Class of 2013 and Class of 2014
Please check your UST email for details on Wonder Week activities.
Good luck on Finals and Congratulations Class of 2013!!
Student Life
Commencement 2013 Details
Dear Opus College of Business Alumnus or Student,
Congratulations on completing or nearing completion of your graduate business degree! You have indicated you plan to participate in the 2013 Graduate Business Commencement Ceremony, to be held on Saturday, May 25. (Please reply to this email ASAP if you do not plan to attend the commencement ceremony.) While complete commencement ceremony information, including directions, parking and other details, are available on the Opus College of Business Commencement website, this email includes the most critical instructions for you as a participant.
Graduate Business Commencement Ceremony Schedule: Saturday, May 25
6-6:30 p.m.
- Arrive at the UST St. Paul campus.
- Be sure to remember to bring your academic regalia (your cap, tassel and gown) with you! Click the link for more information on dress code and when and where to pick up your regalia.
- Go to the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex on the St. Paul campus. Families and guests should go to the field house on the upper level. Graduates must report to Schoenecker Arena on the lower level. Ushers in the building will help direct graduates and guests.
- Stop at the check-in table to pick up your master’s hood (hoods must be returned after the ceremony).
- Find your name on one of the alphabetized lists posted. Note the row number next to your name. Find your row number posted on the wall and report to your row marshal.
- Get a name card that you will take to the stage with you to hand to the reader.
- Ask your marshal for help with your academic regalia.
- Be in your line and in position and ready for the procession by 6:45 p.m.
7 p.m.
Commencement exercises begin with an academic procession into the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Center field house. A program will be waiting for you in your chair. Our commencement speaker this year is Randall J. Hogan, chairman and CEO of Pentair. The ceremony should last 75-90 minutes.
Post-ceremony
A reception immediately follows the ceremony in the Anderson Student Center. Graduates, guests, faculty, staff and administrators are all invited.
Diploma
You will receive your diploma when all course requirements for the degree are completed and your student account is paid in full. Your diploma will be mailed to you approximately eight to 10 weeks after all degree requirements are verified as completed. Be sure your current mailing address on file with St. Thomas is correct in Murphy online, or contact us at (651) 962-4200 to update your contact information.
If you have any additional questions, please reference the FAQ section of the commencement website, or contact your program office or program adviser. We look forward to celebrating your accomplishment with you!
Congratulations again,
The Opus College of Business Graduate Commencement Planning Committee
Summer 2013 Parking Permits
Starting Monday May 20 Students Enrolled in the Following Programs are Eligible to Purchase a Summer Parking Permit for the Minneapolis Campus
Beginning Monday, May 20, students enrolled in the following full-time academic programs will the opportunity to purchase a summer parking permit for the Minneapolis campus. Students enrolled in the School of Law and the Full-time Day MBA program who are taking summer courses, studying on campus for the summer, or working full-time on campus for the summer will be eligible to enroll for a summer parking permit. The cost of the permit is $150, will be sold to the first 60 students to enroll, and is valid from June 1 – August 16.
Students who are looking to enroll for a summer parking permit must register through Murphy Online (https://banner.stthomas.edu/pls/banner/prod/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin). Completed registrations must be printed and brought to Parking Services on the Minneapolis campus located in the School of Law room 252.
Permits will be available for purchase from 8;00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. M-F.
NAAMBA TC Professional Development Event at UST
Please join NAAMBA Twin Cities and the University of St. Thomas for a professional development event focusing on managing your career: Moving from an individual contributor to a first-line manager.This event will help prepare individual contributors to be a manager and how first-line managers can be effective in their roles…. Event Agenda:
5:00-6:00 pm: Networking
6:00-6:40 pm: Keynote Presentation with Q&A
6:50-7:30 pm: Panel
7:30-8:00 pm: Closing/Networking
5:00-6:00 pm: Networking
6:00-6:40 pm: Keynote Presentation with Q&A
6:50-7:30 pm: Panel
7:30-8:00 pm: Closing/Networking
Bob Barnett from MDA Leadership will be the featured keynote speaker for this event. Mr. Barnett will speak to the following topics: traits of leaders, skills of leaders, transition to leading and how people develop.
http://mdaleadership.com/who-we-are/our-team/robert-barnett/
OISS Office Hours – Commons, Room LL27E
International Students – if you have questions about your status, visa, etc. please stop by to see Samba on Thursday, April 25 from 11-1pm in the Commons.
MBA Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 25
The final Town Hall meeting of the semester will be held at noon on Thursday in the Commons. *Agenda includes:
- Study Abroad
- Mayo Innovation Scholar Program
- CEBC Ethics Case Competition
- Follies and Wonder Week update
Lunch provided. Please join us!
* Agenda subject to change
Accenture on Campus Friday
Friday, April 26
11:45am – 12:45pm
TMH252
Agenda: 
- Accenture’s Organizational Structure
- Accenture’s Business
- Accenture Finance
- Oen Forum, Discussion, Questions
FOLLIES 2013
The Annual Follies Event will be held on Friday, April 26 startingwith a reception in TMH Atrium at 5:30pm. Be sure to join us forthe excitment and enterntainment of this much anticipated event. The fun continues at 7pm in Thornton Auditorium. See you there!
The Winter That Won’t End…
A reminder for everyone about the Universities snow emergency/policies and procedures:
- Will a winter storm cancel classes? Dial (651) 962-SNOW or (651) 962-7669, to find out…(this is the first place they will update)
- The decision to close the university will be made by 6 a.m., if at all possible…if worsening conditions warrant the cancellation of evening classes and activities, that decision also will be announced by 3 p.m. The university will also typically send out emails, texts (if you are subscribed to the system), and post it on the UST homepage, www.stthomas.edu
- More information: http://www.stthomas.edu/news/2012/11/02/snow-emergency/
As of 9:15 a.m. today, Thursday April 11, the university is in normal operations.
Master’s Pub with Rick Kupchella
Friday, April 19, 4:30 p.m – Master’s Pub: And That’s the News
BringMeTheNews.com is a statewide news service that features an online news aggregator and a radio network recognized as the top radio newscast in the state of Minnesota – in all of its first three years of operation.
Sponsors of BringMeTheNews have included the biggest names in the state – Cargill, General Mills, Medtronic, Target, UnitedHealth, Mayo, Capella University and the state of Minnesota itself.
Rick Kupchella, founder of BringMeTheNews, will discuss the company’s first three years, and his transition from Emmy Award-winning TV news anchor to entrepreneur.
