The new Anderson Athletic Center was officially opened Tuesday, August 31 after 15 months of planning and construction.

“We all waited as the project developed,” Athletic Director Steve Fritz said at the ribbon cutting ceremony. “We waited with curiosity. We waited with enthusiasm, and certainly with patience. But I can guarantee you. The wait’s well worth it.”

The St. Thomas community saw its fair share of construction around campus this past summer.

But while Opus Corporation was tearing down buildings and putting up new ones, another type of construction was going on: Coach Glenn Caruso was busy building an improved Tommie football team.

U.S. News & World Report magazine released its “America’s Best Colleges” survey and ranked St. Thomas at No. 124 – an increase of 13 positions from last year’s ranking.

Graduates received their diplomas in an unfamiliar place Saturday. Commencement ceremonies were held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, due to the construction of the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex.

Wellness Center Health Educator Birdie Cunningham sat down with TommieMedia to give advice on how to not let the books get the best of student’s this final’s week.

The Mathematics Resource Center reached its 10,000th visitor of the semester last Monday.

Director of the center Brenda Tiefenbruck said that in two years, the number of students signing in to use the MaRC services has doubled.

This is News in :90 for Friday, May 14, 2010.

With the MIAC championships this weekend in Winona, TommieMedia sat down with men’s and women’s track and field standouts sophomore Devin Dirth and senior Nikki Arola to talk about the two teams’ chances at winning yet another conference title.

This is News in :90 for Thursday, May 13, 2010.

After serving as rector and president of St. John Vianney Seminary for 11 years, the Rev. William Baer is leaving St. Thomas.

This is News in :90 for Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

This is News in :90 for Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

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This is News in :90 for Friday, May 7, 2010.

The St. Thomas club sailing team competed at the national semi-finals May 1 and 2 in Seattle, Wash., finishing last.