Twenty-two positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending April 22.
COVID-19 UPDATE: 22 new positive cases at St. Thomas, Minnesota positive cases rise
COVID-19 UPDATE: 12 new positive cases at St. Thomas
Twelve positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending April 8.
USG discusses administrative breakfast agenda, gives committee and finance updates at March 3 meeting
St. Thomas’ Undergraduate Student Government covered a brief list of items at their March 3 general council meeting at Scooter’s: the upcoming administrative breakfast and committee and finance updates.
COVID-19 UPDATE: 7 new positive cases at St. Thomas
Seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending Feb. 25.
St. Thomas lifts face covering requirement in most indoor spaces
St. Thomas’ University Action and Response Team announced via email that it will be lifting its face covering requirement in many indoor spaces on Saturday, Feb. 26. Masks will still be required inside classrooms, labs, St. Thomas’ shuttle and the Center for Well-Being.
CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks
Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.
USG reflects on the death of Amir Locke and covers COVID protocols, financing, and special elections at Feb. 17 meeting
At the first in-person meeting of the spring semester, the Undergraduate Student Government took a moment to reflect on the death of Amir Locke; President Adam Revoir suggested USG show support by reaching out to multicultural councils and clubs, while another student pointed out that police officers and first responders are affected by these events as well.
Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services and Interim Executive Director of Dining Services speak, special elections update given and face masking discussed at Feb. 3 meeting
New Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services Pam Peterson and Interim Executive Director of Dining Services Steve Griffin discussed updates in dining services, USG open positions were talked about and USG President Adam Revoir emphasized face mask wearing at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting over Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 3.
St. Thomas to require face coverings indoors, regardless of vaccination status
St. Thomas will once again require face coverings indoors in public spaces on campus beginning Monday, regardless of vaccination status, a University Action and Response Team email said Thursday.
Masks still required on campus following CDC announcement
St. Thomas will continue to require face coverings and social distancing protocols despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance and Gov. Tim Walz lifting Minnesota’s statewide mask mandate, according to an email from the University Action and Response Team Friday morning.
AP: CDC: Fully vaccinated people can largely ditch masks indoors
In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places.
AP: Minnesota mask mandates to end by July 1 as Walz eases rules
Minnesota will lift nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions just before Memorial Day weekend and drop its statewide mask requirement once 70% of residents age 16 and older get their first dose of vaccine, but no later than July 1, Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday.
News in :90 – March 1, 2021
Police fired tear gas at crowds in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, and four St. Thomas School of Education faculty and staff have sewed and distributed over 1,200 masks. Reporter Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.
School of Education faculty and staff members spread joy through making masks
When the pandemic set in last spring, four faculty and staff members in the St. Thomas School of Education, Anne Howard, Debbie Monson, Ea Porter and Bridgette Smith, took it upon themselves to spread joy by sewing and distributing over 1,200 masks for homeless shelters, medical workers, grocery clerks, librarians, and others within the Twin Cities and beyond.
News in :90 – Dec. 4, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden asks Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks, America’s employers scaled back their hiring and the 33rd annual St. Thomas Christmas concert will be released online. TM Creative Director Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.