Category Archives: Briefs

Research & Ideas Fair St. Thomas University president Dawn Russell was not in attendance of the March 17 Senate meeting, so Kim Fenwick, vice-president academic, read the announcements. On Friday, March 18, the Research & Ideas Fair is being held in-person in Brian Mulroney Hall at 12:45 p.m. Cultural competency training Sydona Chandon, St. ThomasContinue reading “Senate Briefs – March 17”

Academic calendar dates St. Thomas University’s registrar, Karen Preston, put forth the motion for approval of the 2022-2023 academic calendar dates. There were three votes against the motion. Matthew Hayes, Senate board member, said he voted against the motion because the fall semester reading break lands “well into November,” which he argued is not theContinue reading “Senate Briefs – Feb. 24”

Note: The president’s report remains in-camera, meaning in private, as per Senate’s Feb. 11, 2021 decision. Because of this, The Aquinian is unable to cover the contents of the president’s report in these briefs.  VP finance and administration retirement Dawn Russell, St. Thomas University president, announced on Nov. 26 that Lily Fraser, STU’s vice-president finance andContinue reading “Senate Briefs – Nov. 25”

Note: The president’s report remains in-camera, meaning in private, as per Senate’s Feb. 11, 2021 decision. Because of this, The Aquinian is unable to cover the contents of the president’s report in these briefs.  New scholarships and bursaries Dawne Clarke, chair of the St. Thomas University admissions and academic standing committee, moved a motion to approveContinue reading “Senate Briefs – Oct. 21”

CASA honorarium St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice-president education Megan Cormier proposed creating an honorarium for her work with the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. She represented STU on the CASA board of directors, created a board action plan, chaired the CASA member relations committee meetings, created a committee action plan, attended conferences, updated theContinue reading “Weekly Briefs: March 22-28”

Fredericton transit bus pass St. Thomas University Students’ Union vice-president administration Matthew Oram said the two-year contract with Fredericton transit for the STUSU bus pass is coming to an end. A proposal for the new terms for the bus pass must be given to the city of Fredericton by Wednesday. The executive team recommended keepingContinue reading “Weekly Briefs: March 15-21”

Vice-president education nomination period open St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Sarah Kohut said the STUSU spring by-election nomination period for the vice-president education position opens today, March 15, and runs until March 17. The mandatory candidates meeting is on March 18 and the campaigning period will run from March 19 to 23 with votingContinue reading “Weekly Briefs: March 8-14”

Rigby Hall backyard.co event St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Sarah Kohut read Rigby Hall representative Jonah Simon’s report since he couldn’t be in attendance of the meeting. Simon’s report included an event planned for Rigby Hall residents on March 10 on backyard.co where winners of the different games will win a $15 gift cardContinue reading “Weekly Briefs: Feb. 22 – March 7”

Students’ Union election St. Thomas University Students’ Union president Sarah Kohut said nominations for STUSU’s spring election open today. The nomination period runs until Feb. 27 at 4:00 p.m. The open positions include, president, vice-president administration, vice-president education, vice-president student life, two board of governors representatives, two student senators, two at-large representatives, four off-campus representatives,Continue reading “Weekly Briefs: Feb. 8-21”

Public not allowed to attend president’s report The president’s report, which usually happens at the beginning of Senate, will now happen at the end and in-camera, meaning in private, said St. Thomas University associate vice-president communications Jeffrey Carleton. He said the reason for the president’s report going in-camera is to allow the president to haveContinue reading “Public no longer permitted to hear president’s report: Senate Briefs – Feb. 11”