Thomas Aquinas College News

• New Archbishop to preside at Thomas Aquinas College commencement (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on June 2, 2011 at 11:21:16 pm
  On Saturday, May 14, 2011, the Most Reverend José H. Gomez will deliver the Commencement Address at Thomas Aquinas College; he will also serve as principal celebrant and homilist of the Baccalaureate Mass.
• Archbishop presides over graduation at Thomas Aquinas College (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 15, 2011 at 12:01:00 am
  On Saturday morning the red robes of Archbishop Jose H. Gomez and a contingent of priests from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles stood out amidst the black robes of the graduates of Thomas Aquinas College at the school’s cathedral in the hills outside Santa Paula.
• Minor mudslide on Hwy. 150 near Santa Paula (Ventura County Star)
  posted on January 1, 2011 at 03:11:00 am
  A minor mudslide was reported Friday evening on eastbound lanes of Highway 150 around Thomas Aquinas College near Santa Paula, authorities said.
• Santa Paula college remembers Mother Teresa on her 100th birthday (Ventura County Star)
  posted on August 26, 2010 at 11:46:00 pm
  One hundred years to the day after Mother Teresa was born, Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula — where the famed humanitarian once spoke — held a Mass in her honor Thursday.
• Yale gets an F? New assessment of colleges' required education (KMIR 6 Palm Springs)
  posted on August 17, 2010 at 07:57:39 pm
  Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., is the only school in the study that requires all seven of ACTA's core subjects. (Courtesy of Thomas Aquinas College)
• Princeton Review Names Colleges with 'Most Religious' Students (The Christian Post)
  posted on August 6, 2010 at 07:09:34 pm
  For the second year in a row, students at Brigham Young University, Thomas Aquinas College, and Wheaton College were crowned the “most religious” among students from the nation’s top schools.
• High school students attend Thomas Aquinas College summer seminar for reading and discussion (Ventura County Star)
  posted on August 4, 2010 at 11:52:00 pm
  Every summer, high school students from across the country come to Thomas Aquinas College to read Socrates, Euclid, Kirkegaard and Shakespeare, among other challenging writers, for two weeks. The tiny, conservative Catholic college, surrounded by the hills of Santa Paula, uses the seminar as a recruiting tool. Students, meanwhile, can try out the school's unusual Great Books approach. They read ...
• St. Augustine sends forth 18 students (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 30, 2010 at 12:17:00 am
  An energetic crowd of family and friends of the 18 students graduating from St. Augustine Academy in Ventura gathered at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula on Saturday for a ceremony that included laughter, cheering and references to the Catholic faith connecting many present.
• Archbishop tells graduating Thomas Aquinas students to live moral, humble lives (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 16, 2010 at 04:09:00 am
  Friends and families of the 75 students graduating from Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula gathered in the school’s grassy quadrangle on Saturday afternoon for a ceremony that included words of prayer and acknowledgement of the Catholic college’s rigorous classical curriculum.
• “Most Popular Non-Military Liberal Arts College” in America, Says US News (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on March 24, 2010 at 11:22:52 pm
  In the current issue of U.S. News & World Report, Thomas Aquinas College is ranked as the third most popular liberal arts college in the country based on its “yield” - the percentage of applicants accepted by a college who end up enrolling at an institution in the fall.
• Thomas Aquinas College President inaugurated (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on March 19, 2010 at 07:06:09 pm
  On Saturday, February 13, 2010, Dr. Michael F. McLean was inaugurated as the fourth president of Thomas Aquinas College. The day began with a Mass of the Holy Spirit at 10:00 a.m. in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel.
• President inaugurated at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula (Ventura County Star)
  posted on February 14, 2010 at 01:41:00 am
  In a ceremony conducted in its towering new chapel overlooking Highway 150 on the outskirts of Santa Paula, Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday formally inaugurated a new president, Michael McLean, to lead the Catholic liberal arts college.Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, presided over the ceremony.“On this day we are beginning a new chapter in the great history of Thomas Aquinas ...
• Thomas Aquinas College to inaugurate president (Ventura County Star)
  posted on February 11, 2010 at 06:45:00 am
  The fourth president of Thomas Aquinas College will be inaugurated this weekend.Michael McLean was named president of the Santa Paula college in October. McLean, who had been dean, succeeded Thomas Dillon, who was killed in a car accident in Ireland in April.Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony will preside over the installation ceremony, which will be in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel at ...
• New Dean appointed at Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on January 28, 2010 at 12:22:02 am
  Dr. Michael F. McLean, the newly appointed president of Thomas Aquinas College, has announced that Dr. Brian Kelly has been appointed Dean of the College, to succeed him in that office.
• Thomas Aquinas College names Brian Kelly dean (Ventura County Star)
  posted on January 16, 2010 at 03:09:00 am
  Thomas Aquinas College has named a new dean with longtime ties to the Catholic school.Brian Kelly graduated from Thomas Aquinas and now teaches at the Santa Paula campus. He succeeds Michael McLean, who was named president in October.As dean, Kelly oversees education as well as the welfare and discipline of students. He plans to continue the school’s mission, in which students learn every ...
• Thomas Aquinas College to hold open house on January 17 (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on January 6, 2010 at 10:22:22 pm
  Dr. Michael F. McLean, the president of Thomas Aquinas College will host an Open House on Sunday, January 17, 2010, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. for prospective students, families, teachers, youth leaders, and others who wish to learn more about the 4-year, co-educational, Catholic college located between Santa Paula and Ojai in Ventura County.
• Thomas Aquinas College receives $2 Million grant from Dan Murphy Foundation (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on January 6, 2010 at 10:21:52 pm
  President-elect Dr. Michael F. McLean has announced that the Dan Murphy Foundation of Los Angeles had approved at its December 1st meeting a grant of $2 million to Thomas Aquinas College in honor of the school’s late president, Dr. Thomas E. Dillon, who was killed in an automobile accident last spring.
• Thomas Aquinas College freezes tuition rate (Ventura County Star)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 08:00:00 am
  Thomas Aquinas College is freezing its tuition rate for next school year, a move colleges across the country are making because of the flagging economy and parents’ anxiety about the costs.The freeze also springs from a more immediate concern — a drop in applications last year, said Peter DeLuca, interim president of the small Catholic college in Santa Paula.“It doesn’t seem like when you’re ...
• Graffiti creeping into Punch Bowl hiking spot (Ventura County Star)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 07:34:02 am
  A jewel of nature tucked in the mountains high above Santa Paula for eons is being defaced by vandals armed with spray cans and a desire to trumpet their monikers through graffiti. For as long as anyone can remember, hikers have hoofed it up to the Punch Bowl on an arduous 6.5-mile round-trip walk, which starts at the entrance to Thomas Aquinas College on Highway 150. At the end of the ...
• New president appointed at Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:07:52 am
  At its fall meeting today, the Board of Governors of Thomas Aquinas College appointed Dr. Michael F. McLean the fourth president of the 38-year old institution.
• Thomas Aquinas College's new president plans an endowment (Ventura County Star)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 04:03:52 am
  Students and faculty at Thomas Aquinas College broke into laughter then sustained applause Monday as their dignified new president, Mike McLean, addressed them for the first time since his appointment Saturday, then ended his expected formal remarks with an unexpected Godfather impersonation. The moment reveals a lighter side of McLean, who is taking over just as the Catholic college is ...
• Thomas Aquinas picks president (Ventura County Star)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 02:34:10 am
  Mike McLean has been named the fourth president of Thomas Aquinas College. The Catholic college’s board of governors named McLean late Saturday afternoon on a unanimous vote. He succeeds Thomas Dillon, who died in a car accident in April in Ireland. Peter DeLuca, vice president for finance and administration and a founder of the university, has been serving as interim president since then ...
• Thomas Aquinas College named 1 of top 50 in the country (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 11:52:41 pm
  Thomas Aquinas College, located in Santa Paula, is one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.
• Thomas Aquinas relies on classics, Catholic identity to educate students (Ventura County Star)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 05:54:39 am
  Archbishop John Michael Miller approaches the altar during the convocation at Thomas Aquinas College welcoming students to the first day of classes on Monday. The college will soon select a new president, only the third since Thomas Aquinas was founded in 1971.
• Archbishop of Vancouver, B.C. to be quest at Thomas Aquinas College Convocation (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 09:26:58 pm
  On Monday, August 24, 2009, the Most Reverend J. Michael Miller, Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, will preside over convocation ceremonies at Thomas Aquinas College.
• 'Most Religious' College Students of 2009 Revealed (The Christian Post)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 01:35:13 am
  The Catholic students of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., are the "most religious" among students from the nations top schools, according to The Princeton Reviews latest college ratings.
• Jserra's valedictorian strives to make a difference beyond the classroom (Saddleback Valley News)
  posted on June 16, 2009 at 03:14:45 pm
  Graduating with a 4.7 GPA, Nicole Madro plans to attend Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic liberal arts school in Santa Paula.
• Interim President takes oath at Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 10:02:25 pm
  The chairman of the board of governors of Thomas Aquinas College, Maria O. Grant, has announced in the presence of students and faculty in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel, college chaplain and assistant dean for religious affairs Rev. Cornelius Buckley, S.J., administered the Oath of Fidelity to newly appointed interim president Peter L. DeLuca, who also made a Profession of Faith.
• New Chapel dedicated at Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 09:04:15 pm
  On March 7, 2009, Thomas Aquinas College’s new chapel was dedicated to Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity at an 11:00 a.m. Mass offered by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony.
• Interim president appointed at Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula Times)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 10:48:25 pm
  In the wake of President Thomas E. Dillon’s tragic death in a car accident in Ireland on April 15, 2009, the chairman of the board of governors of Thomas Aquinas College, Maria O. Grant, consulted Monday morning with the executive committee of that board concerning the appointment of an interim president for the four-year Catholic college.
• Aquinas College lays groundwork to hire new president (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 25, 2009 at 07:11:13 am
  Thomas Aquinas College is preparing to select a new president, only the third since the Catholic university was founded in 1969.
• Archbishop to speak at Thomas Aquinas (Ventura County Star)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 07:09:21 am
  The metropolitan archbishop of Quebec, Canada, will be the keynote speaker at Thomas Aquinas College’s commencement this week.
• Thomas Aquinas College Buries Its President (Zenit News Agency)
  posted on April 25, 2009 at 06:36:52 am
  SANTA PAULA, California, APRIL 24, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- Thomas Dillon, the president of St. Thomas Aquinas College, was buried today following a funeral service held this morning at the newly dedicated Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity.
• Thomas Aquinas College remembers its late leader (Ventura County Star)
  posted on April 25, 2009 at 06:23:52 am
  Thomas Dillon, the late president of Thomas Aquinas College, was remembered Friday in the grandeur of a campus chapel that reflects his work in everything from the creamy marble to the 13th-century Florentine design.
• Thomas Aquinas College's New Chapel (Zenit News Agency)
  posted on April 25, 2009 at 05:21:47 am
  SOUTH BEND, Indiana, APRIL 24, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- The Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California was dedicated last month by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony.
• Funeral Mass set for Thomas Aquinas president (Ventura County Star)
  posted on April 21, 2009 at 07:09:10 am
  A funeral Mass for Thomas Dillon, the president of St. Thomas Aquinas College, will be Friday in the campus chapel that he helped build.
• Thomas Dillon dies at 62; president of Thomas Aquinas College (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on April 18, 2009 at 07:27:46 am
  During his 18-year tenure, he helped raise $100 million for the school, oversaw its rise to one of the country's top-ranked liberal arts institutions and watched enrollment triple to 350 students. Thomas Dillon, the president of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula who during an 18-year tenure passionately defended its strict adherence to Catholic teaching and devotion to a curriculum ...
• School president's death mourned at Thomas Aquinas (Ventura County Star)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 07:38:51 am
  At Thomas Aquinas College in the hills of Santa Paula, Thomas Dillon left many lasting impressions, from the marble of the chapel built under his close supervision to the pingpong table where he regularly challenged students.
• Thomas Aquinas College president dies in Ireland (Ventura County Star)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 07:06:54 am
  Thomas Dillon, president of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, died Wednesday in a car accident in Ireland.
• Santa Paula college celebrates new campus centerpiece (Ventura County Star)
  posted on March 8, 2009 at 08:02:57 am
  The campus of Thomas Aquinas College shone with a new crown jewel Saturday as the Chapel of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity was dedicated in a three-hour ceremony. The 15,000-square-foot, $23 million building features a 135-foot bell tower and elements of both classical and Spanish-style architecture.