When others zigged, Patrick L. Cordero zagged. When lesser lawyers struggled, Cordero flourished. When less-creative lawyers saw failure, Cordero smelled opportunity. It all started in the Bronx, New York, where Cordero was born to a Chilean father and a Colombian mother. He was raised in Miami, however, and he went to Killian High School before […]
Darin Harris is a study in perseverance. Looking for both a job and information on his thesis for his Master’s degree from St. Thomas University, Harris once called a Pizza Hut executive every week for four straight months. To be precise, Harris called this boss every Friday at 2 p.m. Harris left voice mails, but […]
Teresa Resch is the answer to a fascinating trivia question. Name the college or university that has sent two of its graduates on to become high-ranking officials on teams that have won NBA championships within the past decade on both sides of the Canadian/American border. That school is St. Thomas University, which can boast among […]
Jack Butler was not going to attend college. His one clear goal as a teenager – to play college football – was blown up by an injury. There was no backup plan. “Life wasn’t working out the way I wanted,” Butler said. His parents had moved the family from Atlanta to Miami when Butler revealed […]
Mental health challenges across the country and at STU continue to rise, and the Division of Student Affairs is working to meet the needs of our growing student population. In a survey conducted in 2020 with 485 STU students, 21 percent of them reported bouts of depression or anxiety. In addition, 6 percent of those […]
Serenity Mathieu, Alice Gutierrez, and Jakarri Hendricks were three of the more than 140 budding scientists who came to St. Thomas University on Monday for the 11th Annual City of Miami Gardens Science and Engineering Fair. Mathieu, a second-grader at Norwood Elementary, created a science project called: “The Road to Affordable, Clean Energy.” “We’re using […]
The STU men’s soccer team has World Cup Fever … and National Championship Fever, too. Usually, the World Cup is held in June and July, and it does not conflict with the college soccer schedule. But this year, because Qatar is hosting, the World Cup will start in November, avoiding the worst of the Middle […]
MIAMI GARDENS, FL; Nov. 9, 2022 – St. Thomas University (STU) has announced Gladstone I. Edwards as their new Marching Band Director. Mr. Edwards comes to STU via Palm Beach County Public Schools, where he served as Music Director for Royal Palm Beach High School. Prior to his tenure in the Palm Beaches, Mr. Edwards […]
Sharing your spare change does not bring about real change. That was one of many key messages delivered on Friday by a panel of experts on homelessness who visited St. Thomas University, which for several years has been the home of this annual event. In the audience were more than 800 students from 21 Miami-Dade […]
To find proof that Ashlee Rzyczycki had the attention of her audience, all you had to do was listen. Rzyczycki, the director of St. Thomas University’s Fashion Merchandising program, recently hosted Hialeah Gardens High School’s fashion marketing class. When Rzyczycki told the group about STU’s scheduled 10-day trip to fashion houses in London and Paris […]
