‘A Night in Little Italy’ Set for Feb. 23
The St. Mary’s University Department of Music will hold the Opera Workshop’s Second Annual ‘A Night in Little Italy,’ a fundraiser featuring singing waiters and an Italian dinner.
The event will be Saturday, February 23, 2013 in the University Center, Conference Room A. The doors and a cash bar will open at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner and show at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25, and all proceeds benefit the future productions of the Opera Workshop. Please call 210-204-6425 to purchase tickets; tickets will not be sold at the door.
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Alumnus Listed Among Best CEOs in the World
NuStar Chairman and St. Mary's Alumnus Bill Greehey (B.B.A. '60) has been ranked near the top of the Harvard Business Review list of the 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World.
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Gift Supports Liberal Arts Programs at St. Mary's
Alumnus Ed Speed (B.B.A. ’70, M.A. ’86) and his wife, Linda, have given another significant gift to St. Mary’s University to support scholarship that advances Catholic social teaching, human rights, social justice and peace building.
They have given a gift of $137,500 to establish the Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellows Program in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS). The funding will support annual fellowships for faculty research and presentations that includes publishing and/or creating works that address peace and justice issues. In addition, the funding will support an undergraduate research student assistant to work with the faculty fellow.
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Institute Offering Help to Small Businesses
St. Mary’s University is offering free assistance to local small and nonprofit businesses in areas such as marketing, business planning, and accounting through a program that helps local businesses while giving Bill Greehey School of Business students hands-on learning experiences.
The Small Business Institute within St. Mary’s University’s Bill Greehey School of Business is accepting both small and nonprofits business clients for the spring 2013 semester.
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St. Mary’s Names New Athletics Director
Elizabeth Dalton, a long-time UTSA administrator, has been named the next Athletics Director for St. Mary’s University, effective Feb. 11.
Dalton, who has been with the UTSA Athletics Department for 12 years, is currently UTSA’s Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator. Before joining UTSA, she managed the administrative aspects of recruiting and football operations for the University of Notre Dame. Dalton holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Texas A&M University, where she played soccer as a student-athlete.
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In the current economy, public school finance is a hot topic, and few understand its ins and outs better than St. Mary's University School of Law Professor Albert Kauffman.
The Rattlers granted the War Hawks their fourth loss of the season as they picked up their 12th win and eighth straight home victory inside Bill Greehey Arena on Saturday.
Besting their previous season high win streak of five, the St. Mary's Lady Rattlers picked up their sixth straight over provisional Heartland Conference member McMurry University on Saturday.
Arguably, St. Edward's was was one of the few teams that could have shaken the Lady Rattlers.
Armed with the bitter taste of a two game losing streak, the St. Mary's men's basketball team wasn't about to let that number slip to three Thursday night. Especially not against rival St. Edward's.
St. Mary's looked like it was pulling away. But then the 19th ranked Newman Jets came flying back.
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