This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.
News in :90 – Feb. 21, 2017
Fight on travel ban on hold; appeals court sides with states
The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations is on hold after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate the order.
Sullivan hosts strategic planning feedback session
President Julie Sullivan hosted her fifth brown bag luncheon Monday to discuss what the Strategic Planning Steering Committee hopes to achieve.
Community celebrates Sullivan’s inauguration
About 900 people attended a ceremony to watch Julie Sullivan’s inauguration as St. Thomas’ 15th president.
Sullivan ‘poised’ to lead as 15th president
After serving as St. Thomas’ president for more than three months, the university officially inaugurated Julie Sullivan as its 15th president Thursday afternoon.
Sullivan names senior staff, cabinet
President Julie Sullivan made another step in implementing her vision for St. Thomas this week when she introduced the members of her advising staff.
New layperson president won’t change seminary status on campus
University president-elect Julie Sullivan will be the first layperson in St. Thomas’ history to head the university, and her promotion will leave the St. John’s Vianney Seminary and the St. Paul Seminary and School of Divinity unchanged.
President-elect Sullivan returns to campus
President-elect Julie Sullivan will take a first step in making specific plans for St. Thomas on April 16, when she sends out a survey to students, faculty and staff.
A look at Catholic college presidents in the US
TommieMedia creative designer Bailey Jordan compiled information for an infographic to demonstrate collegiate presidents in the U.S.
Sullivan calls her appointment ‘a sign of the times’
University of San Diego provost Julie Sullivan was announced as St. Thomas’ first female and lay president-elect Thursday at a press conference in the Anderson Student Center.
A conversation with St. Thomas president-elect Julie Sullivan
University Affairs Editor Gabrielle Martinson sat down with Julie Sullivan to discuss the things to come at St. Thomas under her leadership.
Sullivan: ‘Yes, I am a woman, and I am a Catholic lay person’
Sullivan, 55, will serve as the university’s 15th president and will succeed the Rev. Dennis Dease. She will take office July 1.
Students react to president-elect announcement
Many students vocalized their support for the president-elect, who will succeed the Rev. Dennis Dease who will step down June 30.
History in photos: Sullivan declared president-elect
Chief Photo Editor Rosie Murphy and Senior Photographer Rita Kovtun captured the moments while Julie Sullivan was announced as St. Thomas’ first female and lay president-elect Thursday.
Biography: potential president Julie Sullivan
If recommended to and approved by St. Thomas’ Board of Trustees as the university’s new president, Julie Sullivan will have to leave sunny San Diego and make four-season Minnesota her new home.