{"id":1031,"date":"2025-02-25T17:20:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:53:21","slug":"going-beyond-academic-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2025\/featured-stories\/going-beyond-academic-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Beyond Academic Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Strategic Vision Inspires Unprecedented Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"679\" data-attachment-id=\"1032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2025\/featured-stories\/going-beyond-academic-excellence\/attachment\/pillars-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/02\/pillars-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"330,679\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pillars 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/02\/pillars-1-146x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/02\/pillars-1.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/02\/pillars-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1032\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/02\/pillars-1.png 330w, https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/02\/pillars-1-146x300.png 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s ambitious strategic vision, aptly titled Greater Things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of St. Thomas\u2019 comprehensive vision extends far beyond academic excellence. Greater Things includes a sweeping capital campaign that will not only enhance our academic infrastructure but will transform the physical and spiritual heart of our campus. This campaign will fund the construction of a new student residence hall before moving on to other planned projects such as enhancements to the Ada Mary and Robert Pace Doherty Library, restoring the historic Link-Lee Mansion, and establishing a new prayer grotto. 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