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LL.M. Students Tackle Human Trafficking Issues at OAS Summit in Washington, D.C.

Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera and Adriana Montoya, students in the LL.M. Program in Intercultural Human Rights, participated in the Inaugural Summit of Hispanic Voices United for Human Rights and Against Human Trafficking, organized by and convened at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS), on March 11-12, 2024, in Washington D.C. The Summit was […]

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STU Trial Team Eyeing the Threepeat

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Breaking curfew Talking back. Perhaps a fib or two. As a kid, Valentina Grizales watched her two younger siblings occasionally get in trouble with their parents. Grizales would always come to the aid of her brother, Sebastian Arenas, and her sister, Sofia Arenas. “I have a fiery personality,” Grizales […]

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Kevin Paez – Next Stop, Washington D.C.

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Kevin Paez has heard all about the power of a great internship. After all, Scott Gale – Paez’s professor and mentor at STU — was once an intern in the White House with an office right below that of Vice President Dick Cheney. Now, just over two decades later, […]

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STU Winning the Weekend!

By Walter Villa, Special to STU All we do is win, win, win – no matter what. Every time we step up in the building, everybody’s hands go up! With apologies to Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Ludacris, and T-Pain, it was “Winning Time” at St. Thomas University on Saturday. Yes, Saturday at 10 a.m. was […]

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 […]