Tommie Award nominee Mia Laube, of the class of 2022, grew up in Marion, Iowa, where she developed her love for basketball and journalism. Her… Read More

Rhynn Paulsen returned from a study-abroad trip to Rome, which she called a transformative experience, in mid-December.  Originally, Paulsen chose to be a biology major,… Read More

Graduating high school and going off to college in the middle of a pandemic is scary enough for most students, but Ben Thomas has a… Read More

Following numerous incidents of racism over the past few years at the University of St. Thomas, Kevin Henderson has seen an opportunity to do more… Read More

Starr Sage has many passions in life, but all of them are about leaving the world a better place. From education to public health, diversity… Read More

When Pam Savira found out about her Tommie Award nomination — an award that recognizes students  in their senior year for leadership, academics and campus… Read More

What qualifies as good? Dagmawe Mamo, a mechanical engineer who graduated from the University of St. Thomas, believes “good” comes from being holistic. As an… Read More

By Fatima Abdurahman and Allison Brodin Verdis Webb IV was a soon-to-be first-year student at Dougherty Family College when he started his first day of… Read More

In 1969, six Indian families lived in Mississippi. Rama Kaye Hart’s family, who immigrated to the United States when Hart was 2, was one of… Read More

Getting children to start reading can be a challenge. At the Legacy Family Center, a Brooklyn Park-based nonprofit founded in 2013, organizers are working to… Read More

Louis Porter II, a University of St. Thomas English professor in Dougherty Family College, wants to help tell the stories you don’t otherwise hear. It’s… Read More

While paging through “Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief,” by Rick Riordan, France Aravena, like many other young teens, fell in love with the Percy… Read More

Junior Anna Puhek is studying actuarial science and economics, but at many universities around the world. Puhek currently studies at St. Thomas’ home campus in… Read More