At a school with more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, St. Thomas students’ laptop stickers tell their stories to passersby if they take the time to look.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Wednesday, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said.
St. Thomas broke records in welcoming 62 new international students in-person this fall despite an ongoing pandemic as the university provided support to foreign applicants in an effort to keep cultural exchange a priority on campus.
Though St. Thomas requires that all community members get the COVID-19 vaccine, some have opted out of the mandate for medical, religious or conscientious reasons. Even with a 88% vaccination rate as of September 29, the University Action and Response team, a group of community leaders advising St. Thomas officials on pandemic prevention protocol, is monitoring COVID-19 infections and is prepared to tighten on-campus restrictions if needed.
Rob Aspholm, the chair of Civic Engagement Voter Engagement and Education-Advocacy, and Amy Gage, Director of Neighborhood and Community Relations, spoke about the importance of voting; Auxiliary Services Associate Vice President Mitchell Karstens noted the new public safety pillars; and the budget and club finance guidelines were discussed at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting on Sept. 23. University Affairs Editor Natalie Hoepner has the update.
The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sent an email Thursday afternoon addressing a TikTok personality that visited the St. Paul neighborhood earlier that day. Angeline Terry has the story.
Signs were posted last night on campus that referenced a known white supremacist group, according to an email from the Diversity Action Response Team that was sent to the St. Thomas community this afternoon.
St. Thomas community members packed O’Shaughnessy Stadium Saturday for their first home football game in 97 weeks. The recorded attendance of 5,051 was the highest number of fans at a home opener for the Tommies since 2014. Owen Larson and Nate Schneiderhan have the story.
A former University of St. Thomas student accused along with a prominent Minnesota GOP donor of child sex trafficking pleaded not guilty to numerous charges Thursday in federal court.
New members were sworn in, Student Diversity and Inclusion Services director Alex Hernandez-Siegel discussed action steps regarding the Dakota Land Acknowledgement and the change of class year titles were considered at the Undergraduate Student Government general counsel meeting Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Iversen Center for Faith’s Schoenecker Hall. University Affairs Editor Natalie Hoepner has the update.
A late night thunderstorm caused a power outage on the St. Thomas campus early Friday morning, leaving Flynn and Morrison halls and a number of other St. Thomas-affiliated buildings on Grand, Finn and Summit avenues without electricity, according to an email from the St. Thomas Innovation and Technology Services Tech Desk.
The St. Thomas mens and womens basketball programs unveiled its inaugural Division I schedules on Monday.
With flu season just around the corner, St. Thomas began administering flu vaccines at an on-campus clinic at the Anderson Student Center on Wednesday.
Six positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the first week of classes.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday that she has been treated for breast cancer that was found in February and the treatment “went well.”
