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Saint Mary’s University announces $5.5 million gift commitment — including largest gift ($2.625 million) to athletics in history

University arena to be named in honor of former student-athlete, major league baseball pitcher David Thies B’59 Winona, Minn. — Saint Mary’s University announced at its annual Cardinal Excellence Fund...

Five honored during Saint Mary’s Founders’ Day celebration

In celebration of its heritage, Saint Mary’s University presented awards to two faculty members, one staff member, and two outstanding seniors at its annual Founders’ Day celebration on Tuesday, March...

Tickets now on sale for Saint Mary’s Hendrickson Forum featuring Arthur C. Brooks as keynote April 4

Each year Saint Mary’s University welcomes an internationally recognized speaker as it engages the public in important, thought-provoking conversation and discussion during its Hendrickson Forum. This year’s keynote Arthur C....

Saint Mary’s 2024 Fall Graduates

WINONA, Minn. – The following Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota students completed requirements for bachelor of arts degrees in December 2024. First Name, Last Name, City, State, Country, Parent/Guardian Maeve...

BECAUSE OF YOU EXPLORE THE INCREDIBLE STORIES OF THE SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY.

Cars and Coding: BMW internship prepares Sankner for a career in computer science

Senior Matt Sankner is grateful for every step that is helping him stand apart from the competition — beginning with an amazing internship experience with BMW Group. He is thankful...

For Satish, a small school makes a big difference

Priyanka Satish chose Saint Mary’s because of its 3+2 Accelerated Physician Assistant (PA) program with Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. The opportunity to one day work with the nationally...

Balancing sports and studies

Saint Mary’s senior Bailey Johnson juggles her time between her double major of marketing and business intelligence and analytics, playing softball, and serving as a high school referee. Also important...

Optimizing her educational path

It’s 3 p.m., and junior Priyanka Satish is pipetting atrazine into beakers in preparation for her research project, ”How does atrazine exposure affect the expression of the circadian Per2 gene...

Guided by community

Saint Mary’s junior Joey Dunn chose to come to Saint Mary’s for its 3+2 Accelerated Physician Assistant (PA) program with Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences.. He knew an accelerated...

Faith and Mission

Mapping Church property

Project benefits student learning, resource preservation, and Church mission WINONA, Minn. — Like most environmental biology majors at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, senior Savannah Swanson dreams of a career...

Saint Mary’s University, Word on Fire presented with Pope Benedict XVI’s chasubles

WINONA, Minn. — Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries were presented with chasubles worn by Pope Benedict XVI at the Mass celebrated for the Solemnity...

Kubbestol honors legacy of beloved Christian Brother

Though Steve Speltz and the late Brother Charles Severin, FSC, Ph.D., never met each other, they are kindred spirits. Brother Charles, the founder of Saint Mary’s University’s Biology Department and...

Guiding minds in faith-based education

Winona educator believes Saint Mary’s certificate enhances leadership skills in and out of the classroom Looking back, Caysie Lavigne C’23 can safely say her interest in guiding and caring for...

Catholic School Leadership certificate helps Rochester teacher grow as a faith-based educator

Emily Heydon C’16, M’17, C’23 comes from a family of teachers. “My mom was a teacher, my grandma was a teacher. It’s something that really stood out to me,” she...

IN THE NEWSSAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND ITS EXPERT LEADERS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE MEDIA

In the news: Building a pipeline of rural health care providers

The Minnesota Private College Council included Saint Mary’s as one of the Minnesota private colleges helping confront the rural health care shortage. Julie Gauderman, associate program director of nurse anesthesia...

In the news: Saint Mary’s University receives $5.5 million gift commitment

KTTC featured an article on recent $5.5 million gift commitment to Saint Mary’s. The gift was made by David Thies B’59 and his wife Marlys to largely support Cardinal athletics...

In the news: Campus Connection: Cancer research internship opens doors to future

The Winona Daily News recently showcased Francis Perroud’s work as an intern with the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program, an internship program at The Hormel Institute in Austin, Minn....

In the news: Saint Mary’s University to cover tuition of families of Catholic school workers

The Winona Daily News wrote a story covering Saint Mary’s Catholic Educator Promise, which will offer free college tuition to dependents of Minnesota K-12 Catholic school workers. From the Story:...

Saint Mary’s Currents

A podcast series on current topics relevant to the world of work and life. Just as current is a flow of positive electric charge, the goal of Saint Mary’s Currents is to find a positive path forward.

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SAINT MARY'S MAGAZINEREAD THE STORIES AND LATEST NEWS FROM OUR ALUMNI, BENEFACTORS, AND FRIENDS

A career that delivers joy

An hour into her shift at North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale, Minn., Ashley (Dygert) Couillard B'18, RNC-OB never knows what to expect working in labor and delivery, and this particular shift has thrown her a curve ball.

Expanding educational reach to Kuwait

Dr. Claire Shea, adjunct Saint Mary's professor, is Head of School of American Creativity Academy, which educates 6,700 girls and boys in Pre-K through grade 12 across three campuses in 10 schools in Kuwait.

Commercializing the Clean Earth Magnet(R) technology

Peter Ladwig M'09, Ph.D., and the teams at Niron Magnetics are racing to commercialized the world's strongest rare earth free magnet.

Spreading Lasallian spirit one cookie at a time

Brother Frances "Frank" Carr B'66 — and his homemade cookies— are staples on Saint Mary's Winona Campus.

Optimizing her educational path

In her final year on Saint Mary's Winona Campus, Priyanka Satish, an Accelerated 3+2 Physician Assistant (PA) major, is cramming as many experiences into this year's Google calendar as possible.

Creating the ultimate game-day experience

Chief operating officer Ryan Tanke B'96 knows exactly what it takes to get audiences into seats, and he's already prepping a game plan for the next Lynx and Timberwolves seasons.

Fueled by teaching and learning

Cortnee DePoppe M'14, a Saint Mary's graduate who teaches a course in the M.A. in Education program, is now back and pursuing her Ed.S. degree.

Mapping church property — project benefits student learning, resource preservation, Church resources

Senior Savannah Swanson and Andy Robertson, director of GeoSpatial Services, are excited about a project GSS is doing involving the Catholic Church.

Latest in Cardinal Athletics

Baseball Battles Nation’s Top Team

The Saint Mary’s baseball team (9-8) completed their non-conference schedule with a trip to the University of Wisconsin Whitewater (9-0), the top-ranked team in the nation

Lettner Earns Academic All-District Honors

Lindsey Lettner of the Saint Mary’s women’s basketball team has earned another postseason accolade for her academic excellence.

Saint Mary’s University announces $5.5 million gift commitment — including largest gift ($2.625 million) to athletics in history

Saint Mary’s University announced at its annual Cardinal Excellence Fund dinner Saturday, March 22, that Hall of Fame two-sport inductee David Thies B’59 and his wife Marlys of Plymouth, Minn.,...

Late Rally Secures Perfect 4-0 Weekend for Cardinals in Illinois

It doesn’t get better than this for the Saint Mary’s baseball team (9-7) in Illinois.

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