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Leadership in Action: Moving up the Career Ladder
How does one successfully navigate the process of moving from an individual contributor or team member to a first-time manager and leader? Which leadership characteristics and competencies promote...
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The ‘Four Goods of Entrepreneurship’
When Kieran Folliard was planning to enter the crowded and notoriously fickle bar and restaurant business in downtown Minneapolis, he knew exactly what he wanted to create. He wanted to develop a...
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Going Out on a High Note
The Opus College of Business prides itself on the quality of its faculty. In keeping with this pride, two awards are presented annually to recognize faculty achievement.The Julie Hays Teaching Award is...
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Honing in on Crucial Intellectual Property Issues Around the World
As people and businesses interact on the internet, knowing foreign laws and the philosophical and historical underpinnings for those laws becomes increasingly important. Opus College of Business Ethics...
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Mankato Kasota Stone Closes – Helped Define the UST Brand
If you’re walking around in downtown Minneapolis it would be hard to miss the St. Thomas campus. Not because we have the biggest, or the tallest building downtown, but because each building has a...
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When in Rome … Teach (and Eat Pizza)
One coveted advantage of a teacher’s schedule is summers off – free to while away three months in the sun, wake up late and do whatever moves you.But that perk, at least for many a college professor,...
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A Conversation With Jazz Saxophonist Steve Cole
In 1998 Steve Cole, a professor of music business, recording arts and popular music at St. Thomas, accomplished what few saxophone players do: he signed on as a recording artist with a major record...
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Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk Named to Aquinas Chair in Theology and Philosophy
Dr. Paul Gavrilyuk, a member of the University of St. Thomas Theology Department since 2001, has been appointed the Aquinas Chair in Theology and Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, it was...
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Dr. Stephen Brookfield Named First John Ireland Endowed Chair
Dr. Stephen Brookfield, St. Thomas’ Distinguished University Professor since 1992, has been named the first John Ireland Endowed Chair.The chair is funded by the Office of Academic Affairs and is...
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‘Big Deal’: Biology Professor’s Research Published in Prestigious Science...
Linking phosphorous, nitrogen and algae For a scientist, you know you’ve arrived if you are published in Science, one of the world’s leading scientific journals. Peer-reviewed, it is the academic...
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Pioneering Health Care in Minnesota
Despite the threat of congress further changing the rules of our health care system, and a 16 day shutdown of the federal government, leaders across Minnesota and the Midwest have been working to...
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Veterans Day 2013 … Making Connections Beyond the Arches and Yellow Ribbons
“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and...
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Professional Notes for Feb. 28, 2013
Dr. Sanjeev BordoloiDr. Sanjeev Bordoloi, Operations and Supply Chain Management Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of a textbook titled Service Management: Operations, Strategy,...
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Nominate a Professor for the Julie Hays Teaching Award – Deadline Today
Nominations are due today for the Opus College of Business Julie Hays Teaching Award.“UST is a teaching university where faculty research is also valued. Julie Hays exemplified the values we share as...
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Habemus Papam: St. Thomas Community Reacts to the Selection of Pope Francis
Dr. Don Briel, the Koch Chair in Catholic Studies and founding director of the university’s Center for Catholic Studies: The selection of Pope Francis I is clearly something of a surprise although...
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Theologian Dr. John Martens Appointed Columnist for America Magazine
Dr. John Martens, a member of the Theology Department at the University of St. Thomas as well as the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, recently was appointed columnist of The Word for America...
View ArticleOutside Consultant Round-up
UST Faculty regularly answer questions in the Star Tribune‘s Ask The Consultant column. Here’s a round-up of a few recent questions. Ask your own question.How to find a reputable lawyer for a small...
View ArticleOutside consultant: 4 tips for working with a retailer
UST Faculty regularly answer questions in the Star Tribune’s Ask The Consultant column. Here’s the most recent question. Ask your own question.Board game inventors looking for a break I created an...
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The Weigh-In: March Madness at Rutgers
With March Madness and the college basketball season coming to an exciting conclusion this week, it was easy to temporarily forget another type of madness that can sadly be a part of sports – the type...
View ArticleGovernor Names John Wendt to Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
A good sport for good sports John Wendt has been named by Gov. Mark Dayton to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission. Wendt teaches in the Department of Ethics and Business Law in the university’s...
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