The Undergraduate Student Government amended three USG bylaws during its March 17 general council meeting at Scooter’s. Guests Executive Vice President and Provost Eddy Rojas and Dean of the Morrison Family College of Health MayKao Hang spoke at the meeting and finances were reviewed.
St. Thomas holds panel with LGBTQ+ business leaders
The Opus Business’s Amplifying Voices series held a business panel Thursday, Dec. 9 in McNeely Hall to highlight LGBTQ+ business professionals and their careers.
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Former refugee and St. Thomas student uses degree to help other refugees
Mohamed Malim, former refugee and 2018 St. Thomas graduate, created the idea for a business called Epimonía for the 2018 Fowler Business Concept Challenge to help support refugees in the United States. Natalie Hoepner and Casey Eakins have the story.
St. Thomas grad appears in Netflix fashion show
Julian Woodhouse, a 2012 St. Thomas graduate, is changing the New York fashion game with his brand: WOOD HOUSE Army. Reporter Leila Weah has the story.
Business college suspending admissions to full-time MBA, making other structural changes
Admissions into the full-time Master of Business Administration program and Master of Science in Accountancy program have been suspended, among other cuts to staff and programming at the Opus College of Business, the college announced Wednesday. Justin Amaker, Abby Sliva and Leila Weah have the story.
St. Thomas to start new health care innovation Masters program
Beginning in the fall of 2018, St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business will add a new Masters in Health Care Innovation, a one-year program that will allow more people to enter the booming health care industry in Minnesota.
Sullivan announces $50 million scholarship gift, $200 million initiative
With confetti cannons and a 28-by-26 foot banner, St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced a goal of infusing $200 million into scholarship support for students over the next eight years.
St. Thomas acquires business accelerator
The University of St. Thomas recently took over management of the Cleantech Open Midwest startup accelerator.
Opus College of Business partners with U of M for finance symposium
St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business and the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management are joining forces to host the first Twin Cities Scholars of Finance Symposium to give students an opportunity to meet CEOs and executives of Minnesota companies.
Junior wins Fowler Challenge in honor of father
Junior Jeremy Little won the Fowler Business Concept Challenge undergraduate competition, but the win meant more than just the scholarship money.
Minn. in top 10 for best business states
Forbes Magazine ranked Minnesota as the ninth-best business state in its annual report released Nov. 12, falling one spot from 2013’s eighth-place ranking.