More than 20 new dancers attended the St. Thomas Swing Club’s second practice Oct. 14 in the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex.
Swing dancing club grows in popularity
St. Thomas TEDx Talk focuses on re-imagining education
St. Thomas hosted its first TEDx Talk Wednesday night to let local educators come together and share ideas about improving education.
Students celebrate National Coming Out Day
Members from St. Thomas’ Queer-Straight Alliance handed out shirts Monday afternoon to celebrate National Coming Out Day, which officially took place Saturday.
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates and educates
A poetry reading, one-act play and arts and crafts activities were a few of the many events that St. Thomas students, staff and faculty participated in to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Scheduling Services switches to user-friendly system
Campus Scheduling Services is aiming to ease the process of finding and requesting appropriate space for on-campus events by changing its current WebViewer system to a new 25Live system.
Food truck visits St. Thomas
Mike Salvatore, owner of Sal’s Food Truck, is new to the streets but plans to make St. Thomas a regular stopping place.
Alumnus strikes up business partnership with Vikings player
St. Thomas 2014 graduate Robbie Harrell launched Minnesota Ice Sculptures last year and gained an unlikely business partner along the way.
Not all students lining up for flu shot
Health Services will be offering flu vaccinations on campus, but some students are at odds with whether or not to get vaccinated.
Twin Cities adopt anti-terror program
The anti-terror program will seek to engage at-risk communities and stop extremists from recruiting Americans to join terror organizations overseas.
NY Times reporter discusses Derek Boogaard death
John Branch, a New York Times reporter, spoke about the death of former Minnesota Wild player Derek Boogaard at St. Thomas Thursday.
Data breach affects Jimmy John’s near campus
Jimmy John’s learned of the breach on July 30, and customers who swiped their cards in-store between June 16 and Sept. 5 are at risk.
Students, staff band together to celebrate Banned Books Week
To raise awareness of banning and challenging books throughout history, the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library celebrated the 32nd annual National Banned Books Week Sept. 21-27.
Lab safety a priority at St. Thomas
While a chemical compound explosion injured a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, lab safety continues to be a priority at St. Thomas.
Solar panels installed on Anderson Student Center
According to the Anderson Student Center Solar Panel Project Summary, the 3,692-square-foot unit solar panel installation by Cedar Creek Energy will take three weeks.
Music department receives Emmy nomination
The St. Thomas music department was nominated for a 2014 Upper Midwest Emmy award for its 2013 Christmas concert, but the St. Olaf choir won it Sept. 13.