Minnesota is partnering with the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic to test as many as 20,000 people per day for COVID-19, more than 4.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, and a St. Thomas biology professor researches how cancer cells spread from tumors into other parts of the body. Advertising and Public Relations Director Alexis Okafor has today’s News in :90 from a distance.
TommieMedia won awards in two regional journalism contests in early April, including two Crystal Pillars at the 2020 College Student Production Awards, which are sponsored by the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Ad/PR Director Alexis Okafor has the recap.
University of St. Thomas students Sam Herriges and Olivia Zipperer dominated the Minnesota AdFed Show 2020 student competition, which was held on Friday, Feb. 28 at Orchestra Hall. Ad/PR Director Alexis Okafor recaps the students’ results.
TommieMedia received 11 awards in the 2018-2019 College Better Newspaper Contest in late January, including five first place finishes. Ad/PR Director Alexis Okafor recaps TommieMedia’s results.
The St. Thomas swim and dive team competed in their last meet before the MIAC championship and the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. Ad/PR Director Alexis Okafor has today’s Sports in :60.
Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba died after suffering a heart attack this past Sunday, Senator Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Paris is deploying thousands of police as France prepares for massive nationwide strikes and protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to overhaul the retirement system. Alexis Okafor has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas women’s soccer team won it’s sixth straight game, the Washington Nationals won the world series, and TommieMedia had St. Thomas football in The Locker Room. AD/PR Representative Alexis Okafor has today’s Sports in :60
Neighborhood relations prepares for Tommie-Johnnie, the first female spacewalk makes history, and Kurdish leaders accuse Turkey of violating a cease-fire in Syria. AD/PR representative Alexis Okafor has today’s News in :90
For the first time in university history, St. Thomas’ dining services will offer halal options for students, faculty, and staff beginning in Fall 2019. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is continuing its work on repairing potholes on I-35W starting today. California will call in the National Guard to help protect communities from devastating forest fires starting in April. President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan announced that he plans to step down from his position on Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over the future course of the Central Asian country. Ad/PR representative Alexis Okafor has today’s News in :90.
