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First Seniors Look Forward to
First Commencement this Spring
In the fall of 2019, 34 students who had just completed their freshman year at Thomas Aquinas College, California, volunteered to make the 3,000-mile trek to found the newly acquired New England campus. These hearty souls would make up the inaugural Sophomore Class. They would welcome Northfield’s first freshmen, inculcate in them a half century of TAC tradition, and help to establish a new set of customs and lore unique to Thomas Aquinas College, New England.
Less than three years later, these pioneers now enter the second semester of their Senior Year. In May, they will don caps and gowns for the College’s first-ever Commencement on the Northfield campus, becoming its very first New England graduates.
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All College |
Summer Conferences on Both Campuses
Thomas Aquinas College will host two academic conferences this summer on matters Thomistic and theological. Alumni and friends are encouraged to register.
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New England |
Transplanted Tutors Approach Second Semester
The two newest members of the New England faculty are readying themselves for their second semester in Northfield — tutors Dr. Steven Cain and Dr. Peter Cross.
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New Sacristies, Shrine & Ceiling in Chapel
Work is largely complete on Our Mother Perpetual Help Chapel, including new sacristies, a shrine to the Chapel’s patroness, and ornamentation in the ceiling.
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All College |
New Issue of
The Aquinas Review
The annual edition of the College’s scholarly journal — marked by fidelity to the Magisterium and a respect for liberal learning — is now available, for free, online.
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Michele (Grimm ’81) Loughman
In a recent installment of its LA Catholics video series, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles profiles TAC alumna Michele (Grimm ’81) Loughman — mother of 10, cancer survivor, and executive director of the Life Centers of Ventura County. |
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Dr. Peter A. Kwasniewski (’94)
While in Warsaw last November, alumnus author and scholar Dr. Peter A. Kwasniewski (’94) spoke before some of the country’s top educators about, as he described it, “the immense value of classical liberal education in itself and in the modern world.” |
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Verso L’alto
Samantha Flanders (’15) is the co-founder of Verso L’alto Coffee Roasters, along with her sister and brother-in-law, Hannah (Flanders) and Johnny Richard (both ’13). The company’s first year of business has been a tremendous success. |
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California |
Senior Max Tittmann Talks TAC on Ave Maria Radio
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California |
What Can We Learn from TAC’s Foucault Pendulum?
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New England |
Photos from Exams Snack Night 2021
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California |
Video & photos from the Advent Concert
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California |
Lecture: Dr. Elizabeth Reyes on Literature
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New England |
Photos from the Thanksgiving & Advent Dance
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California |
January 14 |
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New England |
January 21 |
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All College |
January 27 |
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California |
January 28 |
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January 28 |
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California |
February 11 |
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December 23, 2021
President’s Council and St. Thérèse of Lisieux Legacy Society member |
Zizi Angelica Searles
December 23, 2021
Alumna |
Bill Lawless
January 9, 2022
Father of Alicia (Van Hecke ’92); grandfather of Michael (’08), Michelle (’13), and Chris Lawless (’13) and Jacinta (’15) and Matthew Van Hecke (’18) |
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Dan LaFave (’02)
January 7, 2022
Father of Joseph (’09), Tom (’10), Matthew (’13) and Genny (’18) |
December 30, 2021
Father of Peter (’99) |
Harry Ivers
January 18, 2022
Brother of Maureen (Coughlin ’79), Loraine (Hoonhout ’81) , Marian (Hartzell ’82), Jessica (Langley ’85), and Sr. Maria Basiléa (’88) |
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