Spring 2022 Newsletter
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From the Desk of the President
A New Look for the Newsletter
Dr. Paul J. O’Reilly (’84) Named President
30-Year Veteran of Teaching Faculty is also a Graduate and TAC Parent
From the Desk of the President
A New Look for the Newsletter
Dr. Paul J. O’Reilly (’84) Named President
30-Year Veteran of Teaching Faculty is also a Graduate and TAC Parent
Triumph and Gratitude
Neither Fire, Flood, Nor Pandemic Could Thwart the Class of 2021
The Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion
College Awards Bishop Paprocki its Highest Honor
Together Again!
College Welcomes Back Class of 2020 for a Belated Graduation
In Memoriam
Cecilia Christina Marie Davidson (’20)
A Half Century of Catholic Liberal Education
College to Mark 50th Anniversary with Year-Long Celebration
Michael F. McLean to Step Down as President in 2022
Tenure Included Defeating the HHS Mandate & Launching TAC, New England
In August 2019 Thomas Aquinas College launched a second campus on the beautiful, former site of a preparatory school in Northfield, Massachusetts. Students can now choose between two locations to pursue the College’s unique program of Catholic liberal education — California or New England.
“Based on the witness of several TAC graduates, and a strong belief in the vision of the College’s founders, we sent our oldest son, John (’18), to Thomas Aquinas College, sight unseen,” says John J. Guinee, the newest member of the College’s Board of Governors. “Soon, three more of our 10 children — Caroline (’20), Joseph (’21), and Michael (’23) — followed.
In response to the extra costs incurred by the College and its students caused by COVID-19, the Education Department has issued grants to Thomas Aquinas College. The grants, labeled Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grants, were received and distributed pursuant to the Education Department rules in effect at the time of the grants.
Peace & Perseverance in a Time of Pandemic
College Endures with Online Classes and Livestreamed Masses
Faith Streaming Understanding
How a Classical College Made the Quick Leap to Online Learning