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Festschrift Presentation – Human Flourishing: The End of Law

On Friday, November 3, 2023, an extraordinary event took place at St. Thomas University College of Law: the launching of a book of essays, which a United Nations dignitary called “an exceptional piece of legal work that places the law in its largest strategic context,” titled Human Flourishing: The End of Law: Essays in Honor of Siegfried Wiessner — a Festschrift celebrating Professor Wiessner’s lifetime work at the occasion of his 70th birthday. Dr. Roza Pati hosted and coordinated this event with unequalled focus on substance, inclusion, elegance and style.

Little Shop of Horrors

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Innovative. Unexpected. Chaotic. Beautiful. Those are words St. Thomas University’s Director of Vocal Arts Dr. Elizabeth Turner and her students have used to describe “Little Shop of Horrors,” the musical they will perform three times this weekend. Showtimes at Monsignor Pace High School are as follows: Friday and Saturday […]

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Need Help? Tutors Are Standing By!

by Dejon Hadley Tutoring Services Are Available! St. Thomas University has a wide range of services available for students to help in their academic journey. One such service is the S.O.C.R.A.T.E.S tutoring center, located on the 2nd floor of the main library, where you can find a plethora of people to assist you with your […]

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Dr. Ben Carson and Crisis in the Classroom

BY WALTER VILLA, Special to STU Renown neurosurgeon and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Dr. Benjamin Carson, made his first-ever visit to St. Thomas University last week, leaving his audience with many words of wisdom but perhaps none as thought-provoking as these: “If two people agree about everything,” Carson began, “then one of them isn’t […]

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This Could Be the Moment

By Walter Villa, Special to STU This could be the year. This could be the sport. This could be the moment that sparks a breakthrough. The St. Thomas University Bobcats opened their football season at high noon on Saturday, suffocating the University of Fort Lauderdale 70-14. In a game that was never close, the Bobcats […]

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St. Thomas University Leads Recording of World Youth Day English Theme Music Video

St. Thomas University (STU) students and young adults representing the Archdiocese of Miami were selected to participate as the main cast in the official music video for World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023. The song, “Feel the Rush in the Air!”, was recently recorded on the STU campus, in Miami Gardens, Florida. The project for the new WYD English-language Theme Song […]

STU Law Names the Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro as Dean

St. Thomas University (STU) has announced the appointment of the Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro as the Dean of The College of Law. She will begin her new role on August 7, 2023. Judge Nunez-Navarro currently serves as a Circuit Court Judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit and presides in the Felony Criminal Division in Orange County, […]

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John Schmidt Graduates STU at 82!

John Schmidt has put a new twist on the phrase “graduating senior.” Schmidt, who was born before World War II began, was 79 years old when he told his wife, Maryann: “There’s no excuse anymore. I’m going to graduate college.” Schmidt, who has worked most of his life in sales and served for two years in the U.S. Army, has lived […]

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Sports Medicine & Exercise Science Ascending

Annie Carrera had been studying at St. Thomas University for nearly two years, but she had not quite found her true major. Instead, Carrera’s major found her. Carrera, a Miami native who is on STU’s Women Tennis team, was majoring in Biology in the summer of 2021 when she overheard a Bobcat soccer coach telling […]

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Trial Team – Excellence Demands Consistency

BY WALTER VILLA – Special to St. Thomas University Public speaking? No. Please, no. Anything but that. “Talking in front of people was my worst nightmare,” St. Thomas University College of Law student Michael Rizo said. “I hated it.” Everything changed for Rizo this past summer when he served as an intern for Judge William […]