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A Legacy of Leadership

While names like Nintendo, Jordan, and O.J. were making headlines in 1994, the groundwork for major headlines to come was being quietly laid at St. Thomas University. Twenty four years ago, on April 19, 1994, Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale began…
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St. Thomas More Catholic Law Society Community Outreach: Packaging Food for the Homeless

  On February 1, 2018, the St. Thomas More Catholic Law Society hosted its First Spring Meeting and  community pro bono event. St. Thomas Law students prepared food packages for the homeless. The packages were distributed by Servidores…
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St.Thomas Law’s Human Trafficking Academy Commemorates International Day of Prayer

On February 8th, the Human Trafficking Academy and Campus Ministry joined millions of people of the global faith community on a day of prayer for the victims of human trafficking. In 2015, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace…

Lenten activities on campus – all welcome

What is Lent? Lent is a 40 day period of preparation for Jesus Christ’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday. It is also one of the major liturgical seasons of the Catholic Church. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday (This year it falls on February 14th). An…
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Donates $150K to St. Thomas University for Displaced Caribbean Students

Months after a series of three catastrophic hurricanes hit Houston, Miami, and Puerto Rico, the regions are still coping with the destruction that closed schools and universities, and displaced students and their families. In response to the…
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National Champions: St. Thomas Law Beats Harvard and UC Hastings to Win National Trial Team Competition

The St. Thomas University School of Law’s trial team continued its championship run by being crowned the 2018 ABA Labor and Employment Law National Trial Competition champions. This year's national competition was held from January 27-28 in…
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Student displaced by storm, struggles and perseveres with music

Communications major Jose Vargas, 22, came to the United States on Oct. 8 with a backpack full of all his belongings—two shirts and two pants—and two days later he started class at St. Thomas University. Jose is one of the 68 students…
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St. Thomas Law’s Human Trafficking Academy Hosts 7th Annual SAO Human Trafficking Forum

Dr. Roza Pati, Director of the Human Trafficking Academy, President Msgr. Franklyn Casale, State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle and Dean Alfredo Garcia  St. Thomas Law’s Human Trafficking Academy,  in partnership…

St. Thomas University breaks ground on Gus Machado School of Business

On Wednesday, Jan. 24, St. Thomas University (STU) broke ground on a brand new business school—The Gus Machado School of Business—thanks to the generous $5 million gift from South Florida business leader Gus Machado. The ceremonial…
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St.Thomas Law Earns Top National Rankings for Diversity

The 2018 edition of The Princeton Review - Best 169 Law Schools has been released and St. Thomas University School of Law has maintained its Top 10 national ranking for having the "Greatest Resources for Minority Students" and the "Most Diverse…