Something I learned this weekend:
Sometimes we don’t feel qualified or ready to do something that someone asks of us to do. But maybe them simply just asking us to do it is all the qualification we need. Because if they believe we can do it and or are ready, so should you.
Andrew Tague (B.B.A. ’23) decided to take a chance on Texas. After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in his hometown of St. Louis, he wanted to continue exploring how a Marianist education could nurture his growth as a servant leader. That led him, of course, to St. Mary’s University.
“I always joke that I couldn’t get enough of St. Mary’s,” Tague said. “But really, the family spirit of a Marianist education is what called me back.”
Although Tague found himself in unfamiliar territory, thousands of miles away from friends and family, he wasted no time finding familiarity and building community in his new St. Mary’s home.
Now three months into his first full-time job, there are a few pieces of St. Mary’s University Tague still carries with him. The first? The vintage T-shirt shop, called Tague’s Treasures, he started while he was a student. Many of his carefully selected clothing pieces can even be seen in his new office.
Tague started the business as a fun side hustle: a way to connect with other students while promoting sustainability and raising awareness about the ramifications of fast fashion. Two years later, the shop remains so popular with students that he returned as an alumni business featured at Rattler Market, a campus and local vendor event held outside the University Center in August.
Every Wednesday I go to an elementary school and read to kids for an hour and at the end of reading, one of my kids said I looked tired and handed me this.
NHL playoffs is the best professional playoffs to watch. Nothing compares to the hype that NHL has when the games matter. The players ACTUALLY want it and the fans want it just as bad.