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Living Well in Broken Bodies: Two Voices in the Mind-Body Movement to Speak...

Matthew Sanford and Dr. Bruce Kramer, two unique figures in the fast-emerging subject of mind-body consciousness, will meet on stage at the University of St. Thomas on Tuesday, Oct. 29, for a rare...

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Professional Notes for Feb. 26, 2014

Dr. John Abraham Dr. John Abraham, School of Engineering, will serve as keynote speaker for the Will Steger Foundation’s 2014 Summer Institute for Climate Change and Energy Education. The event will be...

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UST in the News for April 8, 2014

College of Arts and Sciences “Kelly: ‘On Eagle’s Wings’ first soared at Omaha accountant’s funeral,” Omaha World Herald, March 31. St. Thomas Artist in Residence Father Michael Joncas is featured....

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Macalester’s James Dawes to Speak on ‘Evil Men’ in Lecture Here April 24

Author and Macalester College English Professor James Dawes will speak on “Evil Men” in a 7 p.m. lecture Thursday, April 24, in the first-floor auditorium (Room 126) of the John R. Roach Center for the...

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Poised For What Comes Next

 When Anni Stringini wrote an essay as part of her enrollment application to St. Thomas in 2009, she acknowledged she had gone through “many challenging periods” in her young life as a result of an...

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Panel Discussion on Russian-Ukrainian Conflict Planned Oct. 7

Five scholars will discuss “The End of the Post-Cold War Order? Ukraine, Russia and American Security” at a panel discussion that will begin 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the auditorium of Brady...

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Twenty Faculty Earn Promotions or Promotions With Tenure

The Office of Faculty Affairs is pleased to announce affirmative decisions on promotion and tenure following the conclusion of the Tenure and Promotion Committee meetings in December and in February....

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Where Philosophy and Theology Intersect

Worldviews always have fascinated me. Part of the interest is psychological. Why do people believe what they believe? But the primary area of my interest is, and has been, whether the systems...

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How Did That Become a Class?

The English Department probably isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a class about Mars. And yet, Chris Hassel, adjunct professor of English, taught Final Frontier: Mars & Beyond in the...

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Please Pray for the Health of Dr. Michael Degnan

Please pray for the health of Dr. Michael Degnan, a professor of philosophy, who is recovering in Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis from a heart attack on Nov. 27. He expects to be released...

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Professor of the Year Finalists Announced

Since 1961, the University of St. Thomas has recognized faculty members who demonstrate excellence in “teaching, scholarship and inspiration to students” with the Professor of the Year award, selected...

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Leading Expert on Modern-day Slavery to Speak Here Feb. 3

Dr. Kevin Bales, widely regarded as the world’s leading expert on contemporary slavery, will discuss his just-published book, Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide and the Secret to Saving the...

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Professional Notes for Aug. 8, 2016

Carole Bagley Carole Bagley, Organizational Learning and Development Department, College of Education, Leadership and Counseling, has two recent publications: “The Role of Social Media as a Tool for...

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Office of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Center Award Competitive...

The Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Faculty Development recently awarded two of their highest honors to four St. Thomas faculty members. Dr. Avinash Malshe and Dr. Gerald Schlabach each...

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Writing the Kind of Book One Wishes One Had Read at the Beginning

Professor Sandra Menssen of the Philosophy Department was named a John Ireland Presidential Scholar spring 2016 as an exemplar of the teacher-scholar at St. Thomas. One of her nominating letters began...

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Humans of St. Thomas: Patrick Fisher

The third floor of the Anderson Student Center isn’t small, but while I was talking with senior Patrick Fisher it felt like a cramped space. Outside would have been much more fitting, because a...

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Faculty Promotions and Tenure Announced

The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce affirmative decisions on promotion and tenure following the conclusion of the Tenure and Promotion Committee meetings in December 2016 and February...

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Professional Notes for March 10, 2017

Dr. David Deavel, Catholic Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, and Logos, and Dr. Catherine Deavel, Philosophy Department, College of Arts and Sciences, are the authors of “Preserving the...

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Ten Faculty Members Receive Sustainability Grants

The Office of Sustainability Initiatives would like to congratulate the following 10 faculty who recently earned Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Curriculum Development grants to integrate...

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Professional Notes for Oct. 4, 2017

Father Jean-Pierre Bongila Jean Bongila, Leadership, Policy and Administration Department, College of Education, Leadership and Counseling, had an article “The state of leadership and Diaspora...

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Competitive Grants Awarded By Office of Academic Affairs and Faculty...

The Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Faculty Development recently awarded two of their highest honors to three St. Thomas faculty members. Dr. Elizabeth Kindall received the University...

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Faculty Promotions and Tenure Announced

The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce affirmative decisions on promotion following the conclusion of the Tenure and Promotion Committee meetings in December 2017. The following tenured...

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Faculty Promotions and Tenure Announced

The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce affirmative decisions on tenure and promotion following the conclusion of the Tenure and Promotion Committee meetings in February 2018.

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Office of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Center Award Competitive...

The Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Faculty Development recently awarded two of their highest honors to four St. Thomas faculty members. Dr. Bruce Gleason and Dr. Mufaddal Baxamusa each...

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Faculty Promotions and Tenure for 2020

The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce faculty who have been promoted to professor, effective Sept. 1, 2020.

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