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Irish Culture at Aquinas
Irish Culture at Aquinas
Aquinas College loves Irish culture! We’ve embraced Irish aculture - offering a study away experience in Tullycross Ireland since the early 70s. We’re the only college in Michigan to offer an Irish Studies minor.
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Outstanding Irish Studies Minor
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Thatched roof cottages in Tully Cross
47
Years Aquinas has studied away in Ireland
900+
AQ students and faculty have experienced Ireland
Visitors from Tully Cross, Ireland, visit Aquinas in Fall of 2018
Pictured: Bottom Right to Bottom Left
- Dr. Kevin Heanue, Chairman of Connemara West
- Tim Ramsay, Director of International Programs & Services
- Dr. Kevin Quinn, President of Aquinas College
- Ed Kettle, Friends of Connemara
- Hon. Brian O'Brien, Consul General of Ireland Midwestern US.
Research
Recent students in Dr. Michelle DeRose's Literature of the Black and Green Atlantic course, Maggie Rose, Lauren Heyboer, and Alyssa Noch (pictured with Dr. Michelle DeRose) recently presented their research at Aquinas 2/20/2019.
AQ Delegation
Dr. Jennifer Dawson, Ireland Faculty Director 2020, Dr. Michelle DeRose, Ireland Faculty Director 2021 and Coordinator of the Irish Studies Minor, Dr. Heather Kesselring-Quakenbush, Associate Provost, and Tim Ramsay, Director of International Programs visit the U.S. embassy in Dublin, Ireland.
