College & University
UST Alumni Grant Funds to St. Thomas Students
By • University of St. Thomas • 6/6/2013
Ingry Umanzor left her job as a bank teller to make her courses and clinical work in the University of St. Thomas School of Nursing her first priority. Umanzor, who said she relied on God to provide, is one of the 2013 Alumni Association Student Award recipients. This year's Two Saints and Taco ...
Chart-Topping Sister Mary Josefa Reflects on Thomas Aquinas College
By • Cardinal Newman Society • 6/6/2013
The fact that authentic Catholic education is rooted in the sacred liturgy of the Church couldn't be more apparent to Sister Mary Josefa, whose path from Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., to the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, near Kansas City, Mo., was marked by reverent ...
Faith, Truth Focus of Speakers at UST Commencement
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/29/2013
Robert P. George spoke on "The Life of Faith and The Moral Life" at the University of St. Thomas 2013 Commencement Ceremony on May 18. He imparted "the basic goods of human nature" to the group of 350 undergraduates and 793 graduate students in Reliant Arena. HOUSTON, TX (Catholic Online) - George, ...
Dr. Beena George Named New UST Cameron Dean
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/22/2013
Dr. Beena George is the fourth dean of the University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business effective on May 20. George previously served as the associate dean of the Cameron School and contributed to the school's elite accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. ...
UST Honors Student Sings Her Way to Grad School
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/21/2013
Smart, articulate, dynamic and a devout Catholic are just a few ways University of St. Thomas professors describe graduating music major and English minor Meeka Opong. Taking her talents in music to Clarksville, Tenn., Opong will pursue her Master of Music in Vocal Performance at Austin Peay State ...
Archbishop José H. Gomez at Franciscan University: In this Time of Mission
By • Catholic Online • 5/21/2013
Our mission is to continue his mission. To redeem that little part of the world that we live in - our homes, the places where we work, our neighborhoods. To sanctify reality. To build a world of love, the family of God. And we do that by helping our loved ones and the people we meet every day to ...
Brother and Sister Plant It Forward at UST
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/20/2013
What do siblings with a thriving software company, Bridgway Software, have in common with Houston's urban organic farming and refugees from Africa's troubled Congo? They are elements of a radical idea turned non-profit company called Plant It Forward Farms, driven by University of St. Thomas alumni ...
UST's Macias Accepted to Thomistic Seminar
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/16/2013
John Macias, doctoral student at the University of St. Thomas Center for Thomistic Studies, has been accepted to the 8th Annual Thomistic Seminar for graduate students in philosophy and related disciplines from Aug. 4-10 in Princeton, N.J. The topic is "Themes in the Philosophy of Alasdair ...
UST's Taco Tasting Raises $35,000 for Scholarships
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/15/2013
In what was the largest event ever contracted at the Saint Arnold Brewing Co., the University of St. Thomas Alumni Association exceeded its goal and raised nearly $35,000 for scholarships at the 2nd Annual Two Saints and a Taco Tasting on April 18. The sold-out event signed up 450 people, 100 more ...
Hattrup Dissertation Unanimously Passed at UST
By • University of St. Thomas • 5/14/2013
Joseph Hattrup's dissertation, "Form and Predicability in Aristotle's Categories and the Middle Books of the Metaphysics," was unanimously passed on April 19. He argued that two famous Aristotelian doctrines on substance are not contradictory in principle. Hattrup will now be referred to as Dr. ...
