St. Thomas Campus Community Transitions to Distance Learning in Response to COVID-19

On Wednesday, March 11, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic - an outbreak of a serious new disease with sustained transmission throughout the world. St. Thomas stakeholders and academic executives immediately began planning a response to the global outbreak of COVID-19. President Fr. James Murphy, CSB and principal Dr. Aaron Dominguez ‘96 [...]

By |2020-03-24T23:16:56-05:00March 24th, 2020|Academics, Student Life, Campus News|1 Comment

Message to St. Thomas Family | Reconvening for Remote Learning and Looking Head

St. Thomas Family, A hallmark of our Basilian institution since its inception in 1900 is its unshakable sense of community. Our purpose is always the health and well being of our scholars, faculty, and staff, and that priority has dramatically heightened during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We pray that our extended Eagle families are safe [...]

By |2020-03-23T15:00:20-05:00March 23rd, 2020|Academics, Alumni, Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments

Fr. Clark Sample ’01 || Continuing God’s Call as Pastor at St. Thomas More Catholic Church

If you don’t know where you’re from, you don’t know where you’re going. For the previous decade Fr. Clark Sample ‘01 has navigated a clear, convicted, if unconventional course. He is rooted from his past, restless for grand future designs, trusting God’s Providence to better propel Houston Roman Catholics on their holistic journeys. “I had [...]

By |2021-01-05T13:39:32-06:00March 17th, 2020|Alumni, Campus News|0 Comments

Superb Eagle Soccer Season Caps Sublime Four-Year ‘Tour de Force’ Run

The end zone scoreboard at Bryan High School dripped frigid mist in a miserable mid-February night, the equally familiar and unsavory result chilled the Eagle Soccer contingent to the bone in a way Mother Nature could never match. Crooked numbers were flanked by a clock ticking to triple zeroes aligning with the finality of a [...]

By |2020-03-13T11:46:56-05:00March 12th, 2020|Soccer, Student Life, Campus News, Athletics|1 Comment

Everett Vaughn ‘18 | Unheralded But Invaluable Role for Texas A&M Basketball

Everett Vaughn ‘18 toils in quasi-anonymity, even when reaching and extending up and over his measured six-foot and 10-inches, sweating and bleeding maroon and white for the revitalized fighting Texas Aggie hoopsters. His is not a glorious Disney produced Hollywood version of life inside the power elite dribble drives of big campus college athletics. Not [...]

By |2020-03-10T18:57:46-05:00March 10th, 2020|Alumni, Athletics, Basketball|0 Comments

Choral Director and Faculty Member Josh Wilson Shares in Houston Chamber Choir Grammy Award

Stevie Wonder and John Williams.  Tony Bennett and Beyoncé.  Henry Mancini and Yo-Yo Ma. U2 and Take 6. Bruce and Ray and Aretha. Grammy Award Winners all, richly recognized during the previous seven-plus decades for recordings that balanced innovation and timeliness in a way that made them widely resonant. And Josh Wilson, the St. Thomas choral director [...]

By |2020-03-05T16:00:35-06:00March 5th, 2020|Academics, Campus News|0 Comments

National Signing Day for Eagle Athletics | Seniors Taylor, Thomas, Umeh and Skucius Fixed on Future

A fab four of St. Thomas scholar athletes assembled and celebrated commitments to extend their late-charging careers to the university level. Kingpins who closed out fueling state championship contention for Eagle Football and Eagle Cross Country. Young and restless talents who are proving relentless, projecting promise that would dwarf their already acclaimed successes. Defensive end [...]

Round Up 2020 | Resonate Essence Greater Than Scholars Raising $525K for Tuition Assistance

Pause if the resounding Round Up refrain sounds more than familiar. Riveted scholars rack another outrageous total in raffle ticket sales - $525,370. Crashing the half-million-dollar mark for the fourth consecutive year. Raising a raucous seven-year sales spike to more than $3.6 million. Yes, $3.6 million. All proceeds benefiting St. Thomas tuition assistance. Eagles rallying [...]

By |2020-03-03T21:46:21-06:00March 3rd, 2020|Alumni, Student Life, Campus News|3 Comments

GALLERY | Round Up 2020 Celebrates St. Thomas Basilian Values

The St. Thomas Basilian Fathers and stakeholders extend their deepest appreciation to all in the extended Eagle community for again making our Round Up celebration a student fundraising event unmatched anywhere in the United States, generating more than $525 million for St. Thomas tuition assistance and more than $3.6 million since 2014. Eagles caring for [...]

By |2020-03-04T10:02:52-06:00March 3rd, 2020|Alumni, Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments
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