Posts by UST Staff
Encounter Winter 2025
A Legacy of Blessings
As more students choose to attend UST, our ability to provide robust scholarship and programmatic support to propel this continued growth becomes increasingly critical. In alignment with Greater Things, the University of St. Thomas has been blessed with a transformative gift of $5.25 million from the Notsew Orm Sands Foundation. “The Foundation is so pleased…
Read MoreAnswered Prayer
A New Home for Celts As we journey together under the banner of Greater Things, we have been met by remarkable acts of generosity. We are proud to share that more than $25 million has been raised, including the two largest gifts in the University’s 78-year history. These transformative gifts are a cornerstone in our…
Read MoreGoing Beyond Academic Excellence
Our Strategic Vision Inspires Unprecedented Progress In the fall of 2021, the University of St. Thomas invited students, staff, faculty, alumni, and board members to come together in prayer and reflection to envision the future of our beloved institution. These in-person workshops, steeped in hope, faith, and determination, laid the foundation for UST’s ambitious strategic…
Read MoreGlobal UST
Rooted in Encounter and Dialogue and a Future of Innovative Growth UST’s strategic vision, Greater Things, launched the University into an exciting new era of global encounter and dialogue on campus and abroad. Leveraging international partnerships to those ends required increasing the number of international partnerships, diversifying the geography of those relationships, and pioneering new…
Read MoreE Pluribus Unum
Impact on the Eucharistic Revival Imagine you are in a football stadium with more than 50,000 people, and you can hear a pin drop in the all-consuming silence. The quiet floods your heart and mind, and for a moment, you forget anyone else is there, because out of all those people, you are focused on…
Read More30 Years of Faith & Culture
A Night to Honor Fr. Donald S. Nesti, CSSP Opening with prayer, a historic and joyful event on Oct. 17, 2024, at the River Oaks Country Club marked the 30th anniversary of the Nesti Center for Faith & Culture and honored its founder, Fr. Donald S. Nesti, CSSp. Under the theme “Illuminating the Way,” the…
Read MoreSetting the Cornerstone
Making Your Legacy Go Further When Hubert F. Hawthorn, Jr. was recruited by Judge Carolyn Dineen King to serve on the University of St. Thomas Board of Directors in 1994, he could not have known how one invitation would impact not only his life, but also the lives of students to come long into the…
Read MoreDouble Alumnus Returns as Campus Chaplain
Most who visit the University of St. Thomas have an indescribable feeling when they arrive on campus. Whether it’s the Christ-centered community, the presence of the Holy Spirit, or the prayers of the Basilian Fathers, UST has a way of making people feel connected to its deep history. Countless students and alumni walked these blocks…
Read MoreHeart and Soul
Celebrating Extraordinary Giving On Thursday, Oct. 24, the University of St. Thomas recognized members of the Major Giving Society and the Lillian & Stella Scanlan Society at the annual Heart and Soul Dinner, an elegant evening on the University’s Academic Mall. Beginning with cocktails at six and dinner at seven, the program recognized Major Giving…
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