Aquinas College - Nashville, Tennessee » Community http://www.aquinascollege.edu A Catholic liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee. Established in the Dominican tradition under the direction of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation (the “Nashville Dominicans”), Aquinas College is one of the best Catholic colleges choices recommended by the Newman Guide for fidelity and excellence. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Graduation Pictures http://www.aquinascollege.edu/graduation-pictures/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/graduation-pictures/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:26:40 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3558 On Saturday, May 11, the Aquinas College community held the Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement. The Baccalaureate Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, celebrated by Nashville Bishop David R. Choby, was followed by the pinning of the nursing graduates and...]]>

On Saturday, May 11, the Aquinas College community held the Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement. The Baccalaureate Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, celebrated by Nashville Bishop David R. Choby, was followed by the pinning of the nursing graduates and the awards for outstanding achievement in the Schools of Arts & Sciences, Business, Nursing, and Education. That afternoon, Aquinas College held the Commencement Ceremony at the War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Catholic physician Dr. Wes Ely, who specializes in end-of-life care, delivered a moving Commencement address.

Graduate Portraits

Photographs of all of the graduates receiving their degree from Sister Mary Sarah are available below. They are in alphabetical order. To download, click on the picture to make it larger, then right-click (or control-click on a Mac) and choose “save image as…” or “save picture as…” Please feel free to make your own prints.

All Graduation Pictures

The rest of the pictures from the Baccalaureate Mass are available for browsing and download from our Flickr page.

If you have a free Flickr account, you may order prints straight from Flickr. You may also download the files individually and print them yourselves.

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/graduation-pictures/feed/ 0 Video: Commencement Speech by Dr. Wes Ely http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-commencement-speech-doctor-wes-ely-catholic-healthcare-dignity/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-commencement-speech-doctor-wes-ely-catholic-healthcare-dignity/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:10:10 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3518 Dr. E. Wesley Ely delivered the speech at the 2013 Aquinas College Commencement on Saturday, May 11. Dr. Ely is a medical school professor with a subspecialty in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. His research has focused on improving the care...]]>

Dr. E. Wesley Ely delivered the speech at the 2013 Aquinas College Commencement on Saturday, May 11. Dr. Ely is a medical school professor with a subspecialty in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. His research has focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with sepsis and respiratory failure, with special emphasis on the problems facing older patients in the ICU. A devout Catholic, Dr. Ely has contributed inspirational articles to numerous publications, including the Tennessee Register, and delivered a lecture in the Fall of 2012 entitled “True Devotion to the Blessed Mother.”


Please click on the “CC” icon in the YouTube window for subtitles.

Awards

The awards given to outstanding achievement in the various programs are as follows:

St. Augustine of Hippo Award (School of Arts & Sciences)
Rebecca Marie Thompson

St. Joseph the Worker Award (School of Business)
Anthony Sherman Lena

St. Dominic, Teacher of Truth Award (School of Education)
Christina Ann Cathey

St. Catherine of Siena Award (School of Nursing—Associate of Science in Nursing)
Joshua David Parker and Jessica Rose Schultz

St. Martin de Porres Award (School of Nursing—Bachelor of Science in Nursing)
Jody Marie Boone

More Information

Please check the Aquinas College website soon for more information and pictures about this year’s Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement.

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-commencement-speech-doctor-wes-ely-catholic-healthcare-dignity/feed/ 0 Aquinas Hosts Training for Renowned Scripture Institute http://www.aquinascollege.edu/aquinas-hosts-training-for-renowned-scripture-institute-journey-through-scripture/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/aquinas-hosts-training-for-renowned-scripture-institute-journey-through-scripture/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 17:14:57 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3479 The Aquinas College Office of Catechetics hosted training for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology’s “Genesis to Jesus” study program on campus on Saturday, May 4. The Center’s Executive Director, internationally known Catholic author and speaker Matthew Leonard, co-led the all-day training along with...]]>

The Aquinas College Office of Catechetics hosted training for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology’s “Genesis to Jesus” study program on campus on Saturday, May 4. The Center’s Executive Director, internationally known Catholic author and speaker Matthew Leonard, co-led the all-day training along with Joan Watson, Coordinator of Catechetics at Aquinas. The study program serves as the foundation for the Center’s parish-based Journey Through Scripture program. Nearly 100 participants from the Diocese of Nashville and several states, including Texas and Wisconsin, packed the St. Martin de Porres lecture hall.

Matt Leonard said of his trip to Nashville: “What a pleasure it was to present Journey through Scripture to a packed house at Aquinas College. There is a particular beauty and vibrancy about the Catholic culture here that is extremely attractive. I’m really looking forward to my next visit.”

Joan Watson observed, “It’s been my personal experience that the Journey through Scripture studies make the Word of God accessible to the average Catholic while not watering down the richness and depth of its power, and it’s my hope that the Diocese of Nashville will benefit as these newly-trained leaders go out to their parishes.”

Catechetics at Aquinas College is a collaboration between Aquinas and the Diocese of Nashville. Apart from their Catechist Formation Program that the office offers in the Nashville and Knoxville dioceses, the Office of Catechetics leads workshops on Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and created the popular annual St. Thomas Aquinas Forum.

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/aquinas-hosts-training-for-renowned-scripture-institute-journey-through-scripture/feed/ 0 Student Video Contest http://www.aquinascollege.edu/student-video-contest-aquinas-students-should-know/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/student-video-contest-aquinas-students-should-know/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 19:35:57 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3491 For some end-of-year fun, the Office of Student Life created a student video contest, asking the question: What Should Every Student at Aquinas Know? Voting has closed and the winners have been announced: 1st: Get to Class on Time, by...]]>

For some end-of-year fun, the Office of Student Life created a student video contest, asking the question: What Should Every Student at Aquinas Know?

Voting has closed and the winners have been announced:

1st: Get to Class on Time, by Mary Weadon and Therese Youso
2nd: Live a Healthy, Balanced Lifestyle, by Mary Weadon and Therese Youso
3rd: A Quote, by David Maddux

If you aren’t on Facebook, please email communications@aquinascollege.edu and let us know which video you like the best.

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/student-video-contest-aquinas-students-should-know/feed/ 0 In the News: Tennessee Register Profiles New Aquinas Health Care Center http://www.aquinascollege.edu/tennessee-register-profiles-new-aquinas-health-care-center/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/tennessee-register-profiles-new-aquinas-health-care-center/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:52:08 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3385 The Tennessee Register, the newspaper of the Diocese of Nashville, recently profiled the new Aquinas College Center for the Study of Human Dignity and Ethics in Health Care. Center Advisory Council member Dr. Marie Hilliard, director of bioethics and public...]]>

The Tennessee Register, the newspaper of the Diocese of Nashville, recently profiled the new Aquinas College Center for the Study of Human Dignity and Ethics in Health Care. Center Advisory Council member Dr. Marie Hilliard, director of bioethics and public policy for the National Catholic Bioethics Center, and Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P., Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., A.N.E.F., the center’s founder and Dean of the School of Nursing, were both interviewed for the story. Dr. Hilliard’s work with Aquinas was highlighted in the

From the Tennessee Register:

New Aquinas center seeks to be a ‘moral force’ guiding health care ethics

by Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register

April 26, 2013

The School of Nursing at Aquinas College has founded the Center for the Study of Human Dignity and Ethics in Health Care to affirm, protect and defend the dignity of the human person through education, consultation, research and service.

“While the need for this center is decades old,” said the School of Nursing’s Dean, Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P., “the timing of its launch, in relation to the continued draconian changes in health care today and in the future, is providential.”

During this era of fast paced change in health care technology and law, “we don’t want to be passive participants and reactors,” said Brother Ignatius. Instead, he wants Aquinas to be out front, guiding the conversation about health care ethics.

Brother Ignatius sees the center as “an enormous opportunity for evangelization,” a chance to “start conversations to help people resolve the health care challenges they are facing.” To do that, the Center, under the guidance of a 17 member advisory council, will:

• Provide community-wide educational opportunities for health care professionals, civic leaders, legislators and citizens of the community (including seminars, multi disciplinary forums, parish presentations and more) that addresses current issues in health care, education, administration and scholarship.

• Provide consultation, conduct research and disseminate findings.

• Build collaborative partnerships with the health care community locally, nationally and internationally.

• Provide forums for presentations by visiting scholars.

• Develop model learning outcomes for health professions’ students that embrace the purpose and core values of the Center.

• Honor members of the health professions and the community who have distinguished achievements in defending and protecting the dignity and flourishing of the human person.

Marie Hilliard, director of bioethics and public policy for the Philadelphia-based National Catholic Bioethics Center, is a member of the Aquinas Center’s advisory council, and has extensive experience guiding individuals and clinicians through health care quandaries at critical moments.

The National Catholic Bioethics Center maintains a 24/7 hotline where anyone can reach an ethicist for consultation. People call with questions about everything from fertility treatments to writing advance medical directives for end of life care.

“There are a lot of misunderstandings of dilemmas that families are facing,” especially at the end of life, said Hilliard, a former Army nurse who holds a canon law degree. “It’s not true that as Catholics we want end of life care to go on forever,” she said. When treatment becomes “a disproportionate burden to the patient, then it’s time that we say, let nature take its course,” she said.

For example, a person may judge in good conscience that the pain and difficulty of an aggressive treatment for terminal cancer is too much to bear, and thus decide to forgo that treatment. They should not, however, forgo normal hydration and nutrition to accelerate the natural process of death. The guiding principle of the National Catholic Bioethics Center is “natural, moral law,” Hilliard said.

Like the NCBC, the Aquinas Center is rooted in natural, moral law, and Brother Ignatius hopes it will assist both patients and clinicians alike. He has particular concern about how each group will be affected by some stipulations of the Affordable Care Act. Will physicians be able to refuse to write prescriptions for birth control if they are morally opposed to it? Will the poorest and most vulnerable have access to health care if a new form of government rationing is instituted?

“Who determines who is worthy of care?” Brother Ignatius said. “I’m concerned that those with the least resources will be left out in the cold.”

Right now, “we tend to worship at the altar of technology, and we’re driven by an economic engine, not a moral engine,” Brother Ignatius said. What is needed in today’s health care climate is more personal interaction between doctor, nurse and patient, quality primary care, preventive and follow up services. The Center is an opportunity for Aquinas to be “a moral force in re-shaping the world of health care by supporting all those seeking to be healed as well as members of the health professions,” he said.

The Center will begin hosting semi-annual programs that are open to the public beginning in the fall. Brother Ignatius is also available to speak at parish events and for private health care ethics consultation, and can be reached at (615) 297-7545, ext. 607.

More information about the Center, including a complete list of advisory council members, is available by clicking on the appropriate links at: www.aquinascollege.edu/faith-and-culture/.

There are other centers similar to Aquinas’ Center for the Study of Human Dignity and Ethics in Health Care, but they are often affiliated with nationally known Catholic colleges like Georgetown and St. Louis University. “For a smaller college to embrace a program of this caliber is impressive,” Hilliard said. “I’m proud to be associated with it and I think it will have a great impact.”

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/tennessee-register-profiles-new-aquinas-health-care-center/feed/ 0 “Springeth Flingeth” Calms Pre-exam Jitters http://www.aquinascollege.edu/springeth-flingeth-soothes-pre-exam-jitters/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/springeth-flingeth-soothes-pre-exam-jitters/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:42:06 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3354 The annual Spring Fling took a turn for the medieval at the end of the banner 2012-2013 academic year that saw the introduction of graduate studies and the foundation of Residential Life. The “Springeth Flingeth” theme roughly coincided with William...]]>

The annual Spring Fling took a turn for the medieval at the end of the banner 2012-2013 academic year that saw the introduction of graduate studies and the foundation of Residential Life.

The “Springeth Flingeth” theme roughly coincided with William Shakespeare’s 449th birthday and included turkey legs, minstrels, actors from the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, a House Life tug-o-war competition, and the inaugural AQUAnas Palooza slip-n-slide. Students took the “flingeth” part of the event title literally and constructed a medieval siege machine known as a trebuchet.

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/springeth-flingeth-soothes-pre-exam-jitters/feed/ 0 Write Reason Concludes Year with a Flourish http://www.aquinascollege.edu/write-reason-concludes-year-with-a-flourish-writers-night-the-torch/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/write-reason-concludes-year-with-a-flourish-writers-night-the-torch/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:46:40 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3322 The Write Reason Plan, a student-oriented center that includes the Writing Center and a campus-wide writing rubric, rounded out the busy 2012-2013 academic year with the Writers’ Night Symposium and the publication of the Spring 2013 edition of The Torch. Writers’ Night At Writers’ Night on...]]>

The Write Reason Plan, a student-oriented center that includes the Writing Center and a campus-wide writing rubric, rounded out the busy 2012-2013 academic year with the Writers’ Night Symposium and the publication of the Spring 2013 edition of The Torch.

Writers’ Night

At Writers’ Night on Friday, April 19, students from a variety of courses presented papers on the topics of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the theological concept of free will, the poetry of English martyr Robert Southwell, the fashion of Marie Antoinette, and Vietnamese Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan.

Contest proceedings, including full text of the papers may be found on the Writers’ Night page.]

The Torch

On the Monday following Writers’ Night, the Write Reason Center published the second edition of the student publication the Torch, a collection of reviews on books and essays about the humanities and culture. The Spring 2013 edition features Stephen Lanham on Edward Tick’s War and the Soul, Shannon Martin on Aquinas’ own Sister Matthew Marie and Sister Elizabeth Anne’s Behold the Heritage about Dominican education, Sister Hannah Barnes on Ralph McInerny’s Dante’s Vision of Our Lady, and Pamela Strobel on George Weigel’s Letters to a Young Catholic.

More information about the Torch and to read back issues, please visit the Torch page.

Other Events from the Academic Year

The Write Reason Center presented many other events throughout the year, including the lunch and lectures “Social Media and Your Future” by Dr. Sarah Wannemuehler, “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Christian Imagination” (video included) by Dr. Aaron Urbanczyk and Father Albert Trudel, O.P., and numerous other events and workshops.

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/write-reason-concludes-year-with-a-flourish-writers-night-the-torch/feed/ 0 Video: Phil Keaggy Plays “I Belong to You” http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-phil-keaggy-plays-i-belong-to-you/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-phil-keaggy-plays-i-belong-to-you/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:20:52 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3247 On March 19, renowned Christian guitarist and singer/songwriter Phil Keaggy brought his music and his faith to Aquinas College for a one-night solo performance. If you’ve never heard him, you’re missing something very special. And if you have heard him,...]]>

On March 19, renowned Christian guitarist and singer/songwriter Phil Keaggy brought his music and his faith to Aquinas College for a one-night solo performance. If you’ve never heard him, you’re missing something very special. And if you have heard him, you’re probably a die-hard “Keaggy-head.” Either way, take a listen.

Here Phil plays one of his classics, “I Belong to You.”

Photos from the evening:

]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-phil-keaggy-plays-i-belong-to-you/feed/ 0 Spring Art Exhibition Highlights Campus’ Talents http://www.aquinascollege.edu/spring-art-exhibition-highlights-campus-talents/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/spring-art-exhibition-highlights-campus-talents/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:11:41 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3249 The 2nd Annual Spring Art Exhibition officially opened on Monday, April 15 with the theme of “Transcendent Beauty: the Glory of God Is Man Fully Alive.” The exhibition, sponsored by the Aquinas College Center for Faith & Culture, includes works...]]>

The 2nd Annual Spring Art Exhibition officially opened on Monday, April 15 with the theme of “Transcendent Beauty: the Glory of God Is Man Fully Alive.” The exhibition, sponsored by the Aquinas College Center for Faith & Culture, includes works from faculty, staff, and students from a variety of media. Paintings from Sister Mary Angelica’s recent portrait painting enrichment class comprise three of the entries. Also on display were paintings from the Office of Alumni Relations’ service project working with women at Room in the Inn, “Beauty from the Inside Out.”

The art show will remain in the Carriage House until Friday, April 26.

The exhibition includes works by these artists:

  • Brandon Bell
  • Alan Bradley
  • Cindy Buss
  • Doug Chaney
  • Julianna Cheij
  • Stephen Delius
  • Paul Downey
  • Sr. Magdalena Dudenhoeffer, O.P.
  • Sr. Mary Angelica Neenan, O.P.
  • Sr. Mary Leo Nordmark
  • Marianna Rollins
  • Julia Smith
  • Sr. Anne Timmons
]]> http://www.aquinascollege.edu/spring-art-exhibition-highlights-campus-talents/feed/ 0 Video: Joseph Pearce on G.K. Chesterton http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-joseph-pearce-gk-chesterton-catholic-conversion/ http://www.aquinascollege.edu/video-joseph-pearce-gk-chesterton-catholic-conversion/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:06 +0000 pdowney http://www.aquinascollege.edu/?p=3217 Joseph Pearce spoke on the topic of G.K. Chesterton: Larger than Life as a part of the Aquinas College Lecture Series in March. Mr. Pearce was born in East London and spent his formative years with a far-right anti-Catholic group, an...]]>

Joseph Pearce spoke on the topic of G.K. Chesterton: Larger than Life as a part of the Aquinas College Lecture Series in March. Mr. Pearce was born in East London and spent his formative years with a far-right anti-Catholic group, an association which landed him in prison on two occasions. He credits the reading of G.K. Chesterton with his conversion of heart and conversion to Catholicism. Along with a definitive biography of Chesterton, Mr. Pearce has also penned works on Hilaire Belloc, Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Roy Campbell, C.S. Lewis, and William Shakespeare.

You may also listen to the audio of the lecture here, or just the download link below.


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This and all other recorded lectures can be by subscribing to the Lecture Series Podcast on iTunes.

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