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Healing and Change: One Year After George Floyd
Action Plan to Combat RacismOne year after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, St. Thomas’ Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) assessed the community’s healing and progress toward change, highlighting the voices of three Black students.
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Sights and Sounds: 2021 Graduate Commencement
University NewsThe University of St. Thomas bestowed 1,214 graduate degrees on May 24 during an in-person ceremony, with social distancing and face coverings serving as visible proof of the many challenges the students faced this academic year. "We did it. We have overcome not only academic and personal tests but faced difficult times, which have impacted… -
Design Chosen for Sculpture Commemorating Deceased Students
University NewsA stone sculpture designed to evoke strength and vulnerability, spirituality and earthliness, loss and renewal has been selected as the winning design for a Memorial for Deceased Students that will be located adjacent to the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas at the University of St. Thomas. -
Life at St. Thomas: April 2021
People & CultureCheck out some of these images from St. Thomas photographers during the month of April 2021. -
Tales from the Archives: STOP and Earth Day 1970
People & CultureEarth Day 2021 takes place this week. Reflecting on the first 50 years of this movement, take a look back at how the first Earth Day was observed on the St. Thomas campus. -
Life at St. Thomas: March 2021
People & CultureCheck out some of these images from St. Thomas photographers during the month of March 2021. -
Life at St. Thomas: February 2021
People & CultureCheck out some of these images from St. Thomas photographers during the month of February 2021. -
Ash Wednesday Services Adapted Due to Pandemic
University NewsSt. Thomas recently announced changes to its traditional Ash Wednesday services in light of COVID-19. Ash Wednesday, which is February 17, will look a little different this year due to minimizing contact and enforcing safety protocols. Previously, priests would apply ashes on the participant’s forehead in the shape of a cross or another simple marking.… -
University Seeks Artist for Student Memorial Sculpture
People & CultureA sculpture memorializing students who have died while working toward a degree will soon become part of the university's permanent collection. The university is now commissioning artist proposals. In the call to artists, the university said the sculpture should be "visually engaging and improve the aesthetic quality of the space, while being sensitive to the… -
Photos of the Year - Liam James Doyle
People & CultureLooking back on this year, I don’t think anybody’s 2020 turned out the way they had planned, to say the least. As someone whose job it is to document the events, happenings, stories and daily life of our St. Thomas community, the Coronavirus pandemic certainly threw a wrench in my plans. Exciting and visual events…