An anonymous $10 million donation was gifted to St. Thomas’ Dougherty Family College on Sept. 22 to help students obtain their associate degree, according to an article published by the St. Thomas Newsroom. The two-year college within St. Thomas opened in the fall of 2017. DFC offers an associate degree with a curriculum designed for …
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Hurricane Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week.
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government met on Sept. 22 to discuss sustainability on and off campus, financial plans and swore in newly elected members.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — United States authorities charged 48 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet, stealing $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children. Federal prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be offering food to …
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Minnesota Timberwolves players and staff participated in a player-led icebreaker game of slow-pitch softball Thursday on the St. Thomas baseball field. Cam Kauffman has the story.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement Thursday to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections.
Nurses, hospital staff and supporters gathered outside of Children’s Minnesota-St. Paul and United hospitals Tuesday as part of the second day of a three-day nurses strike pressing for higher wages, resolving understaffing and more. Cam Kauffman and Derek Badger have the story.
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government met for the first time this semester to discuss issues with residence hall overflows and the upcoming election. Sydney LaBelle has the update.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday. She was 96.
St. Thomas is adding a second-year experience course for second-year students for the 2022-23 school year.
A lot has changed at St. Thomas since the Undergraduate Student Council was formed as the All College Council in 1938. From going co-ed to Division I athletics, the voice of the student body has grown immensely.
St. Thomas is working to create a game design minor with influence from Sky Anderson, a professor of Introduction to Mass Media, Visual Media Theory and Practice, and most recently: Game Design.
Although membership suffered during the pandemic, Salt Co. is quickly reestablishing its community, and hundreds of college students from around the Twin Cities are gathering to worship, read the Bible and connect with one another in small group settings.
The University of St. Thomas’ Dougherty Family College announced its new dean, Buffy Smith, Wednesday in an email to the St. Thomas community from executive vice president and provost Eddy Rojas.
The St. Thomas Travel Risk Advisory Committee lifted its review process April 11 for countries that are rated at risk levels of one or two out of a scale of 1-4 per Centers for Disease Control and Department of State standards, opening the door for pre-pandemic risk assessment for students studying abroad.
