“Suitcase schools” nationwide are defined by vacant campuses, Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, as students head home for the weekend. Opinions CME Cecilia Wallace asks the question: Is St. Thomas a “suitcase school?”
St. Thomas students have raised concerns about the water quality in Grace Hall and Brady Education Center while the University has assured students that the water is safe. Senior CME Anya Capistraint-Kinney, AP Wire CME Kevin Lynch and Daniela Kopřivová have the story.
Grace Hall residents expressed frustration after construction on the Lee and Penny Anderson Arena suddenly diverted walking paths to the dorm Tuesday morning. AP Wire CME Kevin Lynch, University Affairs CME Gwynn Vang and reporter Elaina Mankowski have the story.
The Undergraduate Student Government invited Aaron Macke to discuss residence life and approved a dance club on Oct. 12. University Affairs editor Gwynnevere Vang has the story.
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government met Oct. 6 to discuss residence life on campus.
The University of St. Thomas’ new requirement that second-year students live on-campus beginning in the fall 2022 semester left many first- and second-year students scrambling to choose from the housing options available in an April 6 lottery selection process that “disappointed” some students.
St. Thomas first-year students moved into a newly remodeled Dowling Hall the weekend before the classes began, from its neighbor, Brady Hall, to start the spring semester.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan and the St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government held a student town hall meeting over Zoom Thursday night to update St. Thomas community members on a number of upcoming campus changes. Scout Mason and Cam Kauffman have the story.
Several break-ins and a threatening note led St. Thomas women’s transfer house residents to temporarily move out of their St. Paul house earlier this month. Director Emily Haugen has the story.
After multiple bomb threats on campus, St. Thomas is asking students to think of their own personal safety plans to use in emergencies.
Starting fall 2020, all residence halls at St. Thomas will become co-educational, according to an email sent by the office of undergraduate admissions.
For the second time in a year, a racist word has been found in a dormitory on the St. Thomas campus.
St. Thomas Residence Hall Association announced in an email this November that it will reserve 150 more beds in on-campus housing for current first-year students returning for fall 2019. St. Thomas plans to move towards a two year on-campus residency requirement as they renovate and restructure campus housing in the next ten years.
In an attempt to move the university toward the two-year on-campus residency requirement and make new opportunities for first-year students, St. Thomas announced three renovation projects for the upper quad. The St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel will be expanded and two new dormitories will be added.
The 2018 first-year class is the biggest St. Thomas’ history. To accommodate the class, multiple areas on campus have been renovated into housing for the first-years, including basements and common areas.
