| Highlight |
 Dr. Jerry Kramer, professor of English, is leaving his position as associate vice president for Academic Affairs to apply his expertise as writer and editor to a newly formed position, Writing Program Administrator.
Kramer’s mission is to fashion a comprehensive program of courses, services, and various other opportunities for both students and faculty to improve student writing.
“A substantial amount of writing and grading of papers takes place at UST,” Kramer said, but we’re not organized and programmatic about requirements, standards, and systems of evaluating student writing. We need to revive our writing in the disciplines system, including writing intensive courses. And we can offer helpful information and assistance online to guide students in the writing process.”
“Great universities have great writing programs,” Kramer said. “This is one more major challenge to a university that aspires to greatness.”
Whether it’s tutoring a student at the Learning and Writing Center or via Blackboard, helping to write a grant proposal, working with a faculty member on taking students to higher levels of writing proficiency, or just unlocking the mysteries of the comma or grammar rule for someone, Kramer will be ready with his well known green pen to advise and guide. A teacher with many years of experience, he is enthusiastic about writing as an accurate test of thinking and of its capabilities for searching and ethical persuasion and lucid discourse.
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| Meet The Dean |
 Fr. Jack Gallagher, CSB, assumed the position of Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas in December, 2008. He was ordained as a priest in the Congregation of St. Basil in 1960. He received a B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Theology from the University of St. Michael’s College Toronto, a Licentiate in Theology from the University of St. Thomas, Rome and a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Alfonsian Academy, Rome.
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