In 2013, there were over 42 million cybersecurity related incidents worldwide. Cybersecurity is now a persistent business risk – one that can cost the business sector millions of dollars in losses. Over the past 12 months, some form of cyberthreat has hit virtually every industry sector across the globe. While the threats increase, there is a shortage […]
Bobcat student-athletes have the privilege of competing in college athletics during their four years at St. Thomas University. One of the responsibilities for every Bobcat student-athlete is to embody the five core values – integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership – of the NAIA’s Champions of Character program. Moreover, it is the responsibility of […]
The U.S. Tour Operators Association kicked off its 2014 Conference and Marketplace at the Waldorf-Astoria Boca Resort on Friday, December 5th, and concluded on Sunday, December 7th. The event was organized by USTOA to present research findings, discuss the association’s activity and development throughout the year, and to plan for future conferences. Several students from […]
On December 4, 2014, St. Thomas Law Professor Jay Silver’s opinion piece was published in the Washington Post. The piece proposed a law requiring the appointment of special prosecutors to handle cases against police. This is in light of recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, NY in which grand juries ruled against indicting […]
The City of Miami Gardens will host their 4th Annual Science and Engineering Fair. The event, committed to increasing our youth’s reliance on science, is the brain trust of Councilman David Williams Jr., and has become one of the beacon projects in the community. This year, the Science and Engineering Fair is presented in part […]
Prof. Pedro A. Figueredo’s triptych painting Orange Cloud and Rain (2014, Acrylic on canvas) is featured in the ArtCenter South Florida’s ARTstudies Student Exhibition currently being held at the Miami Beach City Hall through December 17, 2014. Curated by the Artistic Director Susan Caraballo, the exhibition showcases selected artworks created by students enrolled in classes […]
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 […]