Professional networking has always been important aspect of looking for a job. In this digital age, more professional social networking sites such as LinkedIn, connect professionals all over the world.
LinkedIn is one of the fastest growing social networks on the Internet. Its Web site boasts that, “a new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second.”
After amassing 419 victories in 23 seasons for the St. Thomas men’s hockey program, coach Terry “Skry” Skrypek is retiring.
St. Thomas’ overall gifts increased by 13 percent, and the number of donors increased by over 1,000 – the highest number of donors in school history.
St. Thomas students traveled to the St. Paul Capitol building Thursday, urging legislators to soften college students’ financial burden when the State Grant Program budget is set for the 2010-11 academic year.
Students participating in the Day at the Capitol event, organized by the Minnesota Private College Council, spoke to legislators from their home districts.
A demonstration in the Lower Quad against the occupation of Iraq gave students a platform to voice their concerns about the seven-year war.
St. Thomas’ soon-to-be May graduates are entering the job market at a tough time.
In February, the U.S. jobless rate held steady at 9.7 percent and 36,000 positions were cut around the country. Those numbers are lower than expected, signaling that the job market may be healing slowly.
Free bus and light-rail rides tonight offer St. Patrick’s Day celebrators a designated driver thanks to Metro Transit. Metro Transit will offer the free bus and light-rail rides Wednesday, March 17 after 6 p.m.
The unofficial slogan of Edina, Minn., used to be “Not one Negro and not one Jew,” according to James Loewen.
Loewen, a nationally esteemed author and sociologist, shared this story with about 200 people during his lecture Monday night in the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium.
St. Thomas’ Knights of Columbus have a tradition of praying in front of Planned Parenthood every Friday.
The group meets at 3:15 p.m. in the lobby of St. John Vianney Seminary and then car pools to the business on Ford Parkway in Highland Park.
Junior Sean Grismer said the group consists mostly of seminarians.
The women’s track and field distance-medley relay are national champions.
Freshman Taylor Berg and seniors Nikki Arola, Erin Sprangers and Kelly Russ ran the relay in 11:50.46, taking the title in Greencastle, Ind., with the fastest time by more than a second.
As a child, junior Erin Weber struggled to explain why her father, Mike Weber, couldn’t get his words out all the time.
A giant claw started tearing down the walls of O’Shaughnessy Hall at 7:30 a.m. Thursday to make way for the new Anderson Student Center.
“We’ll pull the exterior walls down, expose the bearing structure, and start taking the structure down,” Construction Manager Jim Brummer said. “That will take about a week to complete and then they’ll start hauling out the debris, which will take about another week.”
Some colleges around the country have decided to scrap their traditional yearbooks, blaming the age of Facebook and budget cuts.
The University of Virginia is the most recent school to join a growing group of colleges that no longer publish yearbooks as more students have decided to share memories through social networking.
Eleven women gathered at the South Campus grotto bridge Monday afternoon in honor of International Women’s Day. The event was one of many “Join Me at the Bridge” demonstrations sponsored by Women for Women International across the world. The peaceful gatherings are ways for men and women to bridge messages of hope to women in need.
Among the top recipients of USG funding are Hana, the Rock Climbing Club, GMSA, SHINE and KUST.
