Members of President Sullivan’s Move-in Crew will greet new students and help move their belongings from their cars to their residence hall rooms. It is a great way for the UST Community to welcome our new students who are living on campus.

The official first-year student move in day is Saturday, August 31. The following volunteer times are available:

• 7-11 a.m.
• 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• 3-7 p.m.

Sign up here to become a member of the Move-in Crew.

If you are a faculty or staff member and would like to work a half shift, complete the form and email Cari Fealy with your preferred two-hour time slot.

Knudson suffered a serious head injury in a recent motorcycle accident and is in intensive care at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.

Knudson and Lee have three young children.

“House listings in the Twin Cities up 7.7 percent; sales up 5.3 percent,” Star Tribune, May 10, 2013. Opus College of Business professor Herb Tousley is quoted.

“Time to celebrate other ‘mothers,’ too,” Star Tribune, May 10, 2013. Communication and Journalism professor Carol Bruess is quoted.

“Minneapolis political upheaval signals possible major change at City Hall,” MinnPost, May 13, 2013. Communication and Journalism professor Kevin Sauter is quoted.

“Good Question: How Often Are Women Taking Their Husbands’ Names?” WCCO, May 15, 2013. Communication and Journalism professor Carol Bruess is quoted.

“Obituary: Robert Cherry Foy II, professor at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul,” Star Tribune, May 16, 2013.

“Friday Opinuendo: Minnesota: On business ethics, memorials, and more,” Pioneer Press, May 17, 2013. The Center for Ethical Business Cultures is mentioned.

“Youth sports experts answer viewer questions,” KARE 11, May 17, 2013. Head men’s basketball coach and Psychology professor John Tauer is quoted.

“Parents Express Concerns about Day Care Unionization Costs,” KSTP, May 17, 2013. Finance professor Dave Vang is quoted.

“The Vatican’s Rebirth in the Face of Scandal,” Huffington Post, May 17, 2013. Theology professor Massimo Faggioli is featured.

“Higher sales, hiring and spending signal robust business optimism,” Star Tribune, May 17, 2013. Finance professor Dave Vang is quoted.

“Foes of Minnesota’s same-sex marriage law don’t see way to block it,” Star Tribune, May 18, 2013. School of Law professor Tom Berg is quoted.

“Minnesota: Don’t cherry-pick: be real about the effects of higher taxes,” Pioneer Press, May 18, 2013. Commentary by Finance professor John Spry.

“Heartland Institute wastes real scientists’ time – yet again,” The Guardian, May 20, 2013. Commentary by Engineering professor John Abraham.

“Christians Must Confront Scientific Illiteracy,” Huffington Post, May 21, 2013. Commentary by School of Law professor Charles Reid.

“Extended interview with St. Thomas Geologist about gravel slide,” KARE 11, May 22, 2013. Environmental Science program director Tom Hickson is featured.

“If You Build It, Who Will Come?” Washington City Paper, May 22, 2013. Opus College of Business professor Charles “Mel” Gray is mentioned.

“MALL OF AMERICA: Does bigger mean better?” KMSP, May 22, 2013. Opus College of Business professor Dave Brennan is quoted.

“Disproving science when it comes to an afterlife,” The Catholic Register, May 22, 2013. Theology professor Terence Nichols is mentioned.

Budget managers and requesters should plan ahead by using the following guidelines regarding the purchase of goods and services as we transition from one fiscal year to the next.

Charging Appropriate Fiscal Year

The date that goods or services are received is used as the determining factor in deciding which fiscal year to charge. This method is based upon Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Payment should be made out of the current FY ’13 budget if:

• Supplies and products are received on or before June 30, 2013
• Services were performed on or before June 30, 2013

Payment should be made out of the FY ’14 budget if:

• Supplies and products are received on or after July 1, 2013
• Services are performed on or after July 1, 2013
• A trip occurs on or after July 1, 2013, even if a Prepaid Expense Report is submitted earlier
• Services are performed on or after July 1, 2013, even if they are prepaid

Services that will cross over both fiscal years will be charged to the year in which most of the services are provided. For example, if a consultant begins providing service on June 24 and ends services on July 19, the entire amount will be charged to FY ’14.

FY ’13 purchases: Before you place your order, verify that the vendor can and will deliver before June 30. Your purchase requisitions for FY ’13 must be complete and through the approval process by Friday, June 7, 2013. Please keep in mind that some product categories (for example: furniture and technology) may require longer lead-times.  

FY ’14 purchases: You may start to order goods or services against the new budget on Monday, June 3, 2013. To use the new budget, the accounting date must be changed to July 1, 2013 or later, and goods or services must be delivered on or after July 1, 2013. The vendor should be aware that they must deliver after July 1, 2013. Keep in mind that if the goods or services purchased are received before June 30 they will be charged in the current FY ’13.

Payments processed in Accounts Payable: Submit all FY ’13 employee reimbursements, prepaid requests, cash advances, independent contractor requests, check requests, invoices, PO invoices and miscellaneous payment requests by Friday, June 21, 2013. If you incur expenses between June 22 and 30, please submit payment requests by Friday July 5, 2013. Remember that the current fiscal budget must have funds available to cover these expenses.

WellsOne purchases: If you are using a UST WellsOne Commercial Card to make material purchases near year end, you must be aware that the bank cycle ends on June 30, 2013. Please be aware that if purchases are made close to the bank cycle end date, it is not guaranteed that the charges will be charged to FY ’13 (because there may be a timing delay from when the actual purchase was made and when the vendor submits the credit card charges to WellsOne). Please return completed reconciliations to Room 202, Aquinas Hall, or mail them to Mail #AQU 202 by Tuesday, July 9, 2013.

If you have questions regarding these procedures please email Phyllis Meath, Purchasing Services; Jim Johnson, Accounts Payable; or Allison Hanson (for budget matters), Controller’s Office.

2013 Timeline:

• Monday, June 3, 2013: FY 2014 Budget opens
• Friday, June 7, 2013: All FY ’13 requisitions must be complete and through the approval process
• Friday, June 21, 2013: All FY ’13 payments need to be submitted
• Tuesday, July 9, 2013: All June WellsOne reconciliations must be turned into Room 202, Aquinas Hall, or Mail #AQU 202

The programs are free and offered in part to celebrate the center’s 40th year at St. Thomas. The center offers an extensive calendar of spring and fall semester short courses and educational programs that are tailored for those 50 and older.

No registration is required for the summer programs. Each will be held in Woulfe Alumni Hall on the third floor of Anderson Student Center, located at the corner of Summit and Cretin avenues.

The summer programs are:

“The Seductive Quality of the Music of Film” will be presented from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 5.

Dr. Christopher Kachian of the St. Thomas Music Department will discuss the purpose of film music and techniques that composers and directors employ to keep viewers entranced.

Kachian heads the Guitar Studies Program at St. Thomas and has given more than 500 performances in Japan, China, Africa, Cuba, Costa Rica, Peru and throughout Europe and North America.

“Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” will be presented from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 19.

The programs begins with Stanley Kubrick’s funny and thought-provoking 1963 film and ends with a discussion on the making of the film, its impact 50 years ago and its relevance today.

The discussion will be led by filmmaker James Snapko, who has taught film studies and filmmaking at St. Thomas since 2002.

“Psychology and Aging” will be presented from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 17.

Dr. Ben Denkinger of the Augsburg College Psychology Department will examine how our thinking, memory, socialization and acquired knowledge changes in the course of normal, healthy aging. In particular, he will discuss how different forms of intelligence and memory stay stable or fluctuate as we age, as well as some of the approaches to managing and accommodating these expected changes.

Denkinger is a cognitive and biological psychologist who specializes in age-related changes in memory and the perception of time.

Evon, 91, died Tuesday, May 21, at her residence in Apple Valley at Seasons Care Center. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Czapleweski Funeral Home in Hayfield, Minn.

Dr. Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale.

Dr. Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale, Finance Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of “Retrieving Financial Information in XBRL: Next Generation EDGAR,” which she presented at the American Accounting Association Mid Atlantic Regional annual meeting, held in April in New Jersey.

Dr. John Wendt

Dr. John Wendt, Ethics and Business Law Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of an article titled “The Road to the London 2012 Olympic Games: ‘The Selection Games,’” which has been accepted for publication by the Entertainment & Sports Lawyer. Wendt also presented “Doping and the Competitive Athlete” at the Fairview 2013 Current Concepts in Sports Medicine: “Overhead Athletic Injuries: Safe to Pitch or Throwing Caution to the Wind?”

They are members of the largest ordination class since 2005, when 15 men were ordained to serve as priests in the archdiocese.

All 10 attended the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity and earned Master of Divinity degrees. Over the past four years they participated in the Teaching Parish Program, spending time in a parish each week to participate in various aspects of pastoral service.

Those who will become priests Saturday are:

Deacon Leonard Andrie, 36, of Inver Grove Heights. He and his mother, Sandy, are parishioners at Inver Grove Heights’ St. Patrick parish. Andrie earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame before working in the field for five years in Minneapolis. He was also a school teacher in Virginia for two years. He then attended the University of St. Thomas, where he earned master’s degrees in Catholic studies, theology and divinity. His teaching parish was St. Odilia in Shoreview, and he spent time in Omaha, Mexico and Venezuela during his summers while in seminary. Andrie will celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at St. Agatha Church in Coates.

Deacon Andrew Brinkman, 27, of Ann Arbor, Mich. His parents, Ronald and Christine, live in Ann Arbor, and his home parish is Minneapolis’ Church of St. Stephen. An avid skateboarder, Brinkman spent his years prior to seminary enjoying his passion for skateboarding as well as working at a pastry shop. He is intrigued by the potential of evangelizing on behalf of the environmental movement. Brinkman’s teaching parish is also the Church of St. Stephen, and it’s where he’ll celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 26.

Deacon John Drees, 26, of Shakopee. He and his parents, John and Marie, are parishioners at St. Mary of the Purification in Marystown. Drees enrolled in seminary soon after graduating from high school, and spent one summer doing hospital ministry in Grand Forks, N.D. His teaching parish was St. Pius X in White Bear Lake, and he will celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at St. Mary of the Purification in Marystown.

Deacon Joah Ellis, 26, of Blaine. He and his parents, Daniel and Carrie Ellis, are parishioners at the Church of the Epiphany in Coon Rapids. After graduating from high school, Ellis worked one summer for the Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department before enrolling in the seminary that fall. As a young boy, he got to know many priests over dinners at his home, which often were followed by games of pick-up basketball. His teaching parish was the Church of St. Timothy in Maple Lake, and he will celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at the Church of the Epiphany.

Deacon Spencer Howe, 26, of North Oaks. He and his parents, Jeffrey and Jeanette, are parishioners at the Church of St. Paul in Ham Lake. Howe was raised in the Evangelical Lutheran tradition. He became curious about Catholicism after his grandmother returned to the faith in 1999. Two years later, he and his father were received into the Catholic Church together. Howe enrolled in St. John Vianney Seminary immediately after graduating from Mounds View High School. He spent his summers while in the seminary in Ethiopia and Rome, and his teaching parishes were St. John the Baptist in New Brighton and St. Stephen in Anoka. He will celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at St. John the Baptist Church.

Deacon Andrew Jaspers, 34, of Lake Crystal, where his parents, Dr. Anthony and Mary, still live and attend Holy Family Church. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy from Marquette University in Milwaukee and Fordham University in New York City, respectively, Jaspers taught at Creighton University in Omaha where he also wrote philosophical articles for various Catholic publications. His teaching parish was the Church of the Epiphany in Coon Rapids. Jaspers’ Mass of Thanksgiving will be at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at the Cathedral of St. Paul.

Deacon Luke Marquard, 33, of Faribault, where he and his parents, Stephen and Mary, are parishioners at Divine Mercy parish. After earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Butler University in Indianapolis and a master’s degree in education from the University of Notre Dame, Marquard worked in public relations, marketing and communications in Indianapolis and Chicago. He then went on to teach Catholic elementary school in Denver as part of Notre Dame’s ACE program. His teaching parish was Forest Lake’s St. Peter Church, and he will celebrate his Mass of Thanksgiving at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at Divine Mercy.

Deacon Brian Park, 32, of Fort Worth, Texas, where his parents, Paul and Mary Kay, still reside. Park began to consider the priesthood while pursuing his bachelor’s degree in history from Texas A & M University in College Station. After graduation, he traveled the country for three years as a team supervisor for NET Ministries, where he led retreats for Catholic teens. He entered the pre-theology program at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity in 2007. His teaching parish was St. Paul’s Church of St. Agnes. Park’s Masses of Thanksgiving are at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at the Church of St. Joseph in West St. Paul, and at his boyhood parish, where his parents still worship, St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Ft. Worth at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 2.

Deacon James Peterson, 27, of Minnetonka. He and his parents, Jim and Ann, are parishioners at Chanhassen’s St. Hubert Church. He attended Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria before earning a bachelor’s degree in theology from St. John’s University where he also ran track and field. His teaching parish was Immaculate Heart of Mary in Minnetonka, and he spent his summers while in seminary in Mexico and Venezuela. Peterson will celebrate his Masses of Thanksgiving at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Deacon Andrew Stueve, 40, of Hanover. He and his parents, Bernard and Kay, are parishioners at Mary Queen of Peace in Rogers. He graduated with an associate degree in accounting from Hennepin Technical College before pursuing a 10-year career as an accountant. Stueve’s teaching parish was Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Maplewood. His Masses of Thanksgiving will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at Mary Queen of Peace, as well as 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 9, at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

UST Bookstores Director Tony Erickson said the claims in the email are inaccurate and that students are being offered prices far lower than what they would receive at the official UST Bookstores book buyback, which is taking place through May 24 on the lower level of Murray-Herrick Campus Center.

“On Monday most of our UST students received a mass email advertising a book buyback across the street from the chapel. This group is buying back books from our students at obscenely low prices,” Erickson said. “One student sold a book back for $8 and we would have paid $42 for it. Another student had a quote of $30 for his books and we paid him $267. Another was given a quote of $5 and received $36 from the bookstore.”

Erickson said that the buyer is likely purchasing books to sell to a wholesaler in order to make a profit off of unknowing students. He encourages students interested in selling their textbooks to first check with the UST Bookstores book buyback before getting quotes from a rogue book buyer.

Erickson also encourages students to protect themselves from book theft. The end of the semester is a time that book thefts increase substantially. Watch and mark your books so that you can identify them in case they are lost or stolen.

For more information contact the UST Bookstores.

The Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, formerly known as the Center for Intercultural Learning and Community Engagement (CILCE), was reorganized recently by Academic Affairs.

As a result of the reorganization, programs and services were reassigned:

• The Tutor Mentor and Literacy Connections programs are now part of the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling.
• The Early College Awareness program now is offered by Student Diversity and Inclusion Services.
• All other service learning and community engagement operations, including the Community Engagement Network, now are housed in the Office of Service Learning and Civic Engagement.

The Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement Has New Location in Room 313, Aquinas Hall

The Office of Service Learning and Civic Engagement assists St. Thomas faculty members, students, staff and community members to establish reciprocal meaningful relationships in which academic coursework and reflection are integrated with civic engagement together with its community partners. The work is designed to enhance students’ learning and to encourage social responsibility on local, national and global initiatives.

OSLCE staff members are happy to assist faculty, staff, students and community partners develop and implement new opportunities that enhance and support the University of St. Thomas mission dedicated to educating students to work skillfully and advance the common good.

For more information:

• Visit the OSLCE website
• Call the OSLCE, (651) 962-5380
• Stop by the office in Room 313, Aquinas Hall

Tutor Mentor and Literacy Connections Programs Move to College of Education, Leadership and Counseling, Minneapolis Campus

The Tutor Mentor and the Literacy Connections programs invite the campus community to visit at its new location in Room 317 (part of the same office suite as Teacher Education), Opus Hall, Minneapolis campus. Staff members will provide the same great opportunities and resources that have been supportive and beneficial to students in the past. While now located in Minneapolis, the programs still are designed and offered for all students at the University of St Thomas.

For more information contact:

• Kate Caffrey, program manager, (651) 962-4438
• Amparo (Paro) Pope, administrative assistant, (651) 962-4437

Early College Awareness Program Moves to Student Diversity and Inclusion Services

Student Diversity and Inclusion Services (SDIS) welcomes the Early College Awareness (ECA) program to its department’s services. The University of St. Thomas regularly invests in heightening college awareness for middle school students, particularly those from underrepresented racial, ethnic or economic backgrounds. In fact, these efforts originated in the Multicultural Student Services area years ago, before being moved to a Diversity Initiatives office and later to the Center for Intercultural Learning and Community Engagement (CILCE). Now SDIS staff members are pleased to continue the important work of generating early college awareness in the community.

For more information:

• Visit the Student Diversity and Inclusion Services website
• Contact Teresa Sweeney, administrative assistant, (651) 962-6800

UST’s Institutional Review Board Now Is Located on IRBNet.org, Sponsored by Office of Academic Affairs

Now housed under the auspices of the Office of Academic Affairs, the Institutional Review Board also has a new location in Room 311, Aquinas Hall. The Institutional Research Board reviews, approves and monitors all research studies undertaken at the University of St. Thomas.

The IRB has a twofold commitment:

• Commitment to a policy of safeguarding the dignity, rights and privacy of all human subjects of scientific research
• Commitment to assisting faculty, staff and student researchers meet the highest ethical and professional standards

For more information and sign-up instructions for research reviews:

• Visit the IRBNet.org website for more information and specific directions on submitting research protocol
• Contact the Institutional Review Board, (651) 962-6015
• Stop by the office in Room 311, Aquinas Hall

The program can be heard at noon Tuesday, May 21, on the “Minnesota Public Radio News Presents” program at 91.1 FM. The program also can be heard via the Internet. Information is available here.

The program is part of Minnesota Public Radio’s 2012-13 Broadcast Journalist Series, which is co-sponsored by St. Thomas’ College of Arts and Sciences and its Communication and Journalism Department.

Projects are scheduled late May through the end of August.

These projects include:

2120 Summit Ave.

• The garage behind 2120 Summit Ave. (Development Office) will be razed to expand the existing parking lot used by the Child Development Center and the Development Office. Work will be begin in early June and will be completed by late July. The area also will be landscaped.

Brady Hall

• Phase two of work on fixing the exterior brick of the upper floors, which have experienced structural issues the past few years, will continue this summer and will be completed by July 19. Phase one occurred last summer and fixed 60 percent of the afflicted areas.

Modern and Classical Languages Department

• All 2,800 square feet of the Modern and Classical Languages offices on the third floor of O’Shaughnessy Educational Center will be renovated.

Murray-Herrick Campus Center

• Renovation of the building, including the second-floor space in Herrick Hall (former dining rooms and office space converted for use by Admissions) will continue this summer and will finish by Aug. 15. When completed the entire Enrollment Services division will be in Murray-Herrick Campus Center. (The Office of Financial Aid moved last year.)

O’Shaughnessy Stadium

• Decorative Mankato Kasota stone will be added to each end and underneath the existing video board in O’Shaughnessy Stadium to make it fit within the context of the stadium, which is walled in the same stone.

Owens Science Hall

• The obsolete fume-hood controls, which exhaust air from the science labs, will be replaced in the fourth-floor teaching labs.

Sculpture garden

• A sculpture garden will be installed in the area between Brady Educational Center and the Binz Refectory. The sculptures include “The Family,” a 3,200-pound copper sculpture by Evelyn Raymond that originally was installed on the Coughlan Field House’s east wall in 1983; “Stephen’s Summer” by John Raimondi, a five-piece, 21-ton sculpture of cor-ten steel donated by Dolly Fiterman, which previously was displayed on the west lawn of Loras Hall; and possibly a third sculpture to be announced.

South Field

• St. Thomas will replace the grass with artificial turf beginning Monday, May 20. The bleachers, scoreboard, fencing and softball dugouts also will be replaced. All of the work, which will cost $2 million, is expected to be completed by early August. More information is available in this Newsroom article.

The supplement will contain a portion of what is featured in the online digital yearbook, including photos of student clubs and organizations and faculty and staff departments; senior portraits; and athletic team photos. To purchase a supplement, stop by Tommie Central in the Anderson Student Center or call (651) 962-6137. The supplement will be available by midsummer.

The fall semester release of the online yearbook is now available at www.aquinasyearbook.com and on Facebook. You can download the yearbook through its free app for Android and Apple devices. The app can be downloaded in the Google Play Store, the Amazon App Store for Android and in the iTunes Store.

Archived versions of Aquinas yearbooks from 1993 to 2011 can be viewed online in UST Libraries’ Digital Collections archives.

For more information, contact Aquinas adviser Kim Rueb.

George Baboila

George Baboila, School of Social Work; Virgil Wiebe, School of Law; and Jennifer Wright, School of Law, presented on “Teaching Interprofessional Ethics,” April 30, to a packed audience at the American Association of Law Schools annual clinical Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Hans Gustafson

Dr. Hans Gustafson, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning, and Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a chapter, titled “Place, Spiritual Anthropology, and Sacramentality in Merton’s Later Years,” for the forthcoming book The Merton Annual: Studies in Culture, Spirituality, and Social Concerns, Volume 25 (David Belcastro and Joseph Raab, eds. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2013, pp. 74-90).

Mark Jensen, University Relations, has a solo exhibition of selected prints from his North Shore Portfolio, titled “Rocks, Trees, and Moss,” hanging this month at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, located on Lowry Hill in Minneapolis. This portfolio is comprised of color photographs taken with a large format view camera along the North Shore of Lake Superior. The original images were created using 4×5 color transparency film. This is the first exhibit of Jensen’s color work in Minneapolis. Jensen also will display a portrait from the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded “Minneapolis – Portrait of a  Lifestyle” and others commissioned by the Minnesota Historical Society for its “Minnesota 2000 Documentary Photography Project” at Art-a-Whirl the third week in May.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is editor of The Other People: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Migration  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Contributors include specialists in migration studies from anthopology, criminal justice, family studies, legal studies, nursing, political science, social welfare, sociology and women’s studies. The authors have lived experience in African, Australian, Canadian, German, Hmong, Korean, Middle Eastern and United Kingdom cultures. They hold positions at universities in Australia, Canada and across the United States, and include the deputy head of the University of Southern Queensland Law School, Australia, and the director of the Asylum and Refugee Law Clinic at Pepperdine University School of Law.

Karraker wrote the introductory chapter “Global Migration in the Twenty-first Century.” Jennifer Blank (B.A. Sociology, Criminal Justice, University of St. Thomas; M.A. criminology, Middlesex University) is the author of “Human Trafficking, Migration, and Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” based on her interviews with men engaged in sex trafficking in London. Dr. Sue Smith-Cunnien, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, contributed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Nation): Zimbabweans in South Africa,” based on her work in those societies. Jan Orf, UST Libraries, and Mathew Vicknair, sociology and economics major, co-wrote an appendix, “Resources for Research on Global Migration.”

The cover, by award-winning Twin Cities photographer Wing Young Huie, depicts an emigrant from Sudan awaiting the bus to adult education classes on a snowy January morning in St. Paul, Minn. The book is dedicated to that person.

Dr. John Wendt

Dr. John Wendt, Department of Ethics and Business Law, Opus College of Business, co-presented “I Can Do This! Where is the Bottom?: An Analysis of Risk Management Plans for Swimmers in Triathlons” with Dean John Miller of Troy University and Professor Gina A. Pauline of Syracuse University at the 26th Annual Conference on Sport, Physical Activity, Recreation and Law.  Wendt and Miller also co-presented “Risk Communication Management of Concussions in High School Football, Who Knew?” at the conference.

Students and faculty from the Chemistry Department presented their research at the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, held April 7-11 in New Orleans, La. Student presenters, their projects and their research advisers were: Cole Johnson, “Computational Analysis of Molecular Fluoroquinolone using GAMESS” (student of Dr. Joseph Brom); Wendy Consoer, “Characterization of Ozonation Products for the Macrolide Antibiotic Roxithromycin,” Sam Jensen, “Assessing Estrogenic and Androgenic Activity of UV Filter Photoproducts,” and Maia Moffatt, “Effects of Ozonation on the Antibacterial Activity of the Macrolide Roxithromycin” (students of Dr.  Kristine H. Wammer); Mark Schwerkoske, “Novel Antimalarial Compounds,” Tommy Gentle, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Isoluminol Derivatives,” Sam Fish, “Kinetics of Hindered Amine and Isocyanates Reactions,” Olga Zamulko, “Synthesis of a Topologically Designed Novel Antibiotic,” Mark Frommelt, “Synthesis of a Near Infrared Absorbing Photochrome,” Suzanne Mages, “Tunable Radiopaque Polymers,” Becca Kummer, “Synthesis of a Novel Antibacterial Compound,” Sarah Larson, “A Novel Route to N-Alkylated Benzimidazoles,” and Brooke Capelle, “Synthesis of Novel Thermochromic Compounds” (students of Dr.  J. Thomas Ippoliti); Jenna Johnson, “Intermolecular Contacts Involving Halogen Atoms in the Solid-State Structures of Some bis-Benzylideneanilines” (student of Dr. William Ojala); Bryan Haugen, “Synthetic Pathway of Symmetrical Triazole-based N-Heterocyclic Carbenes,” and Kayla Ryan, “Toward Group Two Metal Alkoxides and Aryloxides using Hydrothermal Synthesis” (students of Dr. Marites A. Guino-o); Amber R. Schoenecker, “Characterization of Glycosaminoglycans and Their Interactions with TAT Peptide to Increase Drug Specificity,” Kyle Chamberlain, ‪”Quantitative Determination of DNA Affinity for PEGylated PAMAM Dendrimer Gene Delivery Vehicles,” Danielle Francen, ‪”Tat Peptide-Mediated Gene Delivery: Complex Formation and Interaction with Cell-Surface Glycosaminoglycans,” and Kristin J. Braden, “Charge Density and Stereochemistry Affect the Interaction of PAMAM Dendrimer with Glycosaminoglycans” (students of Dr. Lisa E. Prevette); Christina Rozeske, “Hydroboration as a Route to Cyclic Boranes” (student of Dr.  Eric Fort); Zach Henseler, “Characterization of Cationic DNA Transfection Agents Binding to Supramolecular G-DNA” (student of Dr. Tom Marsh).

Faculty presenting talks were Dr.  J. Thomas Ippoliti, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, “Utilizing Undergraduate Research Results in Organic Spectroscopy,” and Dr. Eric Fort, Chemistry Department, “Improving Routes to Azaborine Containing Molecules.” Faculty presenting posters were Dr.  Joseph Brom, Chemistry Department, “Quantum Interference: How To Measure the Wavelength of a Particle,” and Dr. Lisa Prevette, Chemistry Department, “Quantifying the Interaction of Tat Peptide and Cell-Surface Glycosaminoglycans.”

Ten faculty and one library staff member presented various aspects of their work with the UST Writing Across the Curriculum program held April 4 and 5 at the Minnesota Writing and English Conference at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn.

Supporting Student Writing Across the Curriculum 1: Teaching Revision, Scaffolding Assignments, and Revising ESL Assignment Design
• Dr. Lon Otto (English)
• Dr. Michael Degnan (Philosophy)
• Dr. Juan Li (English)

Supporting Student Writing Across the Curriculum 2: Writing as a Means of Learning Course Content
• Dr. Stephanie Grimm (Accounting)
• Dr. Colin Martin (Biology)
• Dr. Kevin Henderson (Management)

Supporting Student Writing Across the Curriculum 3: Using Technology and Partnering with Librarians to Enhance Student Learning
• Ms. Talia Nadir (Research and Instruction Librarian)
• Dr. Debra Petersen (Communication and Journalism)
• Dr. Daniel Tight (Spanish)
• Dr. Andrea Nesmith (School of Social Work)

“Transformation from Within: Creating a Culture of Writing at the University of St. Thomas”
• Dr. Erika Scheurer (WAC director, English)

Speakers and details have been announced for the University of St. Thomas commencement exercises.

A website devoted to commencement can be viewed here. About 2,100 graduate and undergraduate students will participate in the ceremonies.

Graduate

Father Michael O’Connell

The ceremony for nonbusiness graduate students will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25, in the field house of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex.

Father Michael O’Connell, pastor of the Church of the Ascension in North Minneapolis, will be the commencement speaker. O’Connell has been the pastor of Ascension since 1999. He served as rector of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis from 1991 to 2008. He has a B.A. degree in philosophy from the St. Paul Seminary, an M.A. degree in pastoral studies from the University of St. Thomas, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.

O’Connell serves on several community and foundation boards, including those of the Habitat for Humanity Philanthropic Leadership Council, the Hazelden Foundation, the Jeremiah Program (national), and Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi LLP Foundation for Children.

Undergraduate

The ceremony for St. Thomas undergraduates will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, outdoors in O’Shaughnessy Stadium.

Father Dennis Dease

Father Dennis Dease, president of the University of St. Thomas, will be the commencement speaker.

Dease became the 14th president of St. Thomas in 1991.

He recently led the Opening Doors capital campaign, which raised $515 million. It was the largest campaign ever conducted by a private institution of higher learning in the five-state area.

The money raised was more than all previous St. Thomas campaigns combined.

During his tenure as president, the university has:

• Established a Minneapolis campus and constructed four buildings.
• Constructed nine major buildings on the St. Paul campus, including a student center, an athletic and recreation complex, a science and engineering center, an undergraduate business building and two new apartment-style residence halls.
• Opened a Rome campus.
• Started academic programs in law, Catholic studies, mechanical and electrical engineering, entrepreneurship and Irish studies, and greatly increased study-abroad participation with semesterlong programs based in London and Rome.
• Tripled, to 14 percent, the student-of-color population.
• Tripled the number of international students who attend St. Thomas.

Dease will retire as president on June 30, upon completion of his 22nd year in office.

In the event that weather does not permit the ceremony to be held in the stadium, an announcement will be posted on the Commencement website, Facebook and by text message (see information below about receiving text messages) by 11:30 a.m. on the day of the ceremony. The rain site is the field house of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex. Seating in the field house is limited, and rain-plan tickets are required for admission. Open the Undergraduate Commencement pages and then click on Rain Plan for more details.

To receive text messages about conditions for the undergraduate commencement ceremony, text “TASSEL” to 80077. You will receive up to 10 messages pertaining to the ceremony. (Regular rates and conditions will apply based on your carrier agreement.) This is a no-reply text messaging system, and recipients will not receive a response if they reply directly to these messages. For help email ustalumniweb@stthomas.edu.

Graduate business

Randall Hogan

The ceremony for graduate-level business students will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 25, in the field house of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex. The commencement speaker is Randall Hogan, chairman and CEO of Pentair, a global leader in delivering industry-leading products, services and solutions for its customers’ diverse needs in water and other fluids, thermal management and equipment protection.

He was named Pentair’s CEO in 2001 and appointed chairman in 2002. In 2012, Hogan was named Executive of the Year by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. He received the 2011 Starkey Hearing Foundation Award for Pentair’s contributions to providing clean water solutions in third-world countries and in times of natural disasters.

School of Law

Ceremonies for School of Law graduates were held Saturday, May 11.

Commencement Mass

The annual Commencement Mass will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, 239 Selby Ave.

The MBEA honors businesses that exemplify high standards of ethical conduct in the workplace, the marketplace and the community. Recipients are recognized in three size categories: small (under 100 employees), medium (100 to 500 employees) and large (more than 500 employees). The 2013 honorees are:

• Small: Cresa Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Medium: Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union
• Large (two firms honored this year): Cummins Power Generation and St. Francis Regional Medical Center

In addition to the engraved MBEA award, each recipient received a letter of congratulations signed by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton.

Keynote speaker Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president and CEO of Target Corp., shared his company’s belief about ethics in business: “We believe clear rules of the road are essential – not just for Target’s overall performance, but for team members to succeed at our company.” Emphasizing the point, Steinhafel added: “To Target, ethics is integral to disciplined execution. We want to win, but we want to win the right way.”

Finalists for the 2013 awards who were cited for their commitment to ethics in business also included: Douglas Scientific; Latuff Brothers Auto Body; Mintáhoe Catering and Events; and Premier Disability Services LLC. All were saluted as outstanding Minnesota businesses.

Since its inception in 1999, the MBEA has recognized 42 Minnesota-based businesses for embedding ethical standards into their cultures and practices. “Strong ethical cultures don’t happen by accident; they grow out of intentional efforts by leaders who connect values and performance,” according to David Rodbourne, MBEA co-chair.

“Minnesota is fortunate to enjoy a strong reputation for ethical business, and this award helps acknowledge that,” said Dyanne Ross-Hanson, president of Exit Planning Strategies LLC and MBEA co-chair.

The MBEA is sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and the Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC) at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Beginning this year the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) joined as a co-sponsor.

Past recipients and a form for nominating candidates for the 2014 awards is available at this website.

2013 Orientation and Registration leaders

New first-year domestic students recently were invited to sign up for an Orientation and Registration (O&R) session on one of the following dates:

• Tuesday, July 16
• Thursday, July 18
• Saturday, July 20
• Monday, July 22
• Wednesday, July 24
• Thursday, July 25
• Monday, July 29
• Wednesday, July 31
• Friday, Aug. 2

Prior to O&R, students complete placement exams, learn more about the core curriculum requirements by reading the O&R Guidebook, and submit course preference information. Academic counselors use these preferences to register students for their fall course schedule. An adviser will meet with students individually at O&R to review their schedule. View a tentative program schedule for more details.

For more information:

• Orientation – call Tori Svoboda, associate dean of students, (651) 962-6052
• Registration – call Susan Anderson, director of academic counseling, (651) 962-6300

Minnesota Public Radio will broadcast an April 29 lecture given at St. Thomas by National Public Radio psychology and mental-health reporter Alix Spiegel.

The program can be heard at noon Wednesday, May 15, on the “Minnesota Public Radio News Presents” program at 91.1 FM. The program also can be heard via the Internet. Information is available here.

Later in the day, Slate magazine editor David Plotz will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in the auditorium of O’Shaughnessy Educational Center on the university’s St. Paul campus.

The lecture is free, but reservations are required.  Make them by going to this Minnesota Public Radio website.

The programs are part Minnesota Public Radio’s 2012-2013 Broadcast Journalist Series, which is co-sponsored by St. Thomas’ College of Arts and Sciences and its Communication and Journalism Department.

Please look for the following in this second draft:

• NEW – An introduction that provides a brief history of St. Thomas, a summary of improvements made since the last self-study, a description of the self-study process, and an explanation of two overarching themes that help set the context for the rest of the self-study.
• UPDATED – Chapters (1-5) that include additional work by the criterion committees as well as many suggestions offered by members of the community during the comment period last fall.
• NEW – Strengths and opportunities for improvement at the end of each chapter.
• NEW – A structure for the final chapter. Here, you won’t find content; the final chapter is evolving as the other chapters wrap up. In the final chapter, we will focus on big-picture issues, summarizing our institutional strengths and offering broad recommendations related to the themes presented in the introduction and developed in the five criterion chapters.

This draft will be available May 20 – June 3. You can offer feedback through one of three ways:

• Web feedback form
• HLC Mailbox
• Open forums
  • Minneapolis: May 28, 3-4 p.m., MOH 202
  • St. Paul: May 30, 3-4 p.m., ASC 202

As you read, please keep in mind that this is a draft. Because content is still changing, you will see areas where editing for voice, mechanics and style is needed. We will begin the editing process for these issues after feedback for this draft is incorporated. At this time, we are most interested in your feedback on content.

As always, the self-study team appreciates your contributions toward this important effort. After more than two years of work, the deadline for both the self-study (June 30) and the visit from our peer reviewers (November 11-13, 2013) draws ever closer.

The awards celebrate Minnesota businesses that exemplify and promote ethical conduct in the workplace, the marketplace and the community. Keynote speaker for the awards lunch will be Gregg Steinhafel, chairman and CEO of Target Corporation.

Go here to learn more and register.

The MBEA confers awards in in three size categories: small (under 100 employees), medium (100 to 500 employees) and large (more than 500 employees).

The 2013 award recipients will be announced at the May 15 program. The finalists are:

• Small-size category: Cresa Minneapolis/St. Paul;  Douglas Scientific; and  Latuff Brothers Auto Body
• Mid-size category: Affinity Federal Credit Union;  Mintahoe Catering and Events; and  Premier Disability Services LLC
• Large-size category: Cummins Power Generation; and St. Francis Regional Medical Center

Since its inception in 1999, the MBEA has recognized 38 Minnesota-based businesses, ranging in size from less than 10 employees to more than 150,000.

The program is organized by the Twin Cities Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and the Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC) at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. This year the MBEA welcomes the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors as a co-organizer for the awards.

A list of past MBEA recipients can be viewed at this website.

“Hoigaard’s is sold to Vail Resorts, continuing Twin Cities buildup,” Star Tribune, April 24, 2013. Opus College of Business professor Dave Brennan is quoted.

“McKnight writers awards announced,” Star Tribune, April 24, 2013. English professor Matthew Batt is mentioned.

“Minnesota Legislature: A few job-climate positives: Pioneer Press editorial,” Pioneer Press, April 24, 2013. Economics professor John Spry is quoted.

“Shooter Now: St. Thomas’ Glenn Caruso giving $10K to Habitat for Humanity,” Pioneer Press, April 26, 2013.

“Branstad commutes life sentence of killer Rasberry Williams,” Des Moines Register, April 26, 2013. School of Law professor Mark Osler is quoted.

“What’s climate scientist James Hansen’s legacy?” The Guardian, April 29, 2013. Commentary by Engineering professor John Abraham.

“A year after her conviction, Amy Senser’s appeal to be heard Wednesday,” Star Tribune, April 29, 2013. School of Law academic achievement director Scott Swanson is quoted.

“List rage makes the rankings of what irks us,” Star Tribune, April 29, 2013. Communication and Journalism professor Carol Bruess and men’s basketball coach and Psychology professor John Tauer are quoted.

“Schools without a majority: Implications and opportunities,” Insight News, April 29, 2013. The Juilan Parker Lecture Series is mentioned.

“Twin Cities housing construction up 111 percent in April,” Star Tribune, April 29, 2013. Opus College of Business professor Herb Tousley is quoted.

“Commencement speakers announced,” KNSI, April 30, 2013. Father Dennis Dease is mentioned.

“Education-reform debate puts spotlight on institutional racism,” MinnPost, May 1, 2013. Commentary by School of Law professor Nekima Levy-Pounds.

“St. Thomas students bid farewell to outgoing president Dease,” Star Tribune, April 30, 3013.

“What We Find On Higher Ground,” Sojourners, April 30, 2013. Commentary by School of Law professor Mark Osler.

“Football: Woodbury grad Idowu invited to try out for Seattle Seahawks,” Woodbury Bulletin, May 2, 2013. Former Tommie football player Ayo Idowu is mentioned.

“St. John’s chooses Dease to speak at commencement,” St. Could Times, May 2, 2013. Father Dennis Dease is mentioned.

“Jan. 27: Insurance exchanges are next big hurdle in health care,” Star Tribune, May 5, 2013. Senior Health Policy Fellow Dave Durenberger is quoted.

“Minnesota Scene: St. Thomas wins 10th MIAC softball title in a row,” Star Tribune, May 6, 2013.

“5 Trends Guiding Future ‘Changemaker Universities,’” Forbes, May 6, 2013. Commentary by president-elect Julie Sullivan.

“Gay marriage: Opponents say passage will hurt religious liberties in Minnesota,” MinnPost, May 6, 2013. School of Law professor Teresa Collett is mentioned.

“I-35W bridge collapse: Minnesota closer to giving wreckage to victims, historians,” Pioneer Press, May 6, 2013. The School of Engineering is mentioned.

“Committee sends gay marriage measure to full Minnesota House,” Grand Forks Herald, May 6, 2013. School of Law professor Teresa Collett is mentioned.

“Tommies Blog: Ayo Idowu Gets Tryout With Seahawks,” WCCO, May 6, 2013.

“Gay-marriage bill has votes to pass Minnesota House, sponsor Clark says,” MinnPost, May 7, 2013. School of Law professor Teresa Collett is mentioned.

“This isn’t the weather we grew up with,” The Guardian, May 7, 2013. Commentary by Engineering professor John Abraham.

“Living with ALS, Part XIII: A patient becomes a teacher,” MPR, May 8, 2013. College of Education, Leadership and Counseling dean Bruce Kramer is profiled.

“Bills to redefine marriage raise concerns about religious liberty protections,” The Catholic Spirit, May 8, 2013. School of Law professor Teresa Collett is quoted.

“Black suspensions more than double other students’ in suburban schools,” Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, May 8, 2013. School of Law professor Nekima Levy-Pounds is quoted.

“Target Launches New Marketing Program Named Cartwheel,” KSTP, May 8, 2013. Finance professor David Vang is quoted.

“Had Chris Kluwe worked at the University of St. Thomas …” Star Tribune, May 9, 2013. Commentary by School of Law professor Mark Osler.

“Teresa Collett: Redefining marriage: Religious liberty is at risk,” Pioneer Press, May 9, 2013. Commentary by School of Law professor Teresa Collett.

“Friday Opinuendo: St. Thomas honors a president,” Pioneer Press, May 10, 2013.

Gehry is considered one of the world’s greatest living architects and his guest house is described as among the milestones of his career. When completed in 1987 for Mike and Penny Winton, the house won House and Garden magazine’s design award of the year and made Time magazine’s “Best of ’87” design honor roll.

News of its restoration and move to Owatonna has been published internationally in architectural journals, and the video produced about the story, “Moving the Art,” was nominated for a Midwest Emmy Award in 2012. The video was written and narrated by Greg Vandegrift of the St. Thomas Communication and Journalism Department; Brad Jacobsen of Web and Media Services filmed and edited the piece.

Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic Ada Louise Huxtable of The Washington Post called Gehry “the most staggeringly talented architect since Frank Lloyd Wright.”

His work, found across the globe, includes the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain. Gehry, 84, graduated from the University of Southern California School of Architecture in 1954. He lives in Santa Monica, Calif.

Originally located on Lake Minnetonka west of the Twin Cities, the home was moved by Stubbs Movers, piece by piece, in a relocation and renovation effort that spanned three years.  Reconstruction of the 2,300-square-foot home, comprised of a cluster of six rectangular-, wedge- and cone-shaped segments, was led by Owatonna-based Casey & Groesbeck and the architectural firm Krech, O’Brien, Mueller & Associates, Inver Grove Heights. The project was completed in fall 2011.

The open houses will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Saturdays of June 22, July 20, Aug. 24, Sept. 21 and Oct. 19. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for students with ID. The Gainey Center is located just south of Owatonna at 2480 S. County Rd. 45.

Docents will be available during the open houses to answer questions. Exhibits throughout the home tell the story of its original design and construction as well as its relocation; they include blueprints, drawings, photographs, original letters and the video “Moving the Art.”

Private tours of the home can also be arranged for groups of 10 or more. For more information call the Gainey Center at (855) 446-4460, email gehrywinton@stthomas.edu or visit this website.

Dr. Soraya Castro, professor and senior researcher at the Institute for the Study of International Relations in Havana, will discuss “David and Gulliver: Competing Metaphors in the Cuban-U.S. Relationship” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in the Luann Dummer Center for Women, Room 103, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center, on the university’s St. Paul campus.

Dr. Soraya Castro

The talk is free and open to the public.

Castro observes that Cuba and the United States have constructed different national narratives about their relationship to one another since 1959. Cuban leaders often characterize the relationship with the metaphor of David and Goliath, with Cuba being a small, valiant defender facing an enormous aggressor. American leaders, on the other hand, invoke images of Gulliver and the Lilliputians, in which the giant is benign, honorable and willing to suffer pin pricks the little people occasionally inflict on him rather than destroy the attackers.

In addition to Cuba-U.S. relations, Castro also specializes in U.S. domestic politics, including elections and Congress. She has visited St. Thomas twice before, in 2002 and 2008.

Castro holds a Ph.D. in law from the University of Havana, a degree in international law from the Institute of Foreign Relations in Moscow, and did post-doctoral studies at the University of Bologna in Italy.

Before her appointment at the Institute for the Study of International Relations in Havana, she was a professor and researcher at Havana University. Over the past 20 years she has taught or held fellowships at Johns Hopkins University, University of California – San Diego, Georgetown University, University of Iowa, American University, Uppsala University in Sweden, Smithsonian Institution, the University of Alabama and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.

She is the author of many articles and book chapters, and co-author of the 2012 Fifty Years of Revolution: Perspectives on Cuba, the United States, and the World.

In addition to her native Spanish, Castro is fluent in English and Russian.

A UST ID is required to sell books back.

Hours for next week:

• Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, May 15-16
• Noon to 4 p.m. Friday, May 17

Hours for finals week:

• 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, May 20-23,
• 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 24

The Minneapolis UST Bookstore will have similar hours and times.

About the buyback

Based on national demand, students wishing to sell their books back can receive up to 50 percent of the new cover price if the bookstores have received a firm book adoption for the next semester. Since the bookstores can purchase only limited quantities of some titles and the quotas are filled daily, the bookstores encourage students to sell their books daily after finishing their classes.

If the bookstores meet their quota on the quantities that are to be resold in the UST bookstores, the title most likely will have a wholesale value. In many cases, books not ordered for the next semester also may have a wholesale value. Books purchased wholesale will be shipped to a nationwide used-book distributor that will sell the books to other schools. Last year the UST bookstores purchased more than $650,000 worth of used textbooks back from students.

The UST bookstores also will buy back books that were not purchased at St. Thomas. The bookstores are interested in purchasing back all current and salable books for reuse in the UST bookstores.

As more and more books include CDs, books being sold back must have the CDs with them to receive the best price.

Rented textbooks

Students who rented textbooks must return them at the book buyback counter at the St. Paul Bookstore or to the Minneapolis Bookstore to avoid being charged for them. All rental books must be returned by 4 p.m. Friday, May 24. Rental books also must have the rental stickers on them in order to be returned accurately.

Booksellers can assist charities

Books not being purchased by the bookstores can be donated to Books for Africa. Donated books will be put to good use by students from other countries where even a used out-of-date textbook is a treasured commodity.

Check current wholesale book prices online

Visit the UST Bookstore website, “select your campus,” scroll down to the menus at the bottom of the page, click on “Book Buyback $$ Info” and enter the ISBN located on the back of the book. An image of the book will appear along with the price the bookstore is paying for that title. The prices change hourly once quotas are met, so don’t wait until the last day to sell back your books.

Buyback at the Anderson Student Center

The Bookstore also will buy textbooks in Room 237, Anderson Student Center:

• 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, May 21-23
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 24

Rogue book buyers

Be aware of rogue book buyers who may be walking through the residence halls. The book buyers will pay only wholesale prices on books and not up to the 50 percent that the UST Bookstore might pay. Books sold by this method will go off campus to be sold at other locations and UST students will not have the opportunity to purchase them in the UST bookstores at a used price.

Book thefts

The end of the semester is a time that book thefts increase substantially. Watch and mark your books so that you can identify them in case they are lost or stolen.

Dr. Adam Kay

Kay, Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 2001, and has been a faculty member in the UST Biology Department since 2005. His research interests have included the ecology of social behavior, tropical ecosystem ecology, and the evolution of sexual reproduction. The focus of his recent research is on urban agriculture and sustainability.

Kay teaches Biology of Sustainability, Animal Behavior, and Introduction to Field Ecology in Costa Rica. He also is the founder and director of the UST Stewardship Garden and co-founder of Sustain, the UST sustainability blog. He is committed to living a low-resource lifestyle with his daughter, Marike, his wife, Justa, and their two cats.