12/12/2016 - 10:44am - By: Mary Webster '17 Student athletes at every institution have a fast-paced, challenging experience, and AQ athletes are no exception. Being involved with the athletic program on a collegiate level can be physically, mentally and emotionally tiring, but balancing it alongside a full-load of...Read more
12/09/2016 - 9:30am - By: Johnathan Sainz '16 This year marks the ten year anniversary of the Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Scholarship, a grant that empowers student-faculty collaborations for undergraduate research over the summer months. In 2007, Aquinas College was endowed with funding for student and faculty...Read more
11/28/2016 - 4:24pm - Dr. Brent Chesley (1956-2016), professor of English at Aquinas College, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 22 as a result of the lymphoma that he had been battling since August. Dr. Chesley joined the faculty of Aquinas College in 1987 and taught 17th- and 18th-Century British Literature,...Read more
11/28/2016 - 11:10am - By: Johnathan Sainz '16 Andrew Demshuk '02 Andrew Demshuk majored in history and chaired the history club during his time at Aquinas. After obtaining his B.A., Demshuk immediately began work on his master's degree at Marquette University, before pursuing his doctoral program at the University of...Read more
11/17/2016 - 11:14am - The Aquinas College Biology Department has been selected to join the Small World Initiative (SWI), a Yale-University-based non-profit organization that aims to teach students scientific methods while simultaneously crowdsourcing the discovery of novel antibiotics. This selection will provide...Read more
10/31/2016 - 9:24am - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - Aquinas College is hosting Georgetown University’s Dr. Marcia Chatelain for two anti-racism events on Thursday, November 3. Chatelain has gained national attention for her recent work with Georgetown’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation and for her project #...Read more
10/25/2016 - 2:53pm - AQ’s new Dean of Science and Sustainability, Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., Ph.D., took a break from unpacking boxes to chat with Aquinas Magazine’s Lauren Fay Carlson ‘12 about her passions, her new position and the beauty of the natural world. YOU HAVE QUITE A RESUME IN DIVERSE ACADEMIC...Read more
10/21/2016 - 4:12pm - By: Miranda Burel ‘17 Big change happens with big ambition. AQ alumnus, John DeAngelis ‘13, is no stranger to working hard and trying to dramatically change America’s energy landscape. He got one step closer when he recently headed a 12-year power purchase agreement between Steelcase and Apex Clean...Read more
10/19/2016 - 4:01pm - By: Miranda Burel, '17 Aquinas has a long history of employing student workers. While in these positions, students gain a plethora of skills for their futures, no matter what their aspirations. Sometimes, though, these on-campus jobs are more than just jobs and instead become the first steps into a...Read more
10/19/2016 - 12:53pm - The Aquinas College Theatre Department took home 6 awards at the 20th Annual Grand Awards including Outstanding College Production for the show Enchanted April Winners included: Veronica Bustoz - Outstanding Stage Manager Aaron Skorka - Outstanding Supporting Actor (Enchanted April) Kendra...Read more
10/17/2016 - 12:45pm - “How can you build a civil society without a shared sense of solidarity?” This question runs through Dr. Robert Marko’s mind to this day, months after finishing his sabbatical report “From Civil Society as an Abstraction to an Experience of Transformation: The Significance of Euromaidan for Social...Read more
10/17/2016 - 12:42pm - In 2007, Aquinas College was endowed with funding for student and faculty research by the Mohler family bequest. A year later, the Thompson family made additional contributions to the annual grant, which we now know as the Mohler-Thompson Summer Research Scholarship. The Mohler-Thompson Grant...Read more
10/17/2016 - 12:30pm - Student athletes at every institution have a fast-paced, challenging experience, and AQ athletes are no exception. Being involved with the athletic program on a collegiate level can be physically, mentally and emotionally tiring, but balancing it alongside a full-load of classes, all while...Read more
10/17/2016 - 9:52am - Aquinas College takes its students full circle. Starting in the classroom, students connect with professors, gaining valuable knowledge and exploring their passions. With careful application, internships then allow students to then demonstrate their education in a professional context while gaining...Read more
10/13/2016 - 8:51am - Aquinas College has been recognized as the West Michigan Sustainable Business of the Year by the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. The award, presented on October 12 at the Triple Bottom Line Bash, recognizes organizations that best represent the values of the triple bottom line: people,...Read more
10/03/2016 - 11:04am - Aquinas College faculty member Nate Lareau has once again made the ArtPrize Top 20. Lareau’s piece, Ditch Lily Drawing , is an installation made of lily stalks and can be found at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Lareau, a 2005 graduate of Aquinas, says his piece “represents an...Read more
10/03/2016 - 10:29am - Dr. Deb Steketee will be inducted into the West Michigan Sustainable Business Hall of Fame on October 12. Dr. Steketee joined the Sustainable Business program at Aquinas College in 2005 and brought with her an interest and expertise in innovation, strategy and the social dimensions of...Read more
10/03/2016 - 9:57am - Nearly 400 high school and college students attended German Career Day hosted at Aquinas College on September 28. The German Career Day was sponsored and presented by the Goethe-Institut, Germany’s cultural institute that promotes the study of German abroad and encourages international cultural...Read more
09/26/2016 - 10:59am - The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Aquinas College $2,523,712 to address the shortage of English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual teachers in Michigan. Rui Niu-Cooper, Ph.D., associate professor of Education, was the driving force behind the college earning a five-year...Read more
09/16/2016 - 2:40pm - After an impressive career that has spanned five decades at Aquinas College, Athletic Director Terry Bocian (Coach Bo) has retired and the Aquinas community wants to celebrate his historic career! This open house will be a casual, family friendly fundraiser recognizing a true AQ legend during...Read more