Junior Julian Ocampo credits his skills in management and accounting to both the business program at St. Thomas and his experience working at his family’s restaurant chain.
Tommie Spotlight: Julian Ocampo
Alumnus strikes up business partnership with Vikings player
St. Thomas 2014 graduate Robbie Harrell launched Minnesota Ice Sculptures last year and gained an unlikely business partner along the way.
Student creates children’s moccasin business
Junior Kelsey Hanson has already made and sold more than 60 pairs of her moccasins called Minnemocs.
Duo repurposes used bottles into glassware
Juniors Alex Meysman and Paul Schmidt create unique drinking glasses from empty alcohol bottles.
St. Thomas alumni expand juice company nationwide
Three St. Thomas alumni started a raw juice vending machine company, Juice Cold Pressed, and are now advertising to a national market.
Ice carving combines students’ talents
Robbie Harrell, an entrepreneurship major, and Stu Lombardo, a mechanical engineering major, teamed up making art out of a Minnesota staple—ice.
Black Friday statistics
‘Tis the season to shop, and Designer Danielle Duet complied the statistics about which groups of consumers hit stores on Black Friday, what they buy and when they go.
Student entreprenuers devise discrete packaging for deodorant
Junior Nyajal Dup and sophomore Andrea Nelson are in the beginning stages of their business venture— selling a unique version of travel-sized deodorant.
Phone center uses employee game to boost donations
St. Thomas’ Phone Center introduced a new fundraising game this year to increase teamwork and motivation in student workers and to boost donations to the university.
Students’ ‘True You’ clothing line encourages individuality
Social cues and pressures can often influence fashion choices, but a clothing line designed by three students attempts the opposite— to promote individuality.
Preliminary self-survey shows entrepreneurship success
Among 119 businesses studied, the entreprenuership department reported student and alumni startups have generated $265 million in combined annual revenue.
Sullivan grants four winter break gift days
President Julie Sullivan said last week that she will continue the tradition of paid gift days with four additional paid vacation days during winter break.
Netflix by the numbers
With nearly 38 million members in 40 different countries, Netflix streams more than 1 billion hours of television shows and movies each month.
Fowler Challenge adds ‘social venture’ category
Fowler Business Concept Challenge social venture submissions are business ideas that specifically aim to benefit a community.
Graduate’s iPhone case company gains national clientel
Widget Wah has sold more than 15,000 iPhone cases in the last five months.