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Mar 18, 2010 UST to Participate in Direct Loan Program
 University of St. Thomas Students will see a significant change in the student loan program for federal loans in the 2010-2011 school year. UST will process all student loans through the Federal Direct Loan Program effective for the fall semester. |
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Mar 16, 2010 Holy Spirit, Evangelization Lecture Series
 The University of St. Thomas Center for Faith and Culture
and the Congregation of the Holy Spirit will host the “The
Holy Spirit and Evangelization,” a five-week lecture series that
will explore the presence and work of the Holy Spirit in the life
of the Church and experienced through culture. |
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Mar 16, 2010 Walk the ‘Way of the Cross’ Procession from UST to Co-Cathedral
 UST community members are invited to walk the Way of the Cross in the heart of the city on Friday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Way of the Cross is a procession from the Chapel of St. Basil, 3802 Yoakum, to the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart,
1701 San Jacinto St.
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Mar 16, 2010 Opera in the Heights Presents Free Recital of La Bohème in Cullen Hall
 Opera in the Heights, the University of St. Thomas and the Italian Cultural Center Federation present “La Bohème,” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, in Cullen Hall. |
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Mar 16, 2010 Cameron School of Business Hosts Alumni Week
 Join the Cameron School of Business in celebrating the Third Annual Alumni Week, Monday to Saturday, March 22-27 on the University of St. Thomas campus. This event encourages UST
alumni to become involved with their alma mater. CSB alumni will speak in classes and share the lessons of their professional experience with current business students throughout the week.
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Mar 15, 2010 David Weekley Receives Ethical Leadership Award
 David Weekley, Chairman of David Weekley Homes, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Ethical Leadership in Action Award by the University of St. Thomas Cameron School of Business Center for Business Ethics. He will be honored at a luncheon in the fall. |
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Mar 08, 2010 View Transcripts, Video of Archbishop Chaput Lectures
 Archbishop Charles Chaput of the Archdiocese of Denver, visited Houston March 1-3 to give three lectures on the topics of faith, health, politics and Catholic education at the University of St. Thomas and Houston Baptist University. |
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Mar 08, 2010 Students Must Apply to be Graduation Speaker By March 19
 The Office of Student Affairs will accept applications for student commencement speaker until 5 p.m. Friday, March 19. All interested students should prepare a five-minute speech, and submit it to Patricia McKinley. |
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Mar 05, 2010 UST Professor Joins Controller's Transition Team
 After winning the December 12 Houston Controller’s run-off election, Ronald Green knew he would need to appoint a transition team. Green recalled the run-off debate hosted at the University of St. Thomas, where he was impressed by the caliber of students and their Cameron School of Business professor, Ramon Fernandez. |
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Mar 05, 2010 UST MicroCredit Expands Lending Opportunities to Turkey
 The University of St. Thomas MicroCredit Program is once again expanding their reach across the world to try to alleviate poverty by educating students and empowering individuals. The student-run group has been invited by the Institute for Interfaith Dialogue to spend spring break, March 11-21, in Istanbul, Turkey. |
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Mar 04, 2010 Learn About Summer 2011 France Study Abroad
 Would you like to study abroad in France? Make an appointment to discuss study abroad opportunities from 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, in Tiller Hall Room 116.
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Mar 01, 2010 John Meuser To Serve in National HR Organization
 UST Director of Human Resources John Meuser was appointed to serve as secretary of the CUPA-HR Western Region. His three-year term starts on July, 1, 2010. |
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Mar 01, 2010 Stay Up-to-Date with the Star View
 This issue of the the Star View features UST Men's Basketball ReflectionUpcoming Lenten Lectures and St. Patrick's Day Celebration. |
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Mar 01, 2010 Men's Basketball Reflects on First Season, Looks Toward Next Year
 The Celt’s Men’s Basketball team held their own on the hardwood after a 25 year hiatus. The team finished 10-15 with a strong season ending performance over Arlington Baptist College, to the tune of 83-45. |
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Feb 24, 2010 UST 2010 Mardi Gras Raises $800,000 for Scholarships
 A jubilant crowd of 480 revelers reminisced about 60 years of Mardi Gras memories at the “Court of Diamond Jubilee,” the University of St. Thomas Mardi Gras Gala on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 16. The Gala raised nearly $800,000 benefitting the Fr. Francis E. Monaghan Scholarship fund. |
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Feb 23, 2010 Archbishop Chaput to Speak at HBU
Houston Baptist University will host Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, archbishop of Denver, on Monday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Morris Cultural Arts Center’s Dunham Theater on the HBU campus. |
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Feb 22, 2010 UST Signs Exchange Agreement with University in Taiwan
 A delegation from Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages from Kaohsiung, Taiwan visited the University of St. Thomas on Feb. 15 to sign a memo of understanding for Academic Exchange that opens the door for future faculty and student exchanges. |
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Feb 15, 2010 Stay Up-to-Date with the Star View
 This issue of the the Star View features The New Philosphy BA/MA Degree, Black History Month Lectures and Exhibit Tours, and The Lenten Lecture Series. |
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Feb 11, 2010 Simon, Calasanz Reign as Mardi Gras King and Queen
 Selected as exemplary models of the University’s mission to educate leaders of faith and character, UST students Lukas Simon and Emily Calasanz will reign as this year’s Mardi Gras King and Queen at the 60th Mardi Gras Gala “Court of Diamond Jubilee,” on Tuesday, February 16. |
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Feb 11, 2010 UST Places Third at Regional Mock Trial Tournament
 The University of St. Thomas Mock Trial Team placed third overall at the 2010 Houston Regional Mock Trial Tournament, hosted by Houston Baptist University on Feb. 7, 2010. |
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Feb 11, 2010 Jensen's Good and Evil Actions Book Set for Release in April
 The Catholic University of America Press has published a book by Dr. Steven J. Jensen, “Good and Evil Actions: A Journey Through Saint Thomas Aquinas.” Jensen is an associate professor of philosophy at UST. The book will be available in April 2010. |
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Feb 11, 2010 UST Appoints Patricia McKinley as VP for Student Affairs
 The University of St. Thomas has appointed Patricia McKinley as the Vice President for Student Affairs. She will continue in her role as Dean of Students. She has served as the Interim Vice President for Student Affairs for the past year. |
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Feb 09, 2010 UST Names Winners of UST/Archdiocesan Essay Contest
 Celebrating the gift of Catholic education, the University of St. Thomas welcomed a crowd of more than 600 Catholic school students, parents, and teachers from 31 schools for the UST/Archdiocesan Essay Contest Mass and Awards Ceremony on Friday, Feb. 5. |
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Feb 08, 2010 Five-Year Philosophy BA/MA Available in Fall 2010
 The University of St. Thomas Center for Thomistic Studies will offer a five-year combined Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts degree in philosophy beginning in fall 2010. |
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Feb 03, 2010 Donate to Haiti Relief at Homecoming Basketball Game
 The Office of Residence Life and the Athletics Department are teaming up to ask the UST community to join the Helping Hands Haiti relief campaign. They hope to culminate collection efforts at the Homecoming Basketball game at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6, in the gymnasium. |
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Feb 02, 2010 Celts March for Life in Washington D.C.
 In a show of solidarity, hundreds of thousands of pro-life activists gathered for the March for Life in the nation’s capitol on Friday, Jan. 22, the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. For the first time, a group of 19 University of St. Thomas students were among the crowd in marching from National Mall to the Supreme Court.
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Feb 01, 2010 Stay Up-to-Date with the Star View
 This issue of the the Star View features The UST Celts March for Life in Washington D.C., The Veterans Lunch and Learn and Irish Story Teller Batt Burns. |
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Jan 28, 2010 Stay Up-to-Date with the Star View
 This issue of the the Star View features The S-Stem $100,000 Grant in Math, Science Scholarships, Gautreau Integrates Faith Light and Journalism, and Arch Bishop Miller Returns to UST to Give Aquinas Lecture. |
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Jan 28, 2010 CSB Students Recognized for Leadership
 On January 9, 2010, current and previous recipients of the Greater Houston Business Ethics Roundtable scholarship award welcomed the Cameron School of Business incoming class at the MBA spring orientation.
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Jan 28, 2010 Young Professionals and UST Alumni Support Irish Studies
 You don’t have to be Irish to join Houston Young Professionals Supporting Irish Studies! In spring 2009, a group of UST Center for Irish Studies friends and alumni founded HYPSIS to support one of the University’s most prominent Centers of Excellence, the Center for Irish Studies. |
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Jan 26, 2010 Auxiliary Bishop Joe Vasquez Appointed Bishop of Austin
 Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to be the fifth Bishop of Austin. Bishop Vasquez, 52, has been an Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston for the last eight years.
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Jan 22, 2010 Black History Month Lecture Features USA Today Editor
 The St. Martin de Porres Society, Black Student Union and Social Justice Program will host a Black History Month lecture by Catherine Straight, national assignments editor at USA Today, from 6 to 8:15 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26, in the Menil Museum Foyer, 1515 Sul Ross. |
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Jan 22, 2010 University of St. Thomas Hosts “Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia: Through the Sculptor’s Eyes”
 Crossroads Cultural Center-Houston presents Etsuro Sotoo, a sculptor currently working on Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece the basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, at the University of St. Thomas, Cullen Hall, 4001 Mt. Vernon. |
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Jan 22, 2010 UST Black History Lecture Features USA Today Editor Catherine Straight
 The St. Martin de Porres Society, Black Student Union and Social Justice Program at the University of St. Thomas will host a Black History Month lecture by Catherine Straight, national assignments editor at USA Today, from 6 to 8:15 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26, in the Menil Museum Foyer, 1515 Sul Ross. |
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Jan 20, 2010 UST Launches “ Hands Helping Haiti” Relief Drive
 The University of St. Thomas Office of Residence Life requests the collaboration of the UST community to launch “Helping Hands Haiti,” a Haitian relief drive. Residence Life will collect medical supplies and nonperishable food donations for victims of the for Haitian earthquake at Guinan Residence Hall, 1303 Sul Ross. |
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Jan 20, 2010 Dr. Lawrence DiPaolo Deployed to Haiti with Naval Reserves
 Dr. Lawrence DiPaolo, associate dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary, and a Lieutenant Junior Grade, United States Navy Reserve, departed Houston on January 18 to lend humanitarian aid in Haiti.
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Jan 19, 2010 “Court of Diamond Jubilee” University of St. Thomas Mardi Gras 2010
 The 60th Annual Mardi Gras celebration raises funds for the Fr. Francis E. Monaghan Scholarship Fund. These scholarships enable current and future University of St. Thomas students to benefit from a faith-based education. Each year, the University of St. Thomas awards institutional scholarships and grants totaling more than $7 million to its student body. |
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Jan 18, 2010 University of St. Thomas Hosts the Herzstein Lecture in Judaism
 Is the covenant between God and the people of Israel essentially a contractual relationship which rewards fidelity and punishes violations? Or is the covenant essentially God’s unconditional bond of love and graciousness to a people without significant merit? |
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Jan 18, 2010 The Argentine Tango Club Premier’s Gardel: The Voice of Tango at UST
 The University of St. Thomas will host the Argentine Tango Club’s premier of the play Gardel: The Voice of Tango at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, at Jones Hall, 3910 Yoakum. The play will run from Feb. 12-14 and 19-21. Friday and Saturday showings will begin at 7 p.m., and Sunday showings will begin at 4 p.m. |
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Jan 15, 2010 Archdiocese Collects Donations for Haiti Earthquake Victims
 In solidarity with the universal Church, the University of St. Thomas mourns the loss of life and suffering of the people of Haiti as a result of the earthquake. Cardinal DiNardo has asked that a special second collection for the quake victims take place at all Masses in the Archdiocese this weekend, Jan. 16 and 17. |
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Jan 11, 2010 Strake Foundation Establishes Pope John Paul II Forum
 The Pope John Paul II Forum for the Church in the Modern World was established with a gift from the Strake Foundation. The mission of the Forum is to promote a broader and deeper understanding of the thought of Pope John Paul II and to facilitate its application to contemporary issues. |
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Jan 11, 2010 UST Launches Pope John Paul II Forum for the Church in the Modern World
The University of St. Thomas in Houston recently launched the Pope John Paul II Forum for the Church in the Modern World thanks to a gift from the Strake Foundation. In 2009, UST Philosophy Professor Dr. John Hittinger coordinated efforts to bring this Forum to the University. The gift will sponsor its activities over a three-year period. |
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Jan 08, 2010 S-STEM Grant Provides $100,000 in Math, Science Scholarships
 The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of St. Thomas a $575,000 grant to provide scholarships to undergraduate students obtaining degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) over the next five years. |
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Jan 08, 2010 Professor Nicole Casarez Elected to American Law Institute
 Nicole Casarez, J.D., professor of communication, was recognized in December for her legal scholarly work with one of the highest honors of the legal profession - election to the American Law Institute. |
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Jan 07, 2010 Professor Nicole Casarez Elected to American Law Institute
 Nicole Casarez, J.D., professor of communication, was recognized in December for her legal scholarly work with one of the highest honors of the legal profession - election to the American Law Institute. |
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Jan 05, 2010 University of St. Thomas Hosts Homecoming Feb. 5-6
 Join the hoopla for the University of St. Thomas Homecoming on Feb. 5-6, 2010. Cheer for the Celts Basketball team at the Homecoming game. Meet old friends and faculty members at the President’s Reception. |
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Jan 05, 2010 Archbishop Miller Returns to UST to Give Annual Aquinas Lecture
 The University of St. Thomas Center for Thomistic Studies will host Archbishop J. Michael Miller as he gives this year's Aquinas Lecture. The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28, 2010, and held on campus in Jones Hall, 3910 Yoakum. |
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Jan 04, 2010 An Evening of Irish Storytelling with Batt Burns
 Come listen to haunting accounts of ghosts, great adventure stories, and more at “Whisperings of Ireland,” with Irish storyteller Batt Burns to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Cullen Hall. |
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