force ROTC Cadets March Slowly, Silently, Solemnly in Honor of America’s Veterans
12 Nov 2012 by Tom Couillard '75 / 1 Comment
For 26 years cadets of Air Force ROTC Detachment 410 have honored veterans, and POWs and MIAs, with a 24-hour vigil in the lower quad.
POP! How Brad Ribar ’82 Turned a Kernel of an Idea Into a ‘Summer Job’ Grossing $1 Million Annually.
08 Nov 2012 by Lisa Guyott / No Comments
For many regular fairgoers, a stop at the corn roast stand is a must. But when it first appeared 28 years ago, it was a slightly harder sell. “We gave away a lot of free samples the first year. People had never seen roasted corn before. Also, when we first started, no one wanted burnt kernels. Now, they ask for them,” Ribar says.
Mapping the Invisible Somali Twin Cities
07 Nov 2012 by Kelly Engebretson '99 M.A. / No Comments
Junior Fartun Dirie’s research project turned abstract ideas into concrete maps. Through these “mental maps,” she seeks to understand local Somalis’ view on residential desireability, migration decisions and how they perceive the Twin Cities’ landscape.
Q & A With Michele Kelm-Helgen ’83 M.B.A.: Building the ‘People’s Stadium’
06 Nov 2012 by Kate Norlander '07 M.B.C. / 1 Comment
The chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority talks about balancing different interests and the possibility of a retractable feature.
Theologian, Author and Composer Father Jan Michael Joncas Named Artist-in-Residence
05 Nov 2012 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
A reception for the longtime St. Thomas faculty member will be held Monday, Nov. 12. One of his best-known compositions is “On Eagles’ Wings.”
Bull’s-Eye: Tony Fisher ’97 Leads Target’s Expansion Into Canada
01 Nov 2012 by Lisa Guyott / 1 Comment
The retailer that Fortune magazine named one of the world’s most respected companies in 2012 crosses the border under the watchful eye of Tony Fisher ’97.
The Weigh-In: On Being Open-Minded
31 Oct 2012 by Steve Laumakis, Ph.D. / 8 Comments
Another election cycle is coming to end. After being in inundated with lawn signs, bumper stickers and advertising, is there any evidence that we truly can be open-minded about the choices we make?
Do You Want Extra Time Off at Christmas?
29 Oct 2012 by Father Dennis Dease / 25 Comments
Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, has some very good news for employees about extra days off at Christmas. Read here for more information.
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.
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.
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.