
Dean Navarro Delivers Hispanic Heritage Event Keynote
BY WALTER VILLA, Special To STU
For The Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro, this has been a sentimental journey, lined with oak trees and nourished with fresh tortillas and guacamole.
Dean Nunez-Navarro, a former judge, and the newly named…

President Armstrong’s Keynote at Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce Luncheon
By Walter Villa, Special to STU
It was perfect.
Perfect setting. Perfect speaker.
Given the historic relationship between St. Thomas University and the Miami Dolphins, Wednesday’s Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Miami…

This Could Be the Moment
By Walter Villa, Special to STU
This could be the year.
This could be the sport.
This could be the moment that sparks a breakthrough.
The St. Thomas University Bobcats opened their football season at high noon on Saturday, suffocating…

First-Year Bobcats Move-In Day, 2023
By Walter Villa, Special to STU
Move-in Day 2023 brought us, among other things, Anthony Oliver, a first-year student from Vermont who arrived at St. Thomas University on Thursday morning holding luggage and a scholarship for his skill playing…

St. Thomas University Leads Recording of World Youth Day English Theme Music Video
St. Thomas University (STU) students and young adults representing the Archdiocese of Miami were selected to participate as the main cast in the official music video for World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023. The song, "Feel the Rush in the…

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…

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…

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…

STU College of Law Naming Ceremony
Thu 2/9/2023 3:19 PM
BY WALTER VILLA – Special to St. Thomas University
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Goosebumps.
How else to explain the ceremony held on Wednesday afternoon to name St. Thomas University’s College of Law…

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,…
