College Newsletter - Spring 2011

SPRING 2011 EDITION

Table of Contents

• Exceeding Expectations [1]
  College Ranked “Most Popular” Among Applicants and “Most-Loved” by Alumni
• Have Great Books, Will Travel [2]
  Connelly Family Hosts Off-Campus College Seminars in Tacoma, Wash.
• From the Desk of the President [3]
  Dr. Michael F. McLean Looks Back on 40 Years of Thomas Aquinas College
• “Back to Our Roots” [4]
  Mary and Bill McInerney Host Oakland Reception for the College
• Senior Reflections: John Haggard (’11) [5]
  A Student Looks Back at His Time at the College and Ahead to His Future
• Senior Reflections: Molly McCann (’11) [6]
  Student Grateful for Four Years’ Intellectual and Spiritual Formation
• Great Books & Great Works [7]
  Board of Governors Members Maria O. Grant Leads Students on Tour of L.A. Museums
• “Any Object, Adapted to its Purpose, Is Beautiful,” [8] by Rev. Cornelius Buckley, S.J.
  Homily on the Solemnity of the Dedication of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel
• The Gods in the Kitchen [9], by Dr. Brian T. Kelly
  Why We Read Jean Henri Fabre
• Campus Update: Recent Events and Happenings
  page 1 [10] | page 2 [11]
• Carpe Veritatem by Deacon Chris Sandner [12]
  Homily at the Mass for the Unborn
• Faithful Physician [13]
  Alumni Update: Diocese, Peers Honor Dr. Francis J. Milligan, III (’85)
• Paying It Forward [14]
  President’s Council Profile: Rose (Teichert) and Dan Grimm (both ’76)
• In Memoriam
  William Thomas Huston, 1927 – 2011 [15]
  Felix S. McGinnis, Jr., 1918 – 2011 [16]
• Meet the Principal [17]
  Alumni Profile: Brenna Scanlon (’06)
• Campus Life [18]