Core Values Great Leaders

ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 Board of Directors

GEORGE A. DEMONTROND III, CHAIR HIS EMINENCE DANIEL CARDINAL DINARDO CORA SUE MACH DeMontrond Automotive Group Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Mach Industrial Group MICHELE MALLOY, VICE CHAIR BRUCE EARTHMAN PHYLLIS MANDOLA Marathon Oil Company Earthman Capital, LTD Tony Mandola Enterprises DR. ROBERT IVANY, PRESIDENT DR. HERBERT P. EDMUNDSON, JR. GILBERTO PEREZ University of St. Thomas Memorial Neurological Association CEMEX MINNIE BAIRD FRANCES ESCRIVA REV. JOSEPH PILSNER, CSB Community Volunteer Mid-South Telecommunications Co. University of St. Thomas REV. ROBERT J. BARRINGER, CSB GEORGE FARRIS KIM RUTH University of St. Thomas Private Investor Bank of America REV. PATRICK BRADEN, CSB MICHAEL P. FLEMING REV. RONALD G. SCHWENZER, CSB University of St. Thomas Michael P. Fleming, PC St. Thomas High School J. DOWNEY BRIDGWATER REV. JOHN CLARENCE GALLAGHER, CSB ROBERT J. SIGNORELLI Sterling Bank University of St. Thomas Retired, Anheuser Busch, Inc. REV. BRENDAN J. CAHILL REV. ANTHONY GIAMPIETRO, CSB DR. GUILLERMO TORRE-AMIONE St. Mary’s Seminary University of St. Thomas Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates DR. DOROTHY E.F. CARAM JOHN E. HAGALE RANDY E. VELARDE Retired, Administrator/Educator The Methodist Hospital System The Plaza Group GERARDO A. CHAPA DAVID HARVEY, JR. DR. KENNETH WELLS Global Financial Services D.E. Harvey Builders Allied Health Resources SR. MARY ROBERTA CONNORS, FSE PAUL LAYNE RAYE WHITE University of St. Thomas Brookfield Properties Fayez Sarofim & Co. MICHAEL CORDÚA RAYMOND A. LEBLANC A. MARTIN WICKLIFF, JR. Cordúa Restaurants, LP Retired, Keystone International Epstein Becker Green Wickliff & Hall, PC REV. ROBERT W. CROOKER, CSB DR. SANDI LEMMING BRUCE WILKINSON University of St. Thomas Village Family Practice McDermott International, Inc.

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MARLENA BERGER ROSANNA MORENO EXECUTIVE CABINET HONORARY COMMITTEE

GABRIEL CANALES PATRICK O’DONNELL ELIZABETH LYONS GHRIST, CHAIR JOAN AND STANFORD ALEXANDER LAURA CECIL LOUISE PARSLEY DR. ROBERT IVANY, PRESIDENT THE HONORABLE BILL AND MRS. SHARON ARCHER HOLLY CLAPHAM-ROSENOW PATRICIA PENA GERARDO CHAPA GINGER AND JACK BLANTON ALEJANDRO COLOM RICK REYES MICHAEL CORDÚA HIS EMINENCE DANIEL CARDINAL DINARDO JOHN DEL TATTO SOFIA RICHES GEORGE DEMONTROND III MOST REVEREND JOSEPH FIORENZA JOHN DIGIULIO JOHN ROCHA MARJORIE E. EVANS MAUREEN AND JIM HACKETT BETSY EARTHMAN ROSE MARY SALUM MADELYN FARRIS BARBARA AND CHARLES HURWITZ ANDREW ELLER TRINI MENDENHALL SOSA JOSEPH A. HAFNER, JR. BETTE AND LEO LINBECK, JR. MADELYN FARRIS KITTSIE THOMAS RAYMOND A. LEBLANC MEREDITH AND CORNELIA LONG FRAN FAUNTLEROY LORI THOMPSON PATRICK MORAN MOST REVEREND J. MICHAEL MILLER, CSB DIEDRA FONTAINE MEI WAN TONG GLORIA M. PORTELA CYNTHIA AND GEORGE MITCHELL DUSTY GILBERT HECTOR VILLARREAL BILL SLICK ANNETTE AND GEORGE W. STRAKE, JR. BOB GRAHAM MADELYN VON ESCHENBACH TRINI MENDENHALL SOSA ELLIE AND JACK SWEENEY MARGARET GUERRIERO TERESA WONG TOM STANDISH BISHOP JAMES TAMAYO PRESTON HILL CHARLIE THOMAS LYNDA AND DAVID UNDERWOOD GLORIA KALMAN RAYE WHITE KELLI KICKERILLO MRS. LLOYD P. WEBRE PAMELA H. LOVETT JOHN MAIETTA MICHAEL MARONEY JAMES METZGER FRANK MICHEL

Cover: Christ statue in the Samfield Garden CoreValuesGoodness, Discipline, Knowledge, Community — these are the core values that define our existence and shape our vision. Educating students who will embrace and carry these values with them remains our mission. Their achievements and affection will determine our success. Our First Year Experience program, Core Curriculum Reform effort, and a vibrant Augustine Hall living-learning community reflect our goal to enrich their years with us. The new Mendenhall Achievement Center has already made an impact on providing students with an integrated support center. As our faculty and staff continue to offer an engaging curriculum and quality services and activities, increasing numbers of students will finish their studies at St. Thomas and remain dedicated to an ongoing pursuit of knowledge and to the University.

We will concentrate our efforts to retain our students and admit another committed class of freshmen and transfers. We realize the sacrifice that many of our families are making to send their sons and daughters to St. Thomas. They understand that the value of an outstanding, faith-based education only increases during a recession. It has been heartening to witness the resolve of our benefactors, our students, their parents and relatives. We will do our part to build the momentum of the past year in which the 2007 Freshmen Student Survey showed that students feel connected to UST and strongly agree that services such as counseling, learning and writing center, business office and financial aid, adequately meet their needs. It also revealed a 92 percent retention rate from fall to spring as compared with 88 percent the previous year. Scholarships are key to student retention, and we are committed to providing as much aid as we can.

Illustrated in this annual report is a summary of the initiatives, achievements and relationships that shaped the 2007-2008 academic year. We are excited about a new graduate program that trains educators for Catholic schools. Key to the success of the University’s athletic program is the support of the newly formed Champions Club. Academic excellence is recognized as we continue to rank high in national and faith-based college reviews. And as we expand the influence of our mission beyond the boundaries of our campus, we continue to be blessed by those who share our vision and are active participants on our path toward greatness.

Thank you for your prayers and for your commitment to ensuring that a Catholic, Basilian education is within reach. With your participation and support, together we will make the St. Thomas star shine more brightly than ever. Sincerely,

Dr. Robert Ivany PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

1 We serve God in faith and love by giving of ourselves to students, colleagues, and society.

new group of University of St. School, who will complete the same A Thomas students moved into sequence of classes, but not live the UST residence hall on June 5, but among his fellow students. this was no ordinary class of incoming students. These are future educators GRACE is the newest member of the looking for a different approach to University Consortium for Catholic graduate education, one that requires Education, an alliance of universities a greater commitment, more dedica- that offer similar programs including tion, and spiritual exploration than University of Notre Dame, Boston a traditional Master in Education tract. College, University of Portland, Seton They are the first cohort of the Gulf Hall, Loyola Marymount University, Region Academy for Catholic Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso Educators (GRACE), a new graduate University, and Christian Brothers program that trains educators for University. Dr. Robert LeBlanc, dean of Catholic schools. Over the next two the School of Education, pictured right years, this group will live in a faith- with cohort members, is director of based community and support each the GRACE program. other while they take on the challenge of simultaneously teaching in a Benefactor and Board Member David Catholic school, completing a Master Harvey of Harvey Builders made in Education and obtaining the gift that enabled St. Thomas to teacher certification. introduce the GRACE project to our Review’s 2008 edition of “The Best Galveston-Houston Archdiocese. His 366 Colleges.” UST was among 55 Cohort members include two UST interest in making sure that a Catholic other universities, including Columbia graduates, Meris Chaumont and Leigh education is available to all families University, Cornell University, Trinity Sherman; two University of Texas and sustaining the long tradition of University in San Antonio, New graduates, Humberto Carmona and Catholic schools in the inner city areas York University and Wellesley College, Luc Tran; Sharon Winski, Creighton is perfectly matched in this project. recognized for providing an exceptional University in Omaha, Nebraska; undergraduate education program. and John Bates V, Strake Jesuit High The University of St. Thomas School of Education was named one of the “Great Schools for 15 of the Most Popular Undergraduate Majors” in a list compiled for The Princeton

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4 We demand personal responsibility, accountability, and integrity in ourselves and in one another.

he University of St. Thomas T recognizes the role of sports in building character and teaching leader- ship in a competitive environment. Intramural sports, club sports and intercollegiate sports inspire the disci- pline to be humble in victory, gracious in defeat and steadfast in overcoming great odds. From the outset, Basilian Fathers considered sports essential to building students of faith and char- acter. Founding President Vincent J. Guinan, CSB, fielded baseball and basketball teams – from a student body of 60! The late Pope John Paul II saw the value of sports. In the year before his death, he announced the formation of a Vatican sports department. A “sports culture,” he reasoned, would promote personal growth and serve as an instrument in the service of peace and brotherhood among peoples. The UST Women’s Volleyball team Rallying in the support of the finished its second season ranked University’s athletic program is the University of St. Thomas Men’s Soccer 10th in the National Association of newly formed Champions Club. With team entered the National Association Intercollegiate Athletics Region Six his number “7” recently retired by the of Intercollegiate Athletics as the first ratings. Volleyball Co-Captain Houston Astros, Craig Biggio, pictured men’s varsity team on the UST campus Mary Ann Shaw was named 2007 above with Marianne Ivany, Patty in more than 20 years. The 2007 Daktronics-NAIA Volleyball Scholar- Biggio, C. Gregory Evans, Dr. Robert roster included 19 players with 13 Athlete. The award is presented to Ivany and Todd Smith, addressed the players from Texas, 11 of those hailing student athletes for their achievements first Champions Athletic Club Benefit from Houston area high schools. Their on the playing field and in the class- Luncheon held on May 5, 2008. The backgrounds are as diverse and inter- room. Shaw, the first UST student Champions Club provides financial national as the sport of soccer itself. to receive the award, graduated in support for the intercollegiate athletics Players claim “hometowns” in coun- May 2008. program, encourages student athletes, tries spanning the globe that include and promotes community awareness Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Germany, The 2009 season will be enhanced by about the University. Its founding England, Saudi Arabia and Iran. the revival of intercollegiate basketball members are Philip Burguieres, at UST. Newly appointed Athletic C. Gregory Evans, Marjorie Evans, Director and Men’s Basketball Coach corporate founder Universal Weather Todd Smith will recruit the new team. & Aviation, Jim McIngvale, and Corbin Robertson.

5 We pursue truth and academic excellence in the Catholic intellectual tradition, emphasizing the dialogue between faith and reason.

he University of St. Thomas will continue to grow, to promote T academic excellence, and to enhance our service to the community as we take our place among the best universities in the world. In 2007-2008, the University of St. Thomas received high marks in three of the nation’s leading college reviews.

• In 2007, UST was ranked 29 in the list of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges.” Every year since 1994, the University has been named to the top tier of universities offering master’s degrees in the Western region. UST’s low student-to-faculty ratio, small class sizes and the high percentage of freshmen who ranked in the top quarter of their high school graduating class were key factors in the school’s ranking.

• Shortly after the U.S. News & World Report rankings were announced, The Princeton Review named UST one of 123 outstanding colleges and universities in the West that The Princeton Review recommends to college applicants in the 2008 launch of its student opinion data, “Best Western Colleges” on PrincetonReview.com. The online profile of UST describes the school as a place where students rave about the small-school feel, and where diversity is welcomed, embraced and celebrated.

• The University of St. Thomas was named one of 21 top Catholic colleges and universities by the Cardinal Newman Society in the 2008 Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College: What to Look for and Where to Find It. UST was selected as a “Joyfully Catholic” school, characterized by a Catholic identity that permeates all areas of campus life. Those recommended represent the top 10 percent of Catholic colleges in the U.S. based on Catholic identity and cover a wide range of institutions in terms of history, size, location and academic focus.

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8 We build and nurture relationships that transform our lives, our university, and our world.

ithout the foresight and to assist the University in its plan W generosity of those who for the Association to Advance embrace the values of Catholic higher Collegiate Schools of Business education and the mission of the (AACSB) accreditation. In 1969, St. University, such as Richard Stork and Thomas received one of the first gifts Liz Ghrist, pictured left with Talitha from the foundation to establish the Tanksley and Veronica Coriano, our Cameron School of Business. story would be a very different one. We are blessed to be surrounded by The Houston Endowment Inc. alumni and friends intimately engaged awarded the University a $500,000 in our vision of being counted among grant to help provide faculty the nation’s great Catholic universities. development opportunities, school enhancements and student enrichment Among them are the late Mrs. Miriam experiences for private and charter Burnett, daughter of the late Canadian schools in Harris County. businessman and philanthropist This is the fifth year that the Houston W. Garfield Weston, and her son, Mr. Endowment has renewed the grant, Charles Burnett III, who established totaling $2.5 million. By working the Burnett Family Distinguished with UST, the goal of the Houston Chair in Leadership in the Cameron Endowment is to reach out to under- School of Business, instituted through resourced schools to offer quality a $2.6 million gift from the Notsew professional development opportuni- Orm Sands Foundation. In coopera- ties that will improve classroom tion with the Center for Business instruction and student success. Ethics, the creation of the endowed The grant provided services to chair in the Cameron School of approximately 250 private and Business will promote the develop- charter schools in the Houston area. ment of leadership potential among students and other constituents. In April 2008, the University received a $3 million gift from the Cullen Trust Longtime benefactor of the University, for Higher Education. The gift will be The Harry and Isabel C. Cameron used towards the acquisition of one Foundation, approved a pledge of and a half blocks at the Montrose $1.5 million in the spring of 2008 to Boulevard and Richmond intersection. create the Cameron Endowed Chair The property anchors the southeast in Management and Marketing for corner of the University’s campus in the Cameron School of Business. accordance with the master plan for The pledge to fund a chair was made physical expansion. With this acquisi- tion, the University occupies most of 19 square blocks in the Houston Museum District.

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he University of St. Thomas is a private institutionT committed to the liberal arts and to the religious, ethical and intellectual traditions of Catholic higher education. The highlights of the past year reflect our measurable progress toward our goal of becoming one of America’s finest Catholic universities.

AUGUST 2007

The new Celts Soccer team begins the season by winning its first intercollegiate game against Annual Irish Gala, honoring NOVEMBER the Our Lady of the Lake Saints Debbie and Patrick J. Moran and in San Antonio. chaired by Michele Malloy, grossed Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, senior more than $150,000, with money fellow at the Hoover Institution, The Office of Alumni Relations hosts also raised for the Bishop John Stanford University, delivers the All-Classes Reunion with a dinner, McCarthy Scholarship for Study 2007 President’s Lecture discussing dance, movie on the Campus Life Abroad in Ireland. “The Ways of Western War and Mall, and alumni vs. students the Way Not in Iraq.” soccer game. OCTOBER DECEMBER SEPTEMBER UST hosts a discussion led by opposi- tion leaders in Zimbabwe, Morgan Winter Class Completion Mass Catholic Intellectual Tradition Tsvangirai and Roy Bennett of the honors December graduates. Lecture Series hosts Dr. Edmund Movement for Democratic Change. Pellegrino, founder of the Georgetown Graduate Student Association University Center for Clinical John L. Allen, senior correspondent hosts Ali Findik, Consul of Turkey, Bioethics, speaking on “Liberal for the National Catholic Reporter, speaking on Turkish Foreign Policy Education: Is it Worthwhile to Those delivers the 2007 J. and Turkish Economic Development. in the Medical Professions?” Michael Miller Lecture discussing “Megatrends in Catholicism: JANUARY 2008 Dr. Robert Ivany, along with Mrs. Ten Forces Turning the Church Raye G. White, dedicates the Edward Upside Down.” His Eminence Daniel Cardinal P. White Memorial Plaza, named in DiNardo celebrates Mass in the memory of one of the University’s Fall Fashion Event chaired Chapel of St. Basil at the special most dedicated benefactors. The land- by alumna Robin Thomas request of his own Knights of mark is one of the last creative designs Klaes raises funds for the Columbus Vincent J. Guinan of renowned architect Philip Johnson. Alumni Association Endowed Council 13940, the only college Scholarship Fund. council to have a cardinal as a member.

10 Center for International Studies Bishop Salvatore Rino Fisichella, MAY MicroCredit Program members greet Auxiliary Bishop of the Rome 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Archdiocese, delivers the Msgr. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Muhammad Yunus, known for his William Steele Lecture speaking Chairman, President and pioneering work in international on “Living as a Catholic in a CEO James T. Hackett delivers microcredit programs that Post-Modern Culture.” the University’s commencement grant loans to the poor for small address, where he and Trini business endeavors. MARCH Mendenhall Sosa receive honorary doctorates. Annual Aquinas Lecture features University dedicates the Edward A. Msgr. John Wippel, professor of Stumpf II Memorial Plaza, funded JUNE philosophy at The Catholic University by the Wortham Foundation. of America, speaking on “Thomas The Rev. William J. Young Aquinas and the Controversy The Inaugural Herzstein Lecture Institute Social Justice Summer Concerning Unity of Substantial in Judaism features Rabbi Roy A. Conference explores “Solidarity Form in Human Beings.” Walter, Senior Rabbi at Congregation in an Election Year,” focusing Emanu El in Houston, speaking on the principles of solidarity The fourth year of the USTinsights on “Abraham Joshua Heschel: and faithful citizenship. Alumni Mentoring Students Program A Philosopher for All Faiths.” matches 25 students with alumni. B.K. Smith Lecture in FEBRUARY History features Charles Doherty, School of “An Evening of Stars” Mardi Gras History and Archives Gala raises $800,000 for the Fr. at University College Francis E. Monaghan Scholarship Dublin, speaking on Fund, honoring Houston Chronicle “The Early Irish President and Publisher Jack Church: The City of Sweeney, and chaired by Cora Sue God in Early Ireland.” and Harry Mach. UST Center for Business The Friends of Archaeology Ethics and the Greater hosts Dr. Ana Munk speaking on Houston Partnership “Remembering the Saints: An name Drayton McLane, Interpretation of the Early Christian Jr. recipient of the Confessio beneath the Church 2008 Ethical Leadership of SS Giovanni e Paolo in Rome.” in Action Award.

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President’s Lecture Series hosts Peruvian econo- mist Hernando de Soto speaking on “Why and How to Globalize: The Role of Law.” We are the University of St. Thomas, the Catholic university in the heart of Houston. We are committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the dialogue between faith and reason. By pursuing excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, we embody and instill in our students the core values of our founders, the Basilian Fathers: goodness, discipline, and knowledge. We foster engagement in a diverse, collaborative community. As a comprehensive university grounded in the liberal arts, we educate students to think critically, communicate effectively, succeed professionally, and lead ethically.

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