Standardized math test scores have continued to decline for Minnesota students, Minnesota lakes in the northern part of the state have continued to be the source of a rare fungal infection, and 42,000 United Auto Workers continue their now two-week strike against General Motors. Reporter Mae Macfarlane has today’s News in :90.
Two St. Thomas students in hijabs were singled out and asked for their student IDs before entering a campus shuttle on Wednesday, prompting a response from the Dougherty Family College dean and the suspension of the driver.
Three St. Thomas Air Force ROTC students are among the 24 students across the U.S. awarded a full-ride scholarship to any medical school of their choosing.
A Minneapolis woman was rescued Wednesday afternoon from Lake Superior and a Saint Paul man was fatally shot Wednesday evening. Reporter Jacob Schneider has today’s news in :90.
A St. Thomas student broke an arm, A bicycle was stolen, and a Title IX report was filed. These and more are part of the Public Safety briefs for September 6 – 16.
St. Thomas administration responds to Tuesday’s bomb threat, a man was fatally shot and killed by a St. Paul police officer Tuesday night, and the Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis has opened an investigation on Bishop Michael Hoeppner. Web Manager Maggie Martin has today’s News in :90.
Following Tuesday morning’s bomb threat, Karen Lange, vice president of student affairs, said St. Thomas students need to develop personal safety plans in the event of a crisis.
St. Thomas issued an all-clear alert Tuesday morning, following a bomb threat that led the university to temporarily close four buildings and cancel some classes through early afternoon.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan and Vice President of Inclusive Excellence Kha Yang will hold extra office hours in response to last week’s racist incident in Ireland Hall.
The racist incident in Ireland Hall was discussed, five clubs were funded, and student affairs updates were given. University Affairs Editor Abby Sliva has this week’s Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting update.
More than 200 students, faculty and staff gathered in Koch Commons Thursday night for a “BE-In” event to reclaim the space of Ireland Hall after a racial slur was found in one of its bathrooms. The event was followed by a peaceful protest in front of the men’s dormitory.
The campus gathered Thursday afternoon to declare St. Thomas as an anti-racist community, following the discovery Wednesday night of a racial slur in Ireland Hall.
For the second time in a year, a racist word has been found in a dormitory on the St. Thomas campus.
The long search for a founding dean at the planned College of Health has ended with the hiring of MayKao Y. Hang, chief executive officer of the nonprofit Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
An unidentified person backed into a visiting seminary’s vehicle, a St. Thomas student caused extensive flooding to Flynn Hall by drilling a hole directly into a sprinkler pipe and an unlocked vehicle was tampered with. These and more are part of the Public Safety briefs for August 30 – September 5.
