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Corporate Partnerships

St. Thomas is committed to building holistic relationships that drive value for our corporate partners and the community.

 

The Twin Cities has a world class community of corporations and foundations, and they have been vital collaborators over the years, helping St. Thomas develop its highly regarded academic programs and facilities.

These supporters range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, and from family foundations to regional and national foundations.

Each corporation or foundation has a different mission and focus. To that end, St. Thomas has defined several ways to align around shared objectives. 

Partnering with St. Thomas

Corporate leaders know their organization's strengths. St. Thomas offers many ways to engage those strengths for the betterment of the corporate community.
Archie Black speaks with Yohuru Williams on Nov. 6 during a webinar

Sharing Expertise

Leadership Engagement Opportunities

  • University board participation
  • Executive champion
  • Adjunct teaching

 

Archie Black, CEO of SPS Commerce and member of the St. Thomas Board of Trustees, discusses racial equity with Dr. Yohuru Williams during the November 2020 First Friday webinar.

Students talk to recruiters about jobs at the annual Minnesota Private College Job Fair

Work-place Readiness

Workforce Opportunities

The St. Thomas Career Development center has resources available for employers who wish to work together to recruit St. Thomas students.

3M alumni serve at Feed My Starving Children

Serving for the Common Good

Outreach and Visibility Opportunities

  • Volunteer opportunities and mentoring
  • Sponsorship and event participation
  • Corporate alumni networks

 

St. Thomas alumni at 3M served together at Feed My Starving Children.

3M team project

Innovating Together

Technology and Innovation Opportunities

  • Sponsored research
  • Technology and licenses
  • Center and institute participation
  • Faculty consulting

Mutually Beneficial

Deb Schoneman, President of Piper Jaffray, speaks with students during the GHR Fellows Advisory Council meeting in the Iversen Hearth Room in the Anderson Student Center on November 15, 2019, in St. Paul.
With one of the strongest alumni networks in the region, St. Thomas alumni bring their inclination to advance the common good into many corporations:

  • Engrained in Minnesota Business: The largest private higher educational institution in Minnesota and located in the heart of the Twin Cities, St. Thomas contributes to industry talent.
  • Flexible and Nimble: More agile than larger universities, St. Thomas meets industry needs in real time.
  • Real Life-Ready Leaders: Well-rounded, project-ready students—who benefit from a unique combination of liberal arts foundation plus practical application—hit the ground running.
  • Mission Put into Action: Doing the right thing is always good for business.
Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke and Engineering Dean Don Weinkauf listen as students discuss their senior design project during a tour of the School of Engineering’s microgrid solar panel array in the Facilities and Design Center in St. Paul on November 1, 2019.
Many corporations and foundations focus their charitable giving on providing scholarship aid, which is the university’s greatest need. They also contribute to the St. Thomas community in other ways:

  • Creating new and innovative academic and community-based programs
  • Partnering to support faculty and student research initiatives
  • Supplying state-of-the-art equipment
  • Establishing endowments
  • Helping the university with its capital needs and new facility construction
  • Matching gifts of employee contributions
a person pages through financial statements

Mission in Action

When Ryan Quinlivan ’15 was studying finance in Opus College of Business, he knew the field was vital in the business world. However, he was a bit concerned that, unlike law and medicine, finance doesn’t have a profession-wide oath to guide professional behavior and ethical standards.