On December 12, Aquinas featured a bilingual mass to celebrate Our Lady Guadalupe. Campus Ministry hopes to have more bilingual masses in the future.
Campus Ministry hoping to grow bilingual masses offered on campus
Funding awarded to Ireland study away host community
Tullycross, the rural Irish village that hosts Aquinas’ Study Away program, was recently awarded a grant for 2 million U.S. dollars from Ireland’s Rural Regeneration and Development fund.
Tension at southern border escalates as processing lags
The San Ysidro port of entry already had a list of 3,000 migrants awaiting their asylum claims to be processed when the migrants arrived, and the center was processing fewer than 100 claims a day, according to the Associated Press.
Aquinas increases tuition rates, follows national trend
The Board of Trustees recently approved a 4 percent increase in tuition rates and a 2.9 percent increase in the cost of room and board. This increase follows the trend of public and private schools across the country, in keeping with rising inflation and the rising cost of running any well-maintained, technologically up-to-date institution.
Wi-Fi update: Wireless system in process of upgrade
Moving forward, the entire wireless system is being upgraded this year via an $800,000 investment by Aquinas. The investment is going towards assessing the current wireless system, replacing wiring and the aging infrastructure.
Saint Swap brings sustainability to student wardrobes
The Center for Sustainability has provided a platform for students to exchange the things they’ve forgotten about in their closets for clothing they genuinely love.
Urban agriculture interest increasing in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids has recently begun to develop urban agriculture initiatives throughout the city, trying to increase access to locally grown, sustainable produce.
AQ Women’s Connection seeks to support women on their life journeys
A wide variety of women participate — from recent graduates to stay-at-home mothers and even Dominican sisters — and they are encouraged to interact in whatever ways they may need, be that at formal events or personal meetings.
The illegal reality of online gift exchanges
“You better watch out” — this time of year is notorious for online “Secret Sister” gift exchange scams.
AQ Believe programming focuses on education, awareness
“AQ Believe as a group and its events are important because, as long as sexual assault and harassment still happens on this campus, there has to be an effort to eradicate it.”
