
Saint Mary’s Currents: Positivity During Trying Times with Paul Kotz, Ph.D.
Saint Mary’s Currents, the university’s official podcast, has returned after a brief hiatus. In the most recent episode, Paul Kotz, Ph.D., a core professor in the Ed.D. in Leadership program at Saint Mary’s, comes on the podcast to discuss positivity and tell several...

Internship spotlight: Maeve Hastings
Name: Maeve A Hastings Year: Senior Major: Psychology Internship Site: Association House of Chicago What were your duties during the internship? I worked as a Rehabilitation Services Associate (RSA) at a Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) program. Every day I would...

Early start benefits student on way to medical career
WINONA, Minn. — Homecoming week — and all the activities that come with it — are a major highlight for any high school student, especially for seniors. When Matthew Schell was a senior at Lewiston-Altura High School, he missed most of the homecoming fanfare as he was...

Alumna leads Interpreter Services for Allina Health
Ifrah Mohamed B’16

With help of students, Saint Mary’s GeoSpatial Services submits testimony used in Supreme Court case
WINONA, Minn. — With years of expertise in geographic information systems and natural resource management, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota’s GeoSpatial Services was tasked with compiling data that was used as testimony in a legal case that went before the Supreme...

Saint Mary’s honors former presidents, Brother Louis DeThomasis and Brother William Mann with Heritage Award for Transformational Philanthropy
WINONA, Minn. — On a night dedicated to recognizing the generosity of benefactors and supporters of Saint Mary’s University, Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D., and Brother William Mann, FSC, D.Min., both former university presidents, received the Saint Mary’s...

Howat: Philanthropy and development program ‘inspires you to be a change agent’
Cory Howat M’13

Collaboration with healthcare system allows Saint Mary’s student to take part in cancer research
Being able to say you completed a summer internship at Gundersen Health System Kabara Cancer Research Institute is great for a résumé, but it was only a side benefit. More importantly, for Saint Mary’s senior Kaydi Breeser, a pre-physician assistant studies major from...

Saint Mary’s alumna creates innovative airway used to provide anesthesia
Dr. Roxanne McMurray M’93, a nurse anesthetist by trade, never planned on starting a medical device company. “I never set out to be an entrepreneur,” she said. “I am very content providing anesthesia.” But, as they say, necessity is the mother of invention. After...

Saint Mary’s student awarded $100,000 fellowship from Bush Foundation to support work with African immigrant survivors of abuse
Comfort Dondo, doctoral student