Aquinas College (Tennessee)
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| Motto | Veritas et Caritas |
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Motto in English
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Truth and Love |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1961 |
| President | Sister Mary Sarah Galbraith, O.P. Vice Presidents Jesse W. Fortney, Vice President for Institutional Engagement; Sister Thomas More Stepnowski, O.P., Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost; Sister Mary Cecilia, O.P. Vice President for Student Life, O.P. |
| Location |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States 36°07′55″N 86°50′39″W / 36.132077°N 86.844066°WCoordinates: 36°07′55″N 86°50′39″W / 36.132077°N 86.844066°W |
| Affiliations | Roman Catholic (Dominican Order) |
| Website | http://www.aquinascollege.edu |
Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Nashville, Tennessee founded in 1928 and named in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Aquinas College was founded by the Dominican Order in 1928 as St. Cecilia Normal School as a school for religious sisters located at the St. Cecilia Motherhouse. In 1961, the school moved away from the Motherhouse, opened to the public, and became Aquinas Junior College. In 1994, the college was renamed Aquinas College when it began offering four-year degrees. Since that time, Aquinas College has grown to include four-year programs in Liberal Arts, Business, Nursing, and Teacher Education. And in 2012, the College began graduate studies in the School of Education and in the School of Nursing, and founded a residential life program and House Life program. Aquinas is part of the Dominican Campus, located approximately five miles (8 km) west of downtown Nashville. Also on the same plot of land are Overbrook School, a coeducational eight-grade Catholic primary school, and Saint Cecilia Academy, a Catholic girls' high school.
The addition of a third and fourth year collegiate curriculum caused a major change in the school's operation. It had previously been a major power in junior college athletics (notably baseball and basketball). However, the school's administration felt that continuing to play junior college athletics while operating as a four-year college, as was done for a period, misrepresented the school's true nature to the public and that competition at the four-year collegiate level of athletics would prove cost-prohibitive, so the institution currently sponsors no athletic programs.
In 2014, Aquinas College began the implementation of its Vision 2020: Truth & Charity strategic plan, which includes the reintroduction of intercollegiate athletics. The College promptly implemented three initiatives outlined in the strategic plan: the foundation of a perpetual Eucharistic Adoration chapel, the foundation of study abroad in Bracciano, Italy, and the implementation of a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
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