Among the Dominican friars and sisters who visited Thomas Aquinas College, California, last weekend, were three alumni who have followed the College’s namesake into the Order of Preachers.
After 16 years with Apple, Inc., Nathan Haggard (’99) retired last year at the age of 45.
The Norbertine Canonesses of the Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph In Tehachapi, California, have announced the joyful news that, on December 5, they elected Mother Mary Oda (Jennifer Tilley ’02), O.Praem., as their new prioress!
When she graduated from Thomas Aquinas College, California, in 2008, Meghan Duke never imagined that she would one day join its teaching faculty, let alone at a new campus in New England. She never even expected to attend graduate school.
Returning to teach at Thomas Aquinas College, California, is a homecoming of sorts for Dr. John Finley (’99) — in more ways than one. Not only is he an alumnus of the College, he is also an alumnus of the faculty.
Growing up in Dallas and Houston, Texas, Joshua Lo (’12) nurtured dreams of becoming a concert cellist. Yet he reconsidered those dreams when he enrolled at Thomas Aquinas College in 2008.
Dr. Sarah Kaiser (’02) is among the first of Thomas Aquinas College’s second-generation tutors, joining her father, veteran tutor Dr. Thomas J. Kaiser (’75), on the College’s California faculty.