St. Thomas College of Arts and Sciences Dean Yohuru Williams has elected to stay at St. Thomas to take a position as a Distinguished University Chair, Professor and Founding Director of the new Racial Justice Initiative at St. Thomas beginning July 1, university President Julie Sullivan announced in an email on Wednesday.
The University of St. Thomas plans to begin reopening campus June 15 and will aim to fully reopen by August 15, President Julie Sullivan wrote in an email Monday. These plans include requiring community members to wear masks in common areas.
The University of St. Thomas will close campus and cancel classes on June 4 and 5 to recognize the life and death of George Floyd, university President Julie Sullivan wrote in an email Tuesday afternoon. Director Emily Haugen has the story.
The University of St. Thomas will remain online for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester, university President Julie Sullivan wrote in an email Monday. Students living on campus are encouraged to move out as early as possible before leaving for spring break.
All St. Thomas classes will move online beginning Monday, March 16 until Tuesday, April 14, according to an email announcement from university President Julie Sullivan on Thursday.
The University of St. Thomas announced in-person classes will continue as normal as of Tuesday, March 10, even as several universities across the country transition to online classes because of COVID-19 concerns.
The Center for Well Being had a grand opening Feb. 12 with a ribbon cutting ceremony, speeches and tours of the renovated building, formerly the Child Development Center. University Affairs Editor Justin Amaker has the full story.
A new Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) complex was announced in an email from Provost Richard Plumb to the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering and College of Health faculty and was announced to all students, faculty and staff in an email from President Julie Sullivan.
A group of international faculty members at St. Thomas argue the negative bias against international factulty is contradictory to the inclusive climate the university is striving to achieve.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan answered questions, two new clubs were approved and seven were funded. University Affairs Editor Abby Sliva has the Nov. 7 Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting update.
For the second year, the NCAA launched its “Diversity and Social Media Inclusion Campaign,” which ran from Oct. 22-25, and several MIAC schools participated. Reporter Mia Laube has the story.
St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan announced the naming of the Morrison Family College of Health in an email Monday following a “landmark” eight-figure donation from Board of Trustees member John M. Morrison and his wife, Susan Schmid Morrison.
St. Thomas’ new Sustainability minor has been several years in the making, fits with most St. Thomas majors and offers an array of options for students to get involved.
The class of 2023 broke a new record for St. Thomas’ diversity percentage. This comes a year after St. Thomas launched its Action Plan to Combat Racism.
For the second time in a year, a racist word has been found in a dormitory on the St. Thomas campus.
