An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at a 3M plant in western Minnesota, first lady Jill Biden and Health and Human Service Secretary Xavier Becerra are visiting Minnesota Wednesday and St. Thomas seniors have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Tommie Award. Sports Editor Sam Larson has today’s News in :90.
2022 Tommie Award Finalists
St. Thomas seniors Thevni Lelwala, Kevyn Perkins and Adam Revoir have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Tommie Award, an annual honor given to a St. Thomas senior who “embodies the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership and campus involvement.”
Top Stories – March 18, 2021
The MIAC clears fall and spring sports to compete this semester, and Minnesota governor Tim Walz eases COVID-19 restrictions. TommieMedia’s Emily Haugen and Justin Amaker have those topics and more on this episode of Top Stories.
News in :90 – March 10, 2021
Jury selection for the Derek Chauvin trial continues today, the U.S. is buying an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and Pascale Kunda has won the Tommie Award. Ad/PR Representative Jacqueline Strunk has today’s News in :90.
Pascale Kunda wins Tommie Award
St. Thomas senior Pascale Kunda, an international student from Rwanda and mechanical engineering major, is the 2021 Tommie Award recipient according to Student Affairs on Feb. 12. Andrés Tejeda has the story.
2021 Tommie Award finalists reflect on challenges, accomplishments, time at St. Thomas
St. Thomas seniors Derrick Diedrich, Pascale Kunda and Michael Sullivan were selected as the 2021 Tommie Award finalists, an annual honor given to a St. Thomas senior who, according to the university, “embodies the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership and campus involvement.”
Keanu Daley wins Tommie Award, first international student to do so
Keanu Daley, a triple major in actuarial science, statistics and theology has been named recipient of the 2020 Tommie Award, and is the first international student to receive this honor. Reporter Andrés Tejeda has the story.
Top Stories – Feb. 28, 2019
Student Body President Bisrat Bayou was voted the 2019 Tommie Award recipient. For the first time in St. Thomas history, all three finalists for the award were first-generation college students and students of color. St. Thomas sophomore finance major Jenny Keller made a high school pastime profitable by selling handcrafted mugs and bowls through her pottery …
News in :90 – Feb. 27, 2019
St. Thomas first-year Miranda Mead was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. In northwestern Minnesota, a woman was accused of setting fire to her restaurant for insurance money. President Donald Trump met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday in hopes to curb North Korea’s pursuit of Nuclear weapons. At St. Thomas, this is the first year all three Tommie Award finalists were first-generation college students and students of color. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
Tommie Award finalists reflect on their time at St. Thomas
This year marked the first time in the history of the Tommie Award where all three finalists were first generation college students and students of color.
Youngblood wins 2018 Tommie Award
Senior Annie Youngblood was selected as the winner of the 2018 Tommie Award, which recognizes a student who “best represents the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership, and campus involvement.”
Meet the 2018 Tommie Award finalists
This year’s finalists for the Tommie Award have been announced. University Affairs Editor Solveig Rennan gives an in-depth look at each of the three seniors selected.
Meet the 2017 Tommie Award finalists
Zachary Lang, Michelle Miller and Alex Spanton have all been named finalists for the 2017 Tommie Award.
Tommie Award nominee biographies
Voting is now open for the 2017 Tommie Award nominees. The preliminary voting, ending on Dec. 8, will narrow the the field down from 17 to three finalists.
News in :90 – Feb. 18, 2016
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016.