St. Thomas Chamber Singers will perform a piece a Mexican composer Jorge Cozatl wrote for the choir’s March 9 and 10 concert at Orchestra Hall. He has been working with the choir since October on a piece title “Pasar la Vida.” Listen to the song here.
News in :90 – March 6, 2012
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, March 6, 2012.
News in :90 – March 5, 2012
This is News in :90 for Monday, March 5, 2012.
St. Thomas bus company has bumpy week
The Lorenz Bus Service, the company St. Thomas uses to shuttle students between the St. Paul and Minneapolis campuses, experienced a few problems last week.
Senior creates job with service-based software
Senior Solome Tibebu is the founder of Cognific, a service-based software that will offer mental health “homework” in a gaming format for young adult patients, as well as an analytics platform for psychotherapists.
New lemonade curriculum links entrepreneurship classes
The new 200-level entrepreneurship class provides hands-on experience for students and capstone course mentors.
‘Slacker’ rule irrelevant to St. Thomas
The University of Texas and a few other universities are deciding whether to enforce restrictions on students in an effort to boost four-year graduation rates and save money.
Home-schoolers perform better than classmates at St. Thomas
Home-schooled students who now attend St. Thomas tend to perform at a higher level than traditionally educated students, according to a study by Michael Cogan, associate vice president for institutional effectiveness.
Dining Services raises meal plan prices for fall semester
St. Thomas meal plans will include more guest meals, an increase in flex dollars and a slightly higher overall price starting next fall.
News in :90 – March 2, 2012
This is News in :90 for Friday, March 2, 2012.
St. Thomas students respond to free speech case
St. Thomas students are following a free speech case at the Minnesota Supreme Court involving a student and controversial Facebook posts.
Students, faculty see MCAT revisions as positive
The Association of American Medical Colleges announced this month that a new version of the MCAT will include a sociology and psychology section and will be longer than before. The changes will begin in 2015.
New bowling club ‘gets the ball rolling’ for St. Thomas
Junior Jesse Stock’s passion for bowling has turned into a new Bowling Club at St. Thomas. It officially started last semester, with its first and only meeting over January term.
News in :90 – Mar. 1, 2012
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012.
St. Thomas hires new Flynn Hall director
After almost six weeks without a Flynn Hall Area Director, Residence Life has hired former Indiana University Residence Coordinator Erin Whipkey.