The Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex extended free membership for St. Thomas graduates for up to a year after their graduation date.
2012 grads get free one-year AARC membership
A look inside a seminarian’s decision to discern
Juniors Nathaniel Binversie and Matthew Bearth are starting an entirely new educational endeavor in the St. John Vianney Seminary.
Candidates announced for School of Law dean
The Dean Search Committee at the St. Thomas School of Law has selected four candidates for the St. Thomas School of Law dean.
News in :90 – Sept. 5, 2012
This is News in :90 for Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.
The Rev. Dennis Dease gives final academic convocation address
Speaking in his 22nd and final academic convocation address on Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the OEC auditorium, university president the Rev. Dennis Dease reflected on his tenure and anticipated the university’s future.
March through the Arches: You are now a Tommie
A sea of purple flooded the St. Thomas grounds Tuesday, Sept. 4, as students and faculty members lined up to welcome 1,460 freshmen, 282 transfer students and 37 international students to the university.
Estetica St. Thomas opens its Aveda salon and spa doors Sept. 4
One year after Hairworks shut its doors for good, St. Thomas is set to open a full Aveda salon and day spa, Estetica St. Thomas, on Tuesday, Sept. 4 in the Anderson Student Center.
AARC pool helps paralympian swim to gold
Swimmer Mallory Weggemann, of Eagan, Minn., captured her first gold medal Sunday night at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Weggemann used the Anderson Athletic & Recreation Complex to train for the games.
Class of 2016 moves in without a hitch
St. Thomas welcomed the class of 2016 with the 10th annual Father Dease’s Move-in Crew, made up of volunteer upperclassmen and faculty, on Saturday, Sept. 1.
Wind sensor included in donated water fountain
The water fountain located in front of the Anderson Student Center has a fancy gadget embedded in it: a sensor that measures wind velocity.
Schulze presses plan to purchase Best Buy
Best Buy and its founder and former chairman Richard Schulze, a St. Thomas trustee, say they have an agreement that will allow Schulze to pursue his plan to try to buy the company.
Augsburg College opposes marriage amendment
Augsburg College is publicly opposing the amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota’s constitution.
The announcement makes the Minneapolis liberal arts school the first traditional university in the state to come out against the amendment.
UST alum named Carlson CEO
Global hospitality and travel company Carlson this week named St. Thomas alum Trudy Rautio as its new president and CEO.
In choosing Wright, Dayton makes historic Supreme Court appointment
Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Wilhelmina Wright of St. Paul is the newest member of the state Supreme Court, the first black woman chosen to serve on the state’s highest court.
Schulze prepares Best Buy purchase; says financing in place
Best Buy Co. co-founder Richard Schulze said Thursday that he is committed to his offer for the electronics retailer and has heard from a number of private equity firms prepared to make “significant commitments.” Ten days after he made a public bid to take the business private, Schulze, a St. Thomas trustee and benefactor, told Best Buy’s board in a letter that he’d like to create a group and put forth a fully financed plan.