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 …
St. Thomas first-year Miranda Mead was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. In northwestern Minnesota, a woman was accused of setting fire to her restaurant for insurance money. President Donald Trump met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday in hopes to curb North Korea’s pursuit of Nuclear weapons. At St. Thomas, this is the first year all three Tommie Award finalists were first-generation college students and students of color. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
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.
Senior Annie Youngblood was selected as the winner of the 2018 Tommie Award, which recognizes a student who “best represents the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership, and campus involvement.”
This year’s finalists for the Tommie Award have been announced. University Affairs Editor Solveig Rennan gives an in-depth look at each of the three seniors selected.
Zachary Lang, Michelle Miller and Alex Spanton have all been named finalists for the 2017 Tommie Award.
Voting is now open for the 2017 Tommie Award nominees. The preliminary voting, ending on Dec. 8, will narrow the the field down from 17 to three finalists.
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016.
Senior Anna Fry was named the winner of the 2016 Tommie Award on Friday.
Anna Fry, Louis Missurelli and David Simmet have been selected as finalists for the 2016 Tommie Award.
St. Thomas Student Affairs recently released the names of 21 seniors who have been nominated for the 2015 Tommie Award.
Priscila Barron Sanchez has been involved on campus as the student liaison for the Board of Trustees’ Student Affairs Committee.
Anna Fry has held leadership positions as the president of Catholic Women’s Leadership, a freshman orientation leader and a member of the Catholic Studies Leadership Interns.
Jon Page has held leadership positions as executive vice president of Undergraduate Student Government, student leader for Cru and a Tommie Ambassador and tour guide,
Louis Missurelli has been a resident adviser, operations manager, apartment coordinator and night access worker in Brady and Morrison halls.
