St. Thomas Day Celebrates the Best of the University
Humanitarian of the Year: Sister Karen Willenbring ’89, M.D., of Frenchville, Pa., became a doctor and serves the spiritual and medical needs of the poor of Appalachia.Distinguished Alumnus: Mark...
View ArticleAlways Trying to ‘do Good’
Michael Dougherty has a simple philosophy when it comes to his business:"Do good. Have fun. Make money."That’s it. Six words. He doesn’t see a need for others."You have mission and value statements, of...
View ArticleFinal Thoughts
An overwhelming week packed with emotions – not only sadness, grief, and mourning, but also joy, hope and a profound appreciation for the Holy Father – followed the death of John Paul II on April 2....
View ArticlePop Culture and the Pedagogue
One of my educational interests is studying the everyday behavior of ordinary people both from an experiential and a scholarly perspective. These everyday behaviors, elusive as the air we breathe...
View ArticleWorking for the Common Good
Every spring, when the year’s St. Thomas graduating class becomes new alumni, a collective sigh of relief is released. No more classes, no more professors, no more papers, no more finals. New...
View Article‘Let us Walk With Them’
It was the first day of class and I couldn’t believe I was in college. I was in a Philosophy 115 class, looking at the professor but not really seeing him. Instead, all I could see was where I was nine...
View ArticleEvery Student has a Story
For those who don’t examine reality too closely, St. Thomas undergraduates often are stereotyped as rich, trendy business majors whose parents pay for all their college education.The reality is...
View ArticleHolocaust Survivor Reminds People to Remember
Holocaust survivor Felicia Weingarten, 78, who as a teenager lived through Auschwitz and other concentration camps, spoke to Dr. Joe Fitzharris’ World War II history class last fall. This year is the...
View Article‘If These Walls Could Talk’
Last year for the first St. Thomas Heritage Week celebration, students in my Sacred Architecture course led tours of the chapels of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Mary.This year under the Heritage Week...
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