Our School of Business recently announced the creation of The Gary Goldbloom Endowed Chair in Cybersecurity, enabling the University to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in cybersecurity as early as 2015. The Identity Theft Resource Center reports that there have been almost 82 million data records breached so far in 2014. Almost 80% of the […]
A delegation from St. Thomas University has recently returned from working with the University’s coffee-cooperative partners in Miami’s sister-diocese of Port-de-Paix, Haiti. As part of the University’s long-standing relationship with the Cafeiere et Cacouyere du Nord’Ouest (COCANO) coffee cooperative, St. Thomas University business, communications, theology and political science students have spent the last four years […]
Recognizing South Florida’s unique combination of professional sports programs and its market position as a tourism destination, St. Thomas University announced it is expanding its well-known Sports Administration Program to include programs in Sports Tourism. The new programs are possible through a gift from Arthur H. Hertz, the Chairman and CEO of Wometco. A long-time […]
Dr. Jan Bell, Faculty Athletics Representative and longtime Director of Sports Administration Programs at St. Thomas University, will become the 10th inductee into the Bobcat Sports Hall of Fame at the sixth annual Stone Crab Dinner for Athletics on Sunday, November 2 at the Fernandez Family Center for Leadership & Wellness. The induction comes in […]
Drs. Siegfried Wiessner and Susan Angulo were honored guests of the “Parlamento IberoAmericano de la Juventud” in Zaragoza, Spain, Sept. 17 – 19. They joined the former presidents of Panama, Uruguay and El Salvador and young politicians from each of the Latin American countries to discuss the process of increasing the interest of university students […]
St. Thomas Law professor Keith Rizzardi serves as Chairman of the U.S. Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC). Appointed to the committee in September 2009 by the Secretary of Commerce, he advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on policy matters related to living marine resources, such as fisheries sustainability, protection of sensitive […]
St. Thomas University has once again been selected as a Lead Institution in Civic Engagement through the NASPA Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Project (NASPA CLDE). Begun in 2012, the NASPA CLDE initiative was founded by NASPA, the US Department of Education, and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) to highlight, and build […]
Respected educational leader assumes key leadership role Today, St. Thomas University President Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale announced a major institutional appointment that will continue to strengthen the University’s academic leadership position. A visionary and transformational leader in higher education, Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Ph.D., has been named St. Thomas University’s new Provost. “Dr. Becerra-Fernandez brings to St. […]
St. Thomas University recently hosted the International Convention on Achieving World Peace, a gathering of religious and academic leaders who are propelling a peace model that is making its way around the globe. Following the morning panels, led by international faculty scholars, Our University President, Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale, presented a plaque to Rev. […]
St. Thomas University announced its partnership with Complete Florida, an online program specifically for adults who have earned some college credits but stopped out before earning a degree. In Florida, approximately 2.2 million adults have earned some college credit without completing a degree. By 2018, approximately 59 percent of the jobs in Florida will require […]