{"id":909,"date":"2017-10-12T09:16:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/?page_id=909"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:07:48","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\tAll\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li data-filter=\"*\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"All\">All<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-call-toward-tomorrow\" data-term=\"call-toward-tomorrow\" data-item-count=\"7\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Call Toward Tomorrow\">Call Toward Tomorrow<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-campus-announcements\" data-term=\"campus-announcements\" data-item-count=\"7\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Campus Announcements\">Campus Announcements<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-initiatives\" data-term=\"initiatives\" data-item-count=\"5\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Initiatives\">Initiatives<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-memos\" data-term=\"memos\" data-item-count=\"2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Memos\">Memos<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-presentations\" data-term=\"presentations\" data-item-count=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Presentations\">Presentations<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-presidents-messages\" data-term=\"presidents-messages\" data-item-count=\"2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"President's Messages\">President&#8217;s Messages<\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/1578\" content=\"UST Restructuring Announcement\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-08-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2019-08-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"President&#039;s Blog\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/author\/dracosta\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ustpresident\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/600X300_CallTowardsTomorrow_2.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"300\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/initiatives\/call-toward-tomorrow\/ust-restructuring-announcement\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/bb-plugin\/cache\/600X300_CallTowardsTomorrow_2-panorama-9c6e69e3aa2e0274f803a37c54891407-.jpg\" alt=\"Image of the Chapel of St. Basil\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" title=\"600X300_CallTowardsTomorrow_2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/initiatives\/call-toward-tomorrow\/ust-restructuring-announcement\/\" title=\"UST Restructuring Announcement\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUST Restructuring Announcement\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tAugust 12, 2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>On August 8, the Board of Directors voted unanimously and issued a resolution that charges the UST administration with restructuring the University by the end of Fall 2020.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/1556\" content=\"Feast day of Saint Pope John Paul II\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-10-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2018-10-22\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"President&#039;s Blog\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/author\/dracosta\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ustpresident\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/ValkaPost_Aug2018.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"300\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/campus-announcements\/feast-day-of-saint-pope-john-paul-ii\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/bb-plugin\/cache\/ValkaPost_Aug2018-panorama-3e85ac6402892677856b5912dc3eb3be-.jpg\" alt=\"Chapel of St. Basil on campus in the daytime.\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" title=\"CFCPost_Aug2018\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/campus-announcements\/feast-day-of-saint-pope-john-paul-ii\/\" title=\"Feast day of Saint Pope John Paul II\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFeast day of Saint Pope John Paul II\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tOctober 22, 2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>This is a very special day, the feast day of Saint Pope John Paul II. His life inspires us. He bridged many divides with a synthesis that at once honored old traditions and created new ones.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/1549\" content=\"The Call Toward Tomorrow Goals and Metrics\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2018-09-21\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"President&#039;s Blog\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/author\/dracosta\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ustpresident\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/600X300_CallTowardsTomorrow_1.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"300\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/initiatives\/the-call-toward-tomorrow-goals-and-metrics\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/bb-plugin\/cache\/600X300_CallTowardsTomorrow_1-panorama-e918434d0fad801b6f905545554e9b4a-.jpg\" alt=\"Call Toward Tomorrow\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" title=\"600X300_CallTowardsTomorrow_1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/initiatives\/the-call-toward-tomorrow-goals-and-metrics\/\" title=\"The Call Toward Tomorrow Goals and Metrics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Call Toward Tomorrow Goals and Metrics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tSeptember 21, 2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>The five priorities and eighteen goals of the planning process, and some of the metrics that will be used to measure our success.<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/1540\" content=\"Celt Innovation Competition\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-09-12\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2018-09-13\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"President&#039;s Blog\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/author\/dracosta\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ustpresident\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/CampusPhotoWithSeal.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"300\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/campus-announcements\/celt-innovation-competition\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/bb-plugin\/cache\/CampusPhotoWithSeal-panorama-d38dd5757eb41c3281d84f3cfaf83bb6-.jpg\" alt=\"The University of St. Thomas campus\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" title=\"CampusPhotoWithSeal\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/campus-announcements\/celt-innovation-competition\/\" title=\"Celt Innovation Competition\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCelt Innovation Competition\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tSeptember 12, 2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>In the spirit of building a fearless culture of positive change and to better serve our students and community, I would like to begin a process for investing in the innovative ideas of our exceptional Celt community (faculty and staff).<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/1537\" content=\"Introducing Faith Delehanty\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-09-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2018-09-11\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"President&#039;s Blog\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/author\/dracosta\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ustpresident\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/09\/LinkLee.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"300\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta 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2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>The Call Toward Tomorrow goals were recently announced at UST&#8217;s inaugural Opening Day celebration. Those goals represent the hard work and collaboration of many Celts from across our campus and extended community. <\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/1202\" content=\"18 Goals from the Call Toward Tomorrow Planning Process\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2018-08-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2018-08-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"President&#039;s Blog\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/author\/dracosta\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"ustpresident\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/08\/CallTowardTomorrowGoalBooklet.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"300\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/initiatives\/18-goals-from-the-call-toward-tomorrow-planning-process\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/bb-plugin\/cache\/CallTowardTomorrowGoalBooklet-panorama-f91a68c5641ccf577e5db9a4c6cb158e-.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of booklet containing the Call Toward Tomorrow Goals\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" title=\"CallTowardTomorrowGoalBooklet\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/blog\/initiatives\/18-goals-from-the-call-toward-tomorrow-planning-process\/\" title=\"18 Goals from the Call Toward Tomorrow Planning Process\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 Goals from the Call Toward Tomorrow Planning Process\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\tAugust 14, 2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>Read more about the 18 goals presented as part of the Call Toward Tomorrow campaign at the Opening Day event on August 14, 2018.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class='page-numbers'>\n\t<li>1<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/page\/2\/?fl_builder\">2<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/page\/2\/?fl_builder\">Next &raquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n<h4>\n\t\tAbout the\n\t\tPresident\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Sinda-Vanderpool-Headshot-July-2025-scaled-square.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sinda Vanderpool\" title=\"Sinda Vanderpool Headshot July 2025\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t<h4>Dr. Sinda K. Vanderpool<\/h4>President\nDr. Sinda K. Vanderpool was announced as the 10th president of the University of St. Thomas on July 8, 2025.  She previously served as president of St. Mary&#8217;s University in Alberta, Canada.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><h3>&#8211; Eleanor Roosevelt<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><h3>&#8211; Amelia Earhart<\/h3><h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All All Call Toward Tomorrow Campus Announcements Initiatives Memos Presentations President&#8217;s Messages UST Restructuring Announcement August 12, 2019 On August 8, the Board of Directors voted unanimously and issued a resolution that charges the UST administration with restructuring the University by the end of Fall 2020. 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