''Challenge Yourself
Change Our World''
Mission |
Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good. |
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Established |
1885 |
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School type |
Private , Roman Catholic |
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President |
Rev. Denis Dease |
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Location |
St. Paul / Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA |
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Campus |
Metropolitan: 87 acres (352,000 m²) |
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Enrollment |
5,200 undergraduate
5,800 graduate
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Web Site |
www.stthomas.edu
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The (also known as '''UST''' or simply '''St. Thomas''') is a four-year, coeducational Roman Catholic institution of higher learning based in Saint Paul, Minnesota . Founded in 1885 as a Catholic Seminary , it is named after Thomas Aquinas , a medieval Catholic theologian, philosopher, and saint. Now a university, it currently enrolls more than 11,000 students, making it Minnesota's largest independent college or university.
Rev. Dennis Dease became the 14th president of the University of St. Thomas on July 1, 1991.
The University of St. Thomas has four campuses: St. Paul , Minneapolis , and Owatonna, Minnesota , and Rome , Italy .
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Undergraduate housing is found on the St. Paul Campus. Approximately 2400 residents live in 7 traditional halls, traditional apartment residences, quasi-on-campus apartment residence, 3 university-owned specialty houses, and the undergraduate residence for St. John Vianney Seminary. All traditional halls are single-sex, while apartment residences are, in most cases, co-ed by floor.
Each hall is governed and supported by its own hall council, which is part of a larger student organization called the
Residence Hall Association . Hall councils plan activities and events in their own hall and support larger resident-based programming on campus. RHA as a whole deals with resident issues and serves as a liaison between residents and the larger university community.
- Built in 1913, designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert , and named in honor of the second Bishop of St. Paul, Thomas Grace
- Built in 1912 and named in honor of the first Archbishop of St. Paul and founder of the school, John Ireland
The University of St. Thomas offers what they call special interest floors, or floors that are intended to house specific residents. Almost one third of all floors are First Year Experience floors, which consist of only freshmen. This is a nationwide practice that attempts to create a cohesive community by placing students together that will have a similar experience. UST also has a few FYE Weekend Activities floors, a newly created Catholic Women's floor, the Changing Faces of Minnesota floors, the Women in Math & Science floor, and a couple Substance Free floors.
- Grand Avenue Apartments (Acquired in 1981)
- Morrison Hall (Built in 1998)
- Selby Hall (Built in 2005)
- Common Ground
- The Wellness House
- Child Development Center Housing
- In 1992 ''Crossing the Bridge'' starring Stephen Baldwin used St. Thomas as part of its set.
- A made-for-TV film entitled ''She Led Two Lives'' was filmed on campus in 1994. “Several students sat in the auditorium of Roach Center as extras for a classroom shot,” Bill Kirchgessner of University Relations said to the Aquin in 2002. “They were fed pizza and pop during the shoot, and that was for ‘She Led Two Lives.’”[http://www.stthomas.edu/aquin/112202/06112202.pdf]
- Direct to video film ''Overnight Delivery'' starring Reese Witherspoon was shot on the St. Thomas campus in 1998.
- The film '' Scream 2 '' was almost filmed at St. Thomas in 1997. The story is recounted by the Aquin in 2002: “The producers for ‘Scream 2’ approached us after the Minnesota Film Board had pitched our campus as the perfect college for the sequel,” Kirchgessner said. “The director was familiar with the campus also, which made it seem as if UST would be a good place for the film.” After university officials looked more closely at what the shooting would entail, they decided that it would better for the students to turn down the offer. “While some questionable actions outlined in the script influence our decision, the major reason was the timing,” Kirchgessner said. “We would have had to close several classrooms, blocked off the entire H parking lot (Summit and Cleveland) and cleared people out of an entire residence hall floor. There were just too many negatives in having them on campus. “It would have been pretty neat to have that film to our credit, but it would not have been fair to the students of the university.” {Link without Title}
- St. Thomas alumn Casey Garven was cast as Larson, a snobby "cake-eating" hockey player from Edina in the movies ''''. {Link without Title}
