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College Consensus, a new online aggregator of college-review guides, has ranked Thomas Aquinas No. 10 on its list of the Best Catholic Colleges of 2018, or “the Catholic schools in America recognized as the best across the board.” The College is the only one of the now-numerous new Catholic colleges founded since its own establishment in 1971 to be included on the list.

“The launch of a student-led business club at Thomas Aquinas College has already begun to pay off,” writes Megan Mineiro of the Pacific Coast Business Times, “with two members recently landing summer internships with the health insurance provider Anthem.”

The full article is available, behind a paywall, at the PCBT website. Below are some highlights:

Photographs of the Class of 2018 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 event

On the eve of Commencement 2018, Thomas Aquinas College President Michael F. McLean hosted a late-afternoon reception for members of the Senior Class in the newly completed St. Cecilia Hall.

Note: At its 2018 Commencement exercises, Thomas Aquinas College awarded its highest honor, the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion, to the Most. Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin.

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Note: Each year the graduating class elects one of its members to present the Senior Address at Commencement. Upon graduation, this year’s speaker, Suzanne Urbancic of Chardon, Ohio, plans to apply to law school.

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by The Most. Rev. Robert C. Morlino
Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin
Prepared text, Commencement Address
Thomas Aquinas College
May 12, 2018

Dear faculty, staff, students, family, and friends: It is an honor to be here with you today. And to you, my dear graduates, congratulations! What a beautiful occasion this is. And what a beautiful setting in which we find ourselves.

I. On Truth

On May 12, Thomas Aquinas College celebrated its 44th Commencement Exercises, honoring the 90 members of the Class of 2018. The day began with the Baccalaureate Mass of the Holy Spirit in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel. The Most. Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, served as the principal celebrant and homilist:

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by The Most. Rev. Robert C. Morlino
Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin
Transcript, Homily from the Baccalaureate Mass
Commencement 2018, Thomas Aquinas College
May 12, 2018

Don’t you all look great!

After much reminiscing and toasting at the end of Wednesday night’s President’s Dinner, members of the Class of 2018 weren’t ready to retire just yet. So, in keeping with a longstanding College custom, they made their way to Ventura’s Buena Lanes — joined by several members of the faculty and Head Chaplain Rev. Paul Raftery, O.P. — for some late night bowling. Photos are available in the slideshow below: