FEATURES
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A BOLD ASPIRATION The St. Thomas 2025 strategic plan provides a map to our future as a university. FULL STEAMAHEAD An integrated facility will encourage collaboration. BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS The Racial Justice Initiative uses history to educate on systemic racism. TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY The first DFC alumni earn bachelor's degrees. ROLL TOMS Raising excellence, impact and reputation in athletics. GROWING SUSTAINABLY TOGETHER Making strides in sustainability.
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CREATIVE THINKING Filling a critical teacher shortage.
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ON THIS LAND Recognizing the homelands of Indigenous peoples.
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DEEPENING FAITH Meet Father Chris Collins.
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS MAGAZINE. Volume 37, Number 1. No part of this publication may be reprinted without written permission. Contact us at ust_mag@stthomas.edu.
EDITOR: Amy Carlson Gustafson ASSISTANT EDITOR: Brant Skogrand DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: Sheree R. Curry ART DIRECTOR: John Mau DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Mark Brown
CONTRIBUTORS: Brenda Canales / Liam James Doyle / Emilie Dozer / Heidi Enninga / Carol Garner / Joanne Pauley / Jamie Proulx / Jamie Tjornehoj / Liz Zupfer CORRECTION: In the Fall/Winter 2020 issue, Coughlan Field House was misspelled. We regret the error.
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