Numbers for the record-breaking Powerball jackpot were drawn Tuesday morning, Tropical Storm Nicole headed toward Florida’s Atlantic coastline, and Election Day comes to the St. Thomas Campus. Brooke Paine has today’s News in :90.
Students across campus are preparing and educating each other to get ready for Election Day on Nov. 8. Manuela Hill-Muñoz, director of Innovation, Creative Content and Changemaking at St. Thomas, leads a group of students to educate voters and raise voter registration rates on campus as Election Day draws near.
Not only did St. Thomas juniors Payton Filipiak and Morgan Ronsen start a sustainability program called Tommies Closet, they’re helping St. Thomas students, faculty and staff do it too. Reporter Josie Morss has the story.
Voter registration information checkpoints were at St. Thomas promoting National Voter Registration Day Tuesday to remind citizens to vote. Reporter Andrés Tejeda and Chief Photo Editor Song Johansen have the story.
The cancellation of in-person activities at St. Thomas has brought a surge of interest in the create[space] activities after director Manuela Hill-Muñoz developed what she calls “creativity kits”, mailed directly to students’ doors. Reporter Joey Swanson has the story.
As hospitals struggle to obtain personal protective equipment to protect their staff from COVID-19, one St. Thomas student was motivated by unused materials from the engineering department to start making face shields to donate to hospitals across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Reporter Leila Weah has the story.
In an effort to address food insecurity, St. Thomas students and the surrounding community will be able to receive a bag of groceries at the new Tommie Shelf every month.
