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CAMPUS LIFE
MULTIMEDIA |
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 Slideshow: Praying for the Unborn in Honor of
Andrew Moore ('14) |
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Slideshow:
Fall Barbeque |
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Slideshow
& Audio: Convocation
2012 |
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Slideshow: Orientation
2012 |
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Slideshow: Summer Program
Farewell |
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Slideshow: Summer
Program Last
Day |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Feast of Bl. Mother Teresa
September 5 |
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Admissions Visits: Southern
California
September
10-27 |
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Admissions Visits: Texas
September
10-12 |
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Admissions Visits: Northern
California
September
11-12 |
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Lecture: Rev. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
Magis Center of Reason and Faith
September
14 |
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Admissions Visits:
Oregon
September
17-18 |
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Tutor Talk: Dr. Christopher Decaen
September 19 |
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Admissions Visits:
Washington
September
19-20 |
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Fall Concert
String
Trios by Mozart and Haydn
September
28 |
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Alumni Day
October
6 |
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Columbus Day
October
8 |
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Admissions Visits: Southern
California
October 11 - November
8 |
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Admissions Visits: Arizona
October 12-16 |
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Don Rags
October
16-18 |
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Feast of All Saints
November 1 |
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Board of Governors Retreat
November 2-4 |
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Admissions Visit: Carmel, Calif.
November 6 |
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Lecture: Dr. Jeremy Holmes ('99)
Academic Dean
Wyoming Catholic
College
November 16 |
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IN MEMORIAM
Eternal rest grant unto them, O
Lord. |
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Robert C. Berlo
August 1, 2012
Legacy Society
Member |
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John S. Schmitt
August 22, 2012
Former Tutor
Father of
Julia (Six ’81), Nicholas (’82), Sr. Mary Juliana, O.Cist.
(’86), Stephanie (Langley ’89), Carl (’90), Samuel (’92), and
Clare (Metilly
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HEAD
OF THE CLASS
Top
Ratings from Princeton Review,
Forbes
The Princeton Review
features Thomas Aquinas College in the 2013 edition of
its annual guide, The Best 377 Colleges, which includes
only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year
institutions. The guide gives the College perfect scores
of 99 for both academics and financial aid, and a score
of 97 for quality of life.
Meanwhile,
Forbes has once again named Thomas Aquinas
College to its selective list of America’s Top Colleges.
In its latest evaluation of the country’s top 650
schools, the nation’s leading business magazine places
Thomas Aquinas College within the top 20 percent of all
institutions, the top 100 private colleges and
universities, and the top 10 Catholic
schools.
Princeton Review
Story 
Forbes
Ranking
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THE
CLASS
OF 2016
HAS ARRIVED!
Photos
& Addresses from Convocation 2016
On
Monday, August 20, 2012, some 102 students from across
the country and abroad matriculated as freshmen at
Thomas Aquinas College — the Class of 2016. The morning
began with a Mass of the Holy Spirit in Our Lady of the
Most Holy Trinity Chapel, with the Most Rev. Liam Cary,
the newly installed Bishop of Baker (Ore.), presiding.
Following the Mass, students, faculty, and staff
convened in St. Joseph Commons for the Matriculation
Ceremony. Members of the Class of 2016 hail from 4
countries, 25 states, and the District of Columbia. They
bring the College’s total enrollment to an all-time high
370— due to the College's extraordinary retention rate —
and they include 180 men (49 percent) and 190 women (51
percent).
Photos & Addresses
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CULTURE
OF LIFE
Students
Pray for the Unborn in Honor of Andrew Moore
(’14)
Lining the sidewalk outside the Planned Parenthood
facility in Ventura, Calif., this Saturday were some 180
Thomas Aquinas College students who prayed for, and
with, their departed friend, Andrew “Kent” Moore (’14).
The gathering served to pay tribute to Kent as well as
to continue his work. A dedicated advocate of unborn
children and their mothers, Kent spent countless hours
outside this clinic and others praying for an end to
abortion. This summer, while participating in a
Crossroads pro-life walk across America, he was struck
and killed by an oncoming vehicle in Indiana. His
classmates were not only shocked and devastated by the
news, they were also determined — determined to honor
Kent in the way that they knew he would want to be
honored: by serving Christ by in the
unborn.
Full Story and Slideshow
Tribute to Andrew Moore on EWTN
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RETURN
ON
INVESTMENT
Commission
Finds College Has 0%
Student Default Rate
According to newly released data
from the California Student Aid Commission, Thomas
Aquinas College alumni have a 0.0 percent default rate
on their student loans — a testament to the College’s
affordability, the generosity of its benefactors, and
the character of its graduates. Nationwide, the
student-loan default rate stands at 8.8 percent. Of the
443 public, private, and proprietary colleges and
universities in California, Thomas Aquinas College is
one of only seven whose graduates receive federal
student loans but do not default on them.
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DEFENDING
FAITH,
REASON
&
LIBERTY
A
Letter from President Michael F. McLean
As
believers, we are destined for heaven, but we must work
out our salvation here on earth, ever mindful of Our
Lord’s exhortation to “be in the world, but not of
it.”
As citizens of both “the city of man” and
“the city of God,” to quote St. Augustine, our graduates
understand the threat posed by unrelenting attacks on
the fundamental rights and institutions we hold dear —
religious freedom, marriage and the family, and even
life itself. They know that much is at stake for those
who desire to live according to God’s law in a society
that is turning its back on it.
Read the Full
Letter
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