The St. Paul city council passes a $15 minimum wage ordinance, St. Paul Chipotle reconsiders firing restaurant manager, and St. Thomas Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion releases book series. Photographer Davis Narey has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Artika Tyner released her third children’s picture book, “Joey and Grandpa Johnson’s Day in Rondo.”
St. Thomas plans to renovate and expand the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel in an effort to establish it as the new spiritual center of campus. Construction of the new Iversen Center for Faith is set to begin in May 2019 and will be completed and ready for use by fall 2020.
St. Thomas Public Safety issued an all-clear alert midafternoon Thursday after an email suggested a potential threat on campus.
St. Thomas officials to announce a renovation and expansion of St. Thomas Aquinas chapel, St. Thomas plans to add new school of nursing, Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for five suspects in Jamal Khashoggi killing. Reporter Rachel Torralba has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas announced plans in September to form a new School of Nursing. The university will also form a College of Health by combining the School of Social Work, Graduate School of Professional Psychology and the School of Nursing.
Firefighters struggle to put out wildfires in Southern California, US colleges are attracting fewer students from abroad, and the university announced Monday that St. Thomas alumnus Phil Esten will be the next vice president and athletics director. Reporter Carly Noble has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas alumnus Phil Esten was announced in a press conference Monday as the next athletics director for the university. He will begin his role in January.
St. Thomas’s 2018 first-year class is the biggest in history which leads to renovations on campus, St. Paul expects to vote to raise the minimum wage, and more deaths are being discovered as wild fires rage on both ends of California. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
The 2018 first-year class is the biggest St. Thomas’ history. To accommodate the class, multiple areas on campus have been renovated into housing for the first-years, including basements and common areas.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out of office Wednesday as the Country’s Chief Law Enforcement Officer, a fast-moving wildfire struck a Northern California town and Republican Brian Kemp resigned as Georgia’s Secretary of State. Reporter Ava Diaz has today’s News in :90.
Hooded gunman kills 12 Wednesday night, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in hospital with fractured ribs, Democrats prepare to use house power over President Trump with financial claims. Web Manager Esmee Verschoor has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas students voted in McNeely Hall, democrat Tim Walz is Minnesota’s new governor, and democrat’s see a house majority after the elections. University Affairs Editor Samantha Hoanglong has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas students flooded to McNeely Hall and the Groveland Community Center on Nov. 6 in St. Paul to cast their votes in the 2018 midterm election.
President Donald Trump looms large over Tuesday’s election, young driver inhaling chemical vapors strikes and kills three girl scouts and a mother and critically injures fourth girl, and Governors race in Georgia devolves into new chaos. Advertising Director Amanda Gasow has today’s News in :90.
