A University of St. Thomas Law School student has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recovering, the university announced in an email on Friday after receiving confirmation from the Minnesota Department of Health.
The St. Thomas Athletics Department closed the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex at 1 p.m. Tuesday because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it will remain closed through March 27, or until further notice.
The University of St. Thomas will remain online for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester, university President Julie Sullivan wrote in an email Monday. Students living on campus are encouraged to move out as early as possible before leaving for spring break.
The NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championship games, including this Saturday’s matchups between the St. Thomas and St. John’s men’s basketball teams and the St. Thomas and Lake Forest men’s hockey teams, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement from NCAA president Mike Emmert Thursday. TommieMedia and the Associated Press have the story.
All St. Thomas classes will move online beginning Monday, March 16 until Tuesday, April 14, according to an email announcement from university President Julie Sullivan on Thursday.
The University of St. Thomas announced in-person classes will continue as normal as of Tuesday, March 10, even as several universities across the country transition to online classes because of COVID-19 concerns.
The St. Thomas men’s hockey team will be playing No. 8 Lake Forest (Ill.) College on Saturday at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The University of St. Thomas strongly discourages university faculty, staff and students from traveling internationally, after announcing its plan to close its Bernardi campus in Rome following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in northern Italy.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan looked to the university’s future in her second “State of the University” address Thursday afternoon. Emily Haugen, Samantha HoangLong, Mae Macfarlane and Abby Sliva have the story.
Yohuru Williams, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at St. Thomas, will step down from his position at St. Thomas and begin a new position at St. John’s University New York. Emilie Cleveland, Kat Barrett and Emily Haugen have the story.
The University of St. Thomas will close Tuesday at 8 p.m. and remain closed through Wednesday, Nov. 27, due to winter weather, the university said in an alert.
The commissioner of the athletic conference that St. Thomas seeks to join said a decision on the school’s moving to Division I would not be reached until at least January.
A St. Thomas student facing multiple charges in connection with three hoax bomb threats at the University of St. Thomas pleaded not guilty Monday at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis.
Starting fall 2020, all residence halls at St. Thomas will become co-educational, according to an email sent by the office of undergraduate admissions.
A bicycle was stolen, a traffic accident occurred on Cretin avenue and property damage was documented in Ireland Hall. These and more are part of the Public Safety briefs for Oct. 8 – Oct. 15.
