St. Thomas senior Divine Zheng is selected as the student commencement speaker and players of the football team received national academic honors. Join anchors Noah Brown and Carolyn Meyer for the latest on those and more on Top Stories, a rundown of TommieMedia’s top content from the past two weeks.
The Opus College of Business will offer a new degree in health care innovation, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s job, authorities discovered mass graves in Rwanda, and Lauren Andrego has a new video package featuring hammock usage on campus. Reporter MacKenzie Bailey has today’s News in :90.
As the weather warms up in the Twin Cities, St. Thomas students can be found on and off campus enjoying hiking, running or hanging out in hammocks. Senior reporter Lauren Andrego talks to local “mockers” about why they enjoy it.
Beginning in the fall of 2018, St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business will add a new Masters in Health Care Innovation, a one-year program that will allow more people to enter the booming health care industry in Minnesota.
FemCom hosts its “Take Back the Night” march, a democratic lawmaker protests current gun laws on the Minnesota house floor, 19 football players receive an academic honor, and the “Tour de Franzia” is canceled. Reporter Brady Halbmaier has today’s News in :90.
FemCom hosted the annual “Take Back the Night” march April 19 in an effort to bring the severity of sexual assault to the forefront of the minds of the campus community.
First-year student Enzo Vinholi developed a virtual reality system for the elderly and people with limited mobility that allows users to revisit old memories of places they’ve been.
The four houses that planned to host the Tour de Franzia, a St. Thomas senior drinking tradition, on April 28 will not participate this year, despite students’ efforts to reach out to administration and address issues of last year’s event.
A new parking lot will be built at St. Catherine’s University, a Canadian judge detained suspect Alek Minassian for the death and injuries of pedestrians in North Toronto, and an AP-NORC poll shows results about Facebook usage. Design Manager Christine Hastings has today’s News in :90.
Kate Middleton gives birth to her third child, the man responsible for the slaying of four at a Nashville Waffle House is still on the run, and IDEA forms have received criticism from professors. Senior Reporter Lauren Andrego has today’s News in :90.
Several trees have been cut down at St. Catherine University to make room for a new parking facility.
St. Thomas recently held a College of Arts and Sciences faculty forum to address concerns with the end-of-semester surveys in which students evaluate classes and professors.
A Wells Fargo settlement, James Comey’s notes about meetings with President Trump and a lack of charges in the death of singer Prince are all part of today’s News in :90. University Affairs Editor Solveig Rennan reports.
Divine Zheng was announced as student commencement speaker, Cuba has a new president, and new developments arise in the Bill Cosby trial. Creative Designer Keely Gregory has that and more in today’s News in :90.
Divine Zheng has been chosen as the student speaker for the class of 2018 undergraduate commencement ceremony.
