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Photographs of the Class of 2013 and this year’s Commencement exercises are now available, for viewing and for purchase, at the Thomas Aquinas College Gallery Page of Timothy Teague, an Ojai-based photographer who has been capturing key College events for some 20 years. The images include portraits of this year’s graduates, both individually and as a group, as well as extensive coverage from the May 11 Commencement exercises.

At its 2013 Commencement exercises on May 11, Thomas Aquinas College awarded its highest honor, The Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion, to two men who have dedicated their lives to the service of the Church and its people: His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo and Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J..

Note: Each year the graduating class elects one of its members to present the Senior Address at Commencement. Upon graduation, this year’s speaker, Liam Collins of Ojai, Calif., intends to pursue graduate studies in physics.

On May 11, Thomas Aquinas College graduated the largest class in its history — the 91 members of the Class of 2013. The day began with the Baccalaureate Mass of the Holy Spirit in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel. This year’s Commencement Speaker, His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, served as the the principal celebrant and homilist:

With the end of the academic year comes the return of a number of annual senior traditions. On Wednesday, as members of the Senior Class completed their last final examination, they greeted one another with hugs and congratulations on the academic quadrangle. After all had arrived they headed down to the campus ponds for a celebratory swim:

The soon-to-be graduates then met up again during lunchtime in St. Joseph’s Commons, where they proudly announced their accomplishments to the underclassmen:

Posted: May 9, 2013