As a part of St. Thomas’ Action Plan to Combat Racism, a new Intercultural Center held a grand opening on March 6 on the second floor of the Anderson Student Center.
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: St. Thomas Intercultural Center opens with call for dialogue
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 …
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.
St. Thomas a cappella groups sing out against hate
In response to recent hate crimes and racial incidents on campus, St. Thomas a cappella groups collaborated to create a music video project called We Stand For. Cadenza and the Summit Singers recorded the song “If You’re Out There” by John Legend and then invited students, clubs and other community members to come to OEC auditorium and write on a sign what they stood for.
Tensions rise at St. Thomas community discussion after sit-in
Tensions rose when more than 100 students, faculty, staff and community members joined administration members in a three-hour discussion following the sit-in demonstration against racism on campus. The Oct. 25 meeting in the Anderson Student Center’s Dorsey Way focused on President Julie Sullivan’s “Action Plan to Combat Racism.”
St. Thomas community expresses outrage, anger during sit-in
More than 500 students, faculty and staff sat in the Anderson Student Center atrium for a BESA-organized protest on Oct. 25. Protesters sat in silence for about 20 minutes before five speakers presented.
Students, administration react to third racial slur on campus in three years
Students and faculty attended an open dialogue Tuesday in response to a racial slur incident that happened last week. This is the third incident regarding the same racial slur in the last three years at St. Thomas.
New president sworn in, budgets approved at USG meeting
Bisrat Bayou was sworn in as student president and budgets were approved in the May 1 USG general council meeting.
Administrators react after racist slur found in Ireland
Junior Bisrat Bayou, a resident adviser in Ireland, discovered Monday that the N-word had been scratched into a paper that was part of a display used to introduce himself to his residents.