The University of St. Thomas announced Monday that Robert Vischer will be the university’s 16th president following a months-long nationwide search. Check out TommieMedia.com for the full story featuring an exclusive interview with Vischer. Cam Kauffman has the story.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced March 1 she’d be stepping down from her position, putting School of Law Dean Rob Vischer into the interim president role starting June 1 and igniting a nationwide search for a new head of the university.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, has died. He was 93.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan unveiled the 2025 Strategic Plan at the State of the University address Thursday, where she revealed a number of changes to the university involving expanding access and diversity over the next five years.
Former President Donald Trump changed how a president speaks to the American people. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters argues a president’s words matter more than anyone else’s and should be chosen with care.
Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House.
Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Tuesday, dashing president Donald Trump’s hopes of becoming the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, as polling generally went smoothly across the state.
Voters in Minnesota made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country’s direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — and then he entered the White House without a protective mask.
President Donald Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital after contracting COVID-19, the White House said Friday, as the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans spread to the highest reaches of the U.S. government. Trump “remains fatigued,” his doctor said.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he and first lady Melania Trump are beginning a “quarantine process” as they await coronavirus test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19.
The first Presidential Debate took place Tuesday night, Walt Disney Co. announced that it plans to lay off 28,000 employees and the St. Thomas Center for Well-Being reported 56 positive COVID-19 cases last week. Ad/PR Director Grace Hallen has today’s News in :90.
President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been fired after being captured on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop and crews are searching the Mississippi River in Washington County for a plane that’s overdue at a South St. Paul airport. Creative Director Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.
In St. Thomas’ first ever virtual academic convocation Tuesday, university President Julie Sullivan spoke of her gratitude for the work and sacrifice faculty members have demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
