St. Thomas men’s basketball coach Johnny Tauer and junior forward Brooks Allen joined TommieMedia’s Scout Mason in The Locker Room to discuss the Tommies’ new recruits and and how they want to continue to improve in their second DI season.
On March 16, 2020, all St. Thomas classes moved online for the remainder of the spring semester due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. Two years later, St. Thomas’ University Action and Response Team is still navigating a pandemic that emptied campus, introduced mask mandates and created a shift toward online learning.
Shredded documents caught fire in the back of a document destruction service six-wheel truck Wednesday in the O’Shaughnessy Education Center parking lot in front of Frey Hall.
St. Thomas softball lost 8-0 to Murray State and won 5-4 to Evansville Sunday, Tommies baseball fell 8-0 and 3-2 to Northwestern on Sunday in Evanston, Illinois, and St. Thomas women’s tennis earned its first Division I victory in a 7-0 sweep against Western Illinois on Sunday. Scout Mason has today’s Sports in :60.
A 19-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the leg early Friday morning while at Plums Neighborhood Grill and Bar, according to the St. Paul Police Department.
Minneapolis teachers marched to the John B. Davis Education Center on Tuesday during the first day of the teacher strike. The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers is fighting for higher pay, mental health resources, smaller class sizes and more.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced March 1 she’d be stepping down from her position, putting School of Law Dean Rob Vischer into the interim president role starting June 1 and igniting a nationwide search for a new head of the university.
Three positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending on March 4; it was the first full week since the university lifted its face covering requirement in most indoor spaces on Feb. 26.
University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan’s decision to step down in favor of becoming the first female and layperson president of Santa Clara University wasn’t an easy one to make.
University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced she will be stepping down from her position at the end of the academic year. Sullivan will become the president of Santa Clara University on July 1, putting her closer to her husband, children and grandchildren.
St. Thomas baseball took their first Division I victories, defeating Sacred Heart 2-0 and 3-2 this weekend. Softball took five losses on the weekend at the Mardi Gras Mambo in Youngsville, Louisiana. Women’s hockey was swept in its best-of-three series against Minnesota in the WCHA playoffs, falling 4-0 Friday and 5-0 Saturday. Scout Mason has today’s Sports in :60.
As recently as Monday, the parents of St. Thomas theology professor Paul Gavrilyuk lived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. After learning about the likelihood of a Russian attack on the city, he and his brother convinced them to move about 50 miles away from the capital.
St. Thomas’ University Action and Response Team announced via email that it will be lifting its face covering requirement in many indoor spaces on Saturday, Feb. 26. Masks will still be required inside classrooms, labs, St. Thomas’ shuttle and the Center for Well-Being.
The Town & Country Club rejected St. Thomas’ $61.4 million offer Tuesday to purchase the club’s golf course, which would add 94 acres to St. Thomas’ campus and provide land for new athletics facilities.
St. Thomas is offering $61.4 million to purchase the nearby Town & Country Club golf course in an attempt to upgrade athletic facilities, the university’s Executive Budget Committee announced during a virtual town hall Monday.
