February 2024

All College

United for Life!

In January, members of the TAC community marched for life at events throughout the country, with the California students traveling to San Francisco, New England students joining their bishop in Springfield, and alumni and Regents turning out in Washington and Los Angeles.

Plus: TAC students appear in coverage from EWTN, CBS, and the San Francisco Chronicle

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You Are Dust: Ash Wednesday on Two Campuses

Lent has arrived, and students at Thomas Aquinas College welcomed the solemn season on Ash Wednesday by receiving the traditional imposition of ashes in their respective chapels.

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Flowers in foreground, California Chapel in background

All College

Spring Open Houses for High School Students & Parents!

High school juniors and seniors — as well as their parents — will have several options to experience the intellectual, spiritual, and community life of TAC at open houses on both coasts this spring.

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California

Meet the California Head Prefects

Two students and one recent graduate will help lead this summer’s two California High School Programs — an amazing opportunity for rising high school seniors to see if TAC could be a good fit for them.

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Pray the Stations of the Cross with TAC Students

This Lent, include the Stations of the Cross among your daily devotions with a beautiful five-minute video read by TAC students and graduates. Sign up to receive daily email reminders.

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Faith in Action

Among the Dominican friars and sisters who visited the California campus last month were three alumni: Rev. John Winkowitsch, O.P. (’04), Br. Kevin Peter Cantu, O.P. (’15), and Br. Michael Thomas Cain, O.P. (’18).

Mother Mary Oda (Jennifer Tilley ’02), O.Praem.

In November, Ian Cochiolo (CA’23) accepted a postbaccalaureate research fellowship in neuroscience through the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where he studies visual perception in monkeys.

After more than two decades in a career that has included stints at Boeing and NASA, Joe De Kroon (’91) has founded Apex Euro, a premier mechanic shop specializing in European vehicles.

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California

Upcoming Events

New England

Spring Concert: Madison String Quartet

February 23

California

St. Thomas Day Lecture: Dr. Josh Hochschild

March 7

New England

St. Thomas Day Lecture: Dr. Kevin White

March 7

New England

Spring Open House Weekend

March 21- 24

California

Spring Open House Weekend

March 21- 23

California

Performance: Euripides’ The Trojan Women

March 23

In Memoriam

Augustine and Bertha Cervantes

October 30 and November 26, 2021
Parents of Mary Elena (’86), Irene (Kacke ’88), and Therese (Kulda ’89); grandparents of Paul Kulda (’17)

Gregory Henderson
January 18
Father of Estevan Henderson (’26)

Andrew Karas
February 5
Father of Dominic (’22)

Siaosi Tuliau

January 18
Grandfather of Dillon (’24)

Richard Kunz, Sr.
January 26
Father of Rich (’96) and John (’02)

Paul McMenaman
February 11
Father of College Governor Martha Reichert; grandmother of Meghan (’18) and Nancy Recihert (’23)

Carol Levine
February 13
Mother of Rev. Joseph Levine (’89)

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United for Life!

Top News

Faith in Action

Among the Dominican friars and sisters who visited the California campus last month were three alumni: Rev. John Winkowitsch, O.P. (’04), Br. Kevin Peter Cantu, O.P. (’15), and Br. Michael Thomas Cain, O.P. (’18).

In November, Ian Cochiolo (CA’23) accepted a postbaccalaureate research fellowship in neuroscience through the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where he studies visual perception in monkeys.

After more than two decades in a career that has included stints at Boeing and NASA, Joe De Kroon (’91) has founded Apex Euro, a premier mechanic shop specializing in European vehicles.

Campus Life Multimedia

Upcoming Events

February 23

March 7

March 7

​Spring Open House Weekend

March 21- 24

March 21- 23

March 23

In Memoriam

October 30 and November 26, 2021 Parents of Mary Elena (’86), Irene (Kacke ’88), and Therese (Kulda ’89); grandparents of Paul Kulda (’17)

Gregory Henderson January 18 Father of Estevan Henderson (’26)

Andrew Karas February 5 Father of Dominic (’22)

Siaosi Tuliau

January 18 Grandfather of Dillon (’24)

Richard Kunz, Sr. January 26 Father of Rich (’96) and John (’02)

Paul McMenaman February 11 Father of College Governor Martha Reichert; grandmother of Meghan (’18) and Nancy Recihert (’23)

Carol Levine February 13 Mother of Rev. Joseph Levine (’89)

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Spring Open House Weekend

October 30 and November 26, 2021
Parents of Mary Elena (’86), Irene (Kacke ’88), and Therese (Kulda ’89); grandparents of Paul Kulda (’17)

Gregory Henderson
January 18
Father of Estevan Henderson (’26)

Andrew Karas
February 5
Father of Dominic (’22)

January 18
Grandfather of Dillon (’24)

Richard Kunz, Sr.
January 26
Father of Rich (’96) and John (’02)

Paul McMenaman
February 11
Father of College Governor Martha Reichert; grandmother of Meghan (’18) and Nancy Recihert (’23)

Carol Levine
February 13
Mother of Rev. Joseph Levine (’89)