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Godspell Helps Build a Beautiful STU City

BY WALTER VILLA Special to STU Adam Perez-Pinon, who was three years old when he was put back together by doctors following a horrific car accident, recently did his own construction and rebuilding effort as the set designer for St. Thomas…
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Sports Medicine & Exercise Science Ascending

Annie Carrera had been studying at St. Thomas University for nearly two years, but she had not quite found her true major. Instead, Carrera’s major found her. Carrera, a Miami native who is on STU’s Women Tennis team, was majoring in Biology…
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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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STU Benjamin L. Crump College of Law Naming Ceremony

Thu 2/9/2023 3:19 PM BY WALTER VILLA – Special to St. Thomas University View Photo Gallery from the Event Goosebumps. How else to explain the ceremony held on Wednesday afternoon to name St. Thomas University’s College of Law after famed…
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Ricky Patel, ’09 – 60th Anniversary Gala Alumni Spotlight

Ricky K. Patel, a St. Thomas University College of Law graduate, is such a prominent attorney that – at age 26 – he was appointed to President Barack Obama’s National Finance Committee. Patel, 40, and his law partner Wesley Farrell,…
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Judge Tarlika Nunez-Navarro – 60th Anniversary Gala Alumni Spotlight

Judge Tarlika Nunez-Navarro’s first name means “little tree” in Hindu. It fits. Judge Nunez-Navarro is deeply rooted in the law and her compassion for everyday people. After graduating from St. Thomas University’s College of Law,…
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Blake James ’94 – 60th Anniversary Gala Alumni Spotlight

Blake James made a startling prediction three decades ago. James was just 22 years old, and he had just graduated from Minnesota State Mankato, earning a Bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1992. He then traveled to Miami with the hopes of…
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Judge Diana Vizcaino ’00 – 60th Anniversary Gala Alumni Spotlight

Many law students struggle to find a job in their field -- even long after graduation. Not Judge Diana Vizcaino. She landed a coveted position as a prosecutor for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office even before she graduated from St.…
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Patrick L. Cordero ’88 – 60th Anniversary Gala Alumni Spotlight

When others zigged, Patrick L. Cordero zagged. When lesser lawyers struggled, Cordero flourished. When less-creative lawyers saw failure, Cordero smelled opportunity. It all started in the Bronx, New York, where Cordero was born to a Chilean…
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Darin Harris ’93 – 60th Anniversary Gala Alumni Spotlight

Darin Harris is a study in perseverance. Looking for both a job and information on his thesis for his Master’s degree from St. Thomas University, Harris once called a Pizza Hut executive every week for four straight months. To be precise,…