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Dr. Rzyczycki earns elite study-abroad opportunity

BY Walter Villa, Special to STU  Jolly good, Ashlee Rzyczycki!  Professor Rzyczycki, who is the director of St. Thomas University’s Fashion Merchandising & Design program, has earned an incredible opportunity to study this summer…
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Business summit at STU provides networking opportunities and useful information

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Serving his students. That is what it is all about for Dr. Jose Rocha, who is St. Thomas University Gus Machado College of Business’ MBA program director. Late last month, STU – thanks in large part to…
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STU partners with Acquolina Weston to help students make dream trip to Italy

BY WALTER VILLA, Special to STU St. Thomas University is making Lucia Battistel’s dream – and surely those of many others -- come true. Battistel is one of 18 students – all from STU’s Fashion Merchandising and Design program -- who…
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STU Culinary: Bringing It Home

By Walter Villa, Special to STU St. Thomas University’s new on-campus culinary lab – which made its debut recently – is a game-changer for the program. Prior to last fall, students had to take a bus to the Sunny Isles Community Center…

Gus Machado’s bio inspires STU students to live the ‘American Dream’

By Nick Fontecha The “American Dream” is real, and Gus Machado is a living example of it, say the St. Thomas University students and administrators who have read Gus Machado’s new biography, American Dream. The Gus Machado Family Foundation…
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Words Matter! Navigating Faith, Media and Fashion in the Shadow of Anti-Semitism

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Anti-Semitism is raging, and we no longer have the luxury of looking away. There is the obvious physical war in the Middle East, but there is also a much more nuanced, yet deadly public-relations battle, and…
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FlySupply & STU Fashion Collab Launch

by Walter Villa, Special to STU This was a match made in heaven – literally. St. Thomas University, a Catholic institution, and Fly Supply, a clothing line with religious messaging, have made a collaboration blessed by the angels. On Friday…
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John Schmidt Graduates STU at 82!

.post-featured-img{display:none!important;} 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…
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Tourism & Hospitality Ready to Welcome the World

By Walter Villa – Special to St. Thomas University Just a few months ago, Sofia Volberg was living in her native Argentina, dreaming of one day owning her own restaurant. Now that she is a freshman in St. Thomas University’s Culinary…
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Introducing STU’s New Chief of Staff Tamara James

St. Thomas University (STU) has announced Tamara James as Chief of Staff to President David A. Armstrong, J.D., effective immediately. Ms. James will be responsible for a wide variety of administrative and executive duties, special projects,…