Aquinas College Grand Rapids

Aquinas College

Motto	Non nisi te, Domine (Latin)
Motto in English	"Nothing but You, Lord".
Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	1886
Affiliation	Roman Catholic; Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Endowment	$42 million as of 2014
President	Juan R. Olivarez, Ph. D.
Provost	Stephen Barrows, Ph. D.
Academic staff	86 full time 159 part time
Students	2,001
Undergraduates	1,634 full time 229 part time
Postgraduates	15 full time 123 part time
Location	Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Campus	Urban, 117 acres (0.47 km2)
Colors	Maroon and white
Athletics	NAIA; WHAC
Nickname	Saints
Mascot	Nelson the St. Bernard (dog)
Affiliations	AACU
Website	www.aquinas.edu

Coordinates: 42°57′36″N 85°37′43″W / 42.96009°N 85.62862°W / 42.96009; -85.62862

Aquinas College is a small, Roman Catholic, liberal arts college in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. The College was ranked among the "Best Regional Universities – Midwest" by U.S. News & World Report in 2012.

The Congregation of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers (Dominican Order), today commonly known as the "Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids", Michigan, led by Mother Aquinata Fiegler, OP, founded the Roman Catholic Novitiate Normal School in Traverse City, Michigan in 1886. The School's mission was to educate young women who had yet to make their vows in the Order of Preachers, i. e., "novitiates", to be parochial elementary school teachers throughout Michigan, and it trained and sent forth numerous sister teachers successfully. In 1911 the School was transferred to Grand Rapids, along with the motherhouse of the Sisters, pursuant to an invitation of the Bishop of the young Diocese of Grand Rapids.