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UST SIFE team wins regionals, prepares for national competition

Friday, April 20th, 2012

The St. Thomas Students in Free Enterprise team won its third consecutive regional championship this week at the SIFE USA Regional Competition in Chicago. The UST SIFE team has qualified for the national competition next month in Kansas City.

From the UST Bulletin:

Every year SIFE teams across the world create and implement a variety of business-related projects that help change the world. At the end of the year they get together to share their accomplishments and compete against one another for the title of regional, national and world champion.

On April 16, SIFE president Madeline Kapler, along with secretary Chantel Taylor, vice president of communications Kelly Boelter, and vice president Travis Atkinson represented the UST SIFE team in competition. After presenting six projects in front of a panel of judges from the business community, the team was awarded the title of regional champion for its league. With this win the team is invited to present again May 22 at the national competition in Kansas City.

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Evening New Student Orientation Satisfies Minds, Stomachs

Monday, September 13th, 2010
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The Opus College of Business last week welcomed its incoming class of Evening UST MBA students with New Student Orientation.  All of the students had previously met one-on-one with their academic adviser to go over curriculum guidelines, program requirements, college and university resources but orientation is the official beginning of students new life as a working professional and graduate student at the University of St. Thomas!

The faculty and staff were excited as new students arrived for registration and the first event of the evening.  Once seated in the auditorium, students were welcomed by Assistant Dean Bill Woodson and Dean Chris Puto.  Dean Puto gave an energizing welcome to the new students, stressing the importance of the collaborative culture at St. Thomas.   Corey Eakins, Director of the Evening UST MBA–and a program alum–spoke to the students about the transition into graduate school, using a hot YouTube video to bring a little humor to the important topic of creating your own success: (more…)

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