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.
Fifty-one positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by the University of St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, five less than the previous week. Joey Swanson, Justin Amaker and Maggie Stout have the story.
Residents in a St. Thomas first-year dorm hall will be tested for COVID-19 and will enter a two-week quarantine after five students on the floor tested positive, the St. Thomas Center for Well-Being announced Thursday evening in an email to students, faculty and staff.
Starting fall 2020, all residence halls at St. Thomas will become co-educational, according to an email sent by the office of undergraduate admissions.
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.
Students and faculty attended an open dialogue Tuesday in response to a racial slur incident that happened last week. This is the third incident regarding the same racial slur in the last three years at St. Thomas.
Two events responding to the use of a racial slur last week on campus have been planned for Tuesday and Thursday during convo hour this week.
Food theives, a trash can fire and marijuana and drug paraphernalia are all part of this week’s Public Safety briefs.
Intoxicated students in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex, a water leak in Morrison Hall and an arrested student are all part of this week’s Public Safety briefs.
Resident Assistant Louis Missurelli challenged each resident to write down at least one thing they wanted to accomplish before their freshman year ended.
