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Kevin Stinnet Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:181 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/180/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-Four.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=180 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=180&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/180/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-Four.aspx Today, Leah shares how kindness with simple gestures toward the children and women in Calcutta made her day. She has worked with the orphans, the sick and dying during her time in Calcutta with the AMU group. Kevin Stinnet Mon, 20 May 2013 02:47:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:180 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/179/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-Three.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=179 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=179&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/179/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-Three.aspx Ave Maria University Junior Joe Kerr shares his story of a day of service in Calcutta. He massaged the ill to help take away some of their pain and helped feed a young girl with cerebral palsy. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:179 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/178/Ave-Maria-University-Announces-Third-Annual-Scholarship-Dinner.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=178 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=178&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/178/Ave-Maria-University-Announces-Third-Annual-Scholarship-Dinner.aspx Myra Janco Daniels will be the honored guest next February at AMU’s largest fundraiser, which will celebrate the life and contributions of Mrs. Daniels, the founder and former chief executive officer of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 17 May 2013 16:03:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:178 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/177/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-Two.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=177 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=177&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/177/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-Two.aspx Today, the students toured Calcutta, getting an up close and personal look at the slums where Mother Teresa worked and lived. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 16 May 2013 19:12:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:177 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/176/AMU-students-in-India-on-mission-trip.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=176 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=176&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/176/AMU-students-in-India-on-mission-trip.aspx Ave Maria University President Jim Towey and a dozen Ave Maria students are in Calcutta, India, for a weeklong mission helping the religious order that was the focus for much of Mother Teresa’s work. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 16 May 2013 18:34:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:176 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/175/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-One.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=175 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=175&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/175/Dateline-Calcutta-Day-One.aspx Experience the trip through the students’ eyes. They’ll share what they see, hear and feel in words and images. Be part of their Calcutta calling. Kevin Stinnet Wed, 15 May 2013 19:31:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:175 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/173/The-Evidence-of-Gods-Favor.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=173 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=173&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/173/The-Evidence-of-Gods-Favor.aspx President Jim Towey shares the exciting results of a Standard & Poor’s review of Ave Maria University’s finances in his recap to the AMU community of the recently completed academic year’s extraordinary accomplishments. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 09 May 2013 15:45:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:173 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/172/AMU-Graduation-Photos.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=172 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=172&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/172/AMU-Graduation-Photos.aspx Photographer Jason Easterly covered Ave Maria University’s ninth commencement at the Golisano Field House on Saturday, May 4, 2013 for the Naples Daily News. Kevin Stinnet Mon, 06 May 2013 15:51:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:172 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/171/Florida-Governor-Rick-Scott-Addresses-the-Class-of-2013.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=171 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=171&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/171/Florida-Governor-Rick-Scott-Addresses-the-Class-of-2013.aspx The governor addressed Ave Maria University’s 2013 graduating class of 159 undergraduates and 15 graduate students in the Golisano Fieldhouse. Kevin Stinnet Mon, 06 May 2013 15:49:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:171 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/170/AMU-Graduation-Online.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=170 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=170&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/170/AMU-Graduation-Online.aspx 10:00am, Saturday, May 4th 2013. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 03 May 2013 19:33:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:170 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/169/5-Finalists-for-Presidents-Award.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=169 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=169&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/169/5-Finalists-for-Presidents-Award.aspx The President’s Award is the highest honor bestowed upon a graduating senior of AMU to recognize academic accomplishments and involvement in the life of the University. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:38:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:169 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/168/Distinguished-Visiting-Professor-and-Former-Ambassador-Michael-Novak-Remembers-Lady-Thatcher.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=168 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=168&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/168/Distinguished-Visiting-Professor-and-Former-Ambassador-Michael-Novak-Remembers-Lady-Thatcher.aspx She was supposed to be an Iron Lady, and she was in the sense that when she asked you a question she expected a quick, accurate, and useful answer -- one felt a little like being in a university oral exam. She was, indeed, a serious woman. She was supposed to be an Iron Lady, and she was in the sense that when she asked you a question she expected a quick, accurate, and useful answer -- one felt a little like being in a university oral exam. She was, indeed, a serious woman.  Kevin Stinnet Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:30:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:168 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/167/Ave-Maria-University-Reacts-to-HHS-Lawsuit-Dismissal.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=167 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=167&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/167/Ave-Maria-University-Reacts-to-HHS-Lawsuit-Dismissal.aspx The Federal Court’s dismissal on Good Friday of Ave Maria University’s lawsuit was made on technical legal grounds - so-called “ripeness” – because the federal regulations in question are not in final form.  It does not mean our lawsuit is dead.  The Obama administration has bought itself time by promising to change its regulations and the Court’s dismissal order explicitly relies on this promise.   Kevin Stinnet Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:36:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:167 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/166/Governor-Rick-Scott-to-address-Ave-Maria-University-Graduates.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=166 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=166&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/166/Governor-Rick-Scott-to-address-Ave-Maria-University-Graduates.aspx Florida Governor Rick Scott will be the 2013 commencement speaker at Ave Maria University, Jim Towey, the University’s president announced today. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:36:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:166 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/165/AMU-Chamber-Choir-Thrills-in-Carmina-Burana-Debut-at-the-Phil.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=165 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=165&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/165/AMU-Chamber-Choir-Thrills-in-Carmina-Burana-Debut-at-the-Phil.aspx If you have tickets for the joint performance of “Carmina Burana” at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in North Naples today or Saturday, you are one lucky concertgoer. It promises to be a killer performance. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:165 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/164/AMU-Students-in-St-Peters-Square.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=164 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=164&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/164/AMU-Students-in-St-Peters-Square.aspx The latest blog from Ave Maria student Erin DeCleene, who is in Rome this semester in our study abroad program, describes the excitement in St. Peter’s Square after the appearance of white smoke. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:23:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:164 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/163/SW-Florida-Catholics-excitement-for-conclave-in-overdrive-here-and-in-Rome.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=163 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=163&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/163/SW-Florida-Catholics-excitement-for-conclave-in-overdrive-here-and-in-Rome.aspx Kim Scharfenberger also is among those anticipating seeing the white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signifying the election of a new pope. The Ave Maria University student is studying in Rome for the semester. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:163 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/162/AMU-Chamber-Choir-at-The-Phil-in-Naples.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=162 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=162&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/162/AMU-Chamber-Choir-at-The-Phil-in-Naples.aspx Join the Ave Maria University Chamber Choir and Dr. Timothy McDonnell, AMU Director of Choir in their Philharmonic Center debut performance of CARMINA BURANA! March 14th through 16th, 8:00 pm. Philharmonic Center for the Arts. 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples, FL 34108 Kevin Stinnet Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:53:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:162 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/161/AMU-Announces-New-VP-for-Finance-and-Administration.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=161 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=161&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/161/AMU-Announces-New-VP-for-Finance-and-Administration.aspx Dear Faculty, Administrators and Staff of Ave Maria University:   I am happy to announce the appointment of Mrs. Maureen Joyce as the new Vice President for Finance and Administration at Ave Maria University.   Maureen brings to our campus community over 30 years of experience in academia in the fields of financial management, auditing, and administration.    She began her career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an internal auditor, and served for 25 years at Northeastern University in a number of capacities, including Associate Controller and Director of Sponsored Project Administration.  Most recently, Maureen served as Comptroller of a small, liberal arts institution, Simmons College, in Boston.     Maureen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, graduating with honors, and went on to receive a Master in Business Administration from Northeastern University.  She brings a wealth of experience to Ave Maria University and we are quite fortunate to have a person of her caliber joining the University Council and our senior management team.  She will begin her work at Ave Maria in early April.   I want to take this opportunity to thank Dennis Grace, Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing, who has provided important management oversight of business and finance during this interim period, and also Comptroller Tony Beata and his colleagues in the business office who have worked so admirably and diligently. The University’s “growing pains” have been acutely felt by these professionals because the size and complexity of University operations are overwhelming the systems that were put in place at our founding.  They are owed our deep gratitude.    Finally, I will be holding a “town hall” style meeting to discuss the 2013-14 budget that was recently adopted by the Board of Trustees and the progress the University is making on our five-year strategic plan, and also to answer any questions that you have.  I will let you know when a date is set for this gathering and hopefully you will be able to attend.   It is an exciting time in the Church and at Ave Maria University.  I join my prayers to yours as we implore the Holy Spirit to guide the College of Cardinals during the conclave that begins Tuesday.  May Our Lady intercede for them as they deliberate and designate the next shepherd of our Church, and also for us as we continue to advance the New Evangelization through our mission in Catholic higher education.   Kind regards,   Jim Towey President Kevin Stinnet Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:04:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:161 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/160/President-Towey-Appeared-on-PBS.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=160 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=160&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/160/President-Towey-Appeared-on-PBS.aspx Ave Maria University President Jim Towey appeared on PBS News Hour as part of a panel discussion on divisions within the Catholic Church in the United States. The discussion was also focused on recent polls showing an array of opinions on the future of the Church. Kevin Stinnet Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:32:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:160 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/159/Ave-Maria-University-Adds-Two-New-Majors.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=159 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=159&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/159/Ave-Maria-University-Adds-Two-New-Majors.aspx Ave Maria University today announces the addition of two new undergraduate degree programs in Education and Accounting, an expansion into pre-professional learning that will help students thrive and succeed in a globally competitive job market. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:37:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:159 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/158/Huber-Named-To-Allstate-WBCA-Good-Works-Team.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=158 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=158&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/158/Huber-Named-To-Allstate-WBCA-Good-Works-Team.aspx The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and Allstate Insurance Company announced this morning the 10 women's college basketball student-athletes that were named to the inaugural Allstate WBCA Good Works Team®. Ave Maria’s Emily Huber was selected to the team for her vast contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:31:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:158 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/157/Events-and-Celebrations-in-Thanksgiving-for-the-Petrine-Ministry.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=157 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=157&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/157/Events-and-Celebrations-in-Thanksgiving-for-the-Petrine-Ministry.aspx WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013   Masses of Thanksgiving for the Petrine Ministry of Pope Benedict XVI 7:30am, 12:00pm (Novus Ordo Latin), and 5:00pm   Student-Organized Panel* – On the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI and its contributions to the life of the Church 5:00pm – Demetree Lecture Hall  Dr. Michael Waldstein, Fr. Matthew Lamb, Mr. Anthony Valle *Sponsored by Filii in Filio Household   Eucharistic Holy Hour 7:00pm – Oratory Meditations by Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.   THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013   Student Service Ministry – “Deus Caritas Est” Service Event 11:00am-2:00pm – Student Union Ballroom Students preparing meals for the poor in Immokalee Board of Trustees Mass – Thursday of the Second Week of Lent 5:00 PM - Oratory                                                                                                                    Homily by Fr. McTeigue, S.J. will honor the Legacy of the Pope Emeritus Lecture  – “The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI” 7:30pm – Demetree Lecture Hall Dr. Michael Waldstein Kevin Stinnet Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:58:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:157 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/156/Wrying-but-a-little-Marriage-Revenge-and-Forgiveness-in-Shakespeare.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=156 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=156&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/156/Wrying-but-a-little-Marriage-Revenge-and-Forgiveness-in-Shakespeare.aspx Dr. Robert Miola is Gerard Manley Hopkins Professor of English and Lecturer in Classics at Loyola University, Maryland. A prolific scholar, he has published thirteen books and penned more than thirty-five academic articles. His publications include two edited volumes of Shakespeare, Hamlet and Macbeth, in the prestigious Norton Critical Edition Series, 2007’s Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Oxford University Press) and Shakespeare’s Rome (Cambridge University Press, 1983). Professor Miola has also served as Editor-in- Chief for Presence, a journal on Jesuit Higher Education. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:156 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/155/NY-Post-Op-Ed-by-Jim-Towey-A-Teacher-in-Every-Sense.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=155 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=155&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/155/NY-Post-Op-Ed-by-Jim-Towey-A-Teacher-in-Every-Sense.aspx The news of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation struck with the suddenness of grace. Usually, a changing of the guard at the Vatican is preceded by a period where Catholics throughout the world grieve and the square of St. Peter’s overflows with pilgrims attending the Funeral Mass. But Catholics have come to expect the unexpected with Benedict and perhaps should have seen this coming. Throughout his life, he has never been a prisoner to convention or stale ideas. He’s never feared scientific truth or engagement with modern culture. His three-volume “Jesus of Nazareth” is perhaps as fresh a take on the mystery of the person of the Christ as anything published in any age. He is a theologian at heart, a teacher in every sense — and now he is teaching the Church Universal something about the papal office in the modern age, as well as his own limitations as shepherd. Whereas John Paul II fearlessly lived his Parkinson’s infirmity in office to demonstrate that the great human dignity with which man is endowed is undiminished by disability, Benedict is teaching us about the need for clarity of mind and purity of heart in order to discern precisely what God is asking today of each of us. That examination of conscience is required of popes and paupers alike, and his decision to resign was clearly the fruit of much prayer and contemplation. His 26 years in academia prepared him for decisions like this by sharpening his appreciation for the pursuit of truth, excellence and beauty. That he would conclude on Sunday, at age 85, that he no longer has the strength and capacity to continue on the chair of St. Peter seems in hindsight to be utterly predictable. Nonetheless, the news of Benedict’s resignation has a jarring quality to it as well as ample precedent. The early Church was accustomed to the sudden departures of popes. In the third century, because of the cruel persecution of tyrants seeking to eradicate the Christian faith, there were five popes in the span of 10 years. Some were beheaded and all were elevated with the expectation of certain martyrdom. Benedict’s announcement, in this context, seems far less dramatic. But it is no less momentous. Those of us in Catholic education find ourselves already missing our beloved theologian-pope. He was a friend to us all. I will never forget his remarks at a gathering of Catholic educators in Washington, DC: “A university or school’s Catholic identity is not simply a question of the number of Catholic students. It is a question of conviction — do we really believe that only in the mystery of the Word made flesh does the mystery of man truly become clear?” He continued, “The church never tires of upholding the essential moral categories of right and wrong, without which hope could only wither, giving way to cold pragmatic calculations of utility which render the person little more than a pawn on some ideological chess-board.” The truth of Benedict’s exhortation challenges all of us who labor at Catholic institutions of higher learning to shepherd our students toward a deeper understanding of what is asked of us, and what dangers are posed when society measures individuals based simply on their usefulness. The pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI may be ending but the value of his teaching and the power of his witness to the Christian faithful will continue. His leaving the chair of St. Peter shocks us, and perhaps even saddens us, because we have grown accustomed to the lovely attraction of his words. He served with a fearlessness and gentleness that were evangelical. His formidable intellect and gift of expression were from God. He soon will enter a new stage in his life, one of quiet prayer and ascendant weakness as he prepares to return to the Father. He has mentored the multitudes across the continents for this very moment, and now it is his turn to embark. He goes with our prayers and profound gratitude. Jim Towey is president of Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:31:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:155 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/154/The-Contraception-Stamps-Entitlement-Program.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=154 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=154&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/154/The-Contraception-Stamps-Entitlement-Program.aspx President Obama wants to enlist all faith-based groups to be on the front lines of a new federal entitlement to free birth control for every woman in America. His only problem is, some of us refuse to serve. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:37:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:154 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/153/24-Hour-Homerathon-Reading.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=153 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=153&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/153/24-Hour-Homerathon-Reading.aspx Beginning Friday evening, Feb. 8, AMU students and faculty will be holding a "Homerathon" where all 24 books of "The Iliad" will be read aloud over a 24-hour period, ending at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:35:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:153 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/148/Proposal-to-Amend-ObamaCare-Contraceptive-Rule-Met-with-Skepticism.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=148 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=148&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/148/Proposal-to-Amend-ObamaCare-Contraceptive-Rule-Met-with-Skepticism.aspx AMU President Jim Towey quoted in article on Foxnews.com Kevin Stinnet Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:31:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:148 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/147/Ave-Maria-University-Reacts-to-Latest-HHS-Compromise.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=147 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=147&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/147/Ave-Maria-University-Reacts-to-Latest-HHS-Compromise.aspx Ave Maria University President Jim Towey responds to the latest compromise proposed by the Obama Administration and Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Sebelius. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:24:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:147 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/146/AMU-Professor-lectures-at-the-Augustine-Institute.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=146 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=146&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/146/AMU-Professor-lectures-at-the-Augustine-Institute.aspx Dr. Michael Waldstein, Max Seckler Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University, presents a lecture at the Augustine Institute in Colorado.  Kevin Stinnet Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:52:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:146 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/145/Living-Morally-and-Intelligently-in-the-Light-of-Christs-Eternal-Glory.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=145 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=145&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/145/Living-Morally-and-Intelligently-in-the-Light-of-Christs-Eternal-Glory.aspx The Aquinas Center realizes the importance of St. Thomas Aquinas’s theology and philosophy for the deepening appropriation of Catholic speculative and moral theology. The Center reaches out to scholars and doctoral students around the world and bestows awards in recognition of their contributions to the study of Aquinas and Catholic intellectual and faith life. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:24:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:145 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/144/John-M-Rist-to-Deliver-3rd-Annual-Aquinas-Lecture-in-Philosophy.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=144 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=144&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/144/John-M-Rist-to-Deliver-3rd-Annual-Aquinas-Lecture-in-Philosophy.aspx Professor John M. Rist, the first occupant of the Fr. Kurt Pritzl Chair of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, and author of fifteen books and dozens of important scholarly articles in those areas, will give the Third Annual Aquinas Lecture on Monday, January 28, at 5pm in the Lecture Hall of the Academic Building. Kevin Stinnet Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:36:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:144 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/143/Professor-Mary-Ann-Glendon-Politics-as-a-Vocation.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=143 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=143&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/143/Professor-Mary-Ann-Glendon-Politics-as-a-Vocation.aspx This Thursday, January 17, Professor Mary Ann Glendon will give the third lecture in this year’s Ernest L. Fortin, A.A., Lecture Series. Her lecture, titled “Politics as a Vocation,” will take place at 5:00 p.m. in the Demetree Auditorium in the Henkels Academic Building. Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Professor Glendon was appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in May of 2012. From 2008 to 2009, she served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See and prior to that she was a member of President Bush’s Council on Bioethics (2001-2004). A prolific scholar, Professor Glendon writes and teaches in the fields of human rights, comparative law, constitutional law, and political theory. Among her works are Abortion and Divorce in Western Law (1989), the critically acclaimed Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse (1993), and A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2002). Her lecture Thursday is drawn from her latest book, The Forum and the Tower (2011). Sponsored by a grant from the Stuck with Virtue Conference Series, the Ernest L. Fortin Lecture Series is named after Fr. Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. Fr Fortin taught at Assumption College, Laval University, and Boston College, where he held joint appointments in the Theology and Political Science Departments and codirected the Institute for the Study of Politics and Religion. The author of books on Dante and St. Augustine, his collected essays have been published in four volumes. Focusing on the intersection of philosophical, theological, and political reflection, the lectures in this series explore the diverse but interrelated themes that animated Fr. Fortin’s life as a teacher and scholar. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:42:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:143 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/142/Study-Abroad-Croatia.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=142 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=142&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/142/Study-Abroad-Croatia.aspx Applications are now being accepted for an AMU study abroad opportunity this summer, July 28 to Aug 17, in Sibenik, Croatia. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:142 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/141/Amb-Michael-Novak-receives-award-from-President-of-Poland.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=141 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=141&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/141/Amb-Michael-Novak-receives-award-from-President-of-Poland.aspx Former U.S. Ambassador Michael Novak at Polish White House with President Komorowski and Father Maciej Zieba OP, former Provincial of the Polish Dominicans, close friend of JP II, former Solidarity member. Kevin Stinnet Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:57:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:141 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/140/Archbishop-Chaput-Praises-Dr-Travis-Curtrights-book-on-Thomas-More.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=140 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=140&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/140/Archbishop-Chaput-Praises-Dr-Travis-Curtrights-book-on-Thomas-More.aspx A day after the 2012 Summer Olympics closed in London, Joseph Pearce wrote that he felt like his “body had been covered in slime. I also felt a great sense of gratitude that I had shaken the smut and dirt from my sandals and had left the sordid culture of which I was once a part.” Kevin Stinnet Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:140 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/139/Ave-Maria-University-Professor-Decorated-by-President-of-the-Republic-of-Poland.aspx#Comments 1 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=139 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=139&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/139/Ave-Maria-University-Professor-Decorated-by-President-of-the-Republic-of-Poland.aspx On the 31st anniversary of the declaration of martial law in Poland, Michael Novak, author, theologian, Ave Maria University professor, and former U.S. ambassador, was decorated by President Bronisław Komorowski with the Commodore’s Cross with a Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.December 13, 2012. Warsaw, Poland.—On the 31st anniversary of the declaration of martial law in Poland, Michael Novak, author, theologian, Ave Maria University professor, and former U.S. ambassador, was decorated by President Bronisław Komorowski with the Commodore’s Cross with a Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.   Before the official decoration ceremony, Professor Novak gave a lecture at the Presidential Palace on the meaning of social justice, part of the series of Polish Presidential lectures on the Ideas for the New Century. The lecture was introduced by Paweł Lisiewicz, director of the Polish cabinet, and in it Novak emphasized the importance of the institutions of civil society that properly precede the activity of the state.  The decoration ceremony took place in the historic grand hall of the Presidential Palace, the site of the 1955 signing of the Warsaw Pact. In addition to Professor Novak, who was the only American recognized at the ceremony, also honored were more than forty heroes of the political opposition to Polish martial law in the 1980s, civilians and members of the military, many of whom worked clandestinely for the cause of liberty.  Professor Novak was cited for his “merits in fostering democratic change in Poland as well as developing Polish-American cooperation.” These merits include Novak’s influential masterpiece, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, which was published in an illegal samizdat translation in 1984 under the imprimatur of the anti-communist movement Solidarność. As ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission in 1986, Novak initiated the international condemnation of martial law in Poland, the first ever U.N. condemnation of a regime behind the Iron Curtain. In his remarks, President Komorowski recalled the aid, both material and moral, that the Polish people received from the West while under martial law. He mentioned in particular the significance of Radio Free Europe, which Novak served as a member of the Board of International Broadcasting.  In his remarks President Komorowski also noted Ronald Reagan’s slogan “Let Poland be Poland,” and Reagan’s initiative to ask Americans to light candles in the windows of their homes, an expression of solidarity with those suffering in Poland. Today, Komorowski noted, the Polish people have a duty to extend the same solidarity to those still suffering under unjust regimes.  Following the decoration ceremony, Novak visited the recently erected Ronald Reagan monument located outside the U.S. embassy in Warsaw. There President Komorowski, Novak, and others from the embassy lit candles and placed them around the monument. Kevin Stinnet Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:139 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/138/Dr-Michael-Dauphinais-Named-Vice-President-for-Academic-Affairs.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=138 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=138&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/138/Dr-Michael-Dauphinais-Named-Vice-President-for-Academic-Affairs.aspx University President Jim Towey announced yesterday that Dr. Michael Dauphinais has been appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs in addition to his role as the Dean of Faculty. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:138 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/137/New-Summer-Course-Features-a-Ten-Day-Trip-to-Rome.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=137 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=137&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/137/New-Summer-Course-Features-a-Ten-Day-Trip-to-Rome.aspx This eight-credit course will explore Rome through its language and monuments from its pagan beginnings to its Catholic present. Kevin Stinnet Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:54:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:137 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/136/AMU-Founders-Dinner-for-Jon-Scharfenberger-Scholarship-Fund.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=136 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=136&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/136/AMU-Founders-Dinner-for-Jon-Scharfenberger-Scholarship-Fund.aspx The Ave Maria University Founders club annual dinner in Naples will be Thursday, Dec. 6, at LaPlaya Beach Resort. The dinner begins with an optional Mass at 4:30 p.m. with the reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:57:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:136 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/135/AMUs-Dr-Timothy-McDonnell-a-busy-man-during-holiday-music-season.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=135 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=135&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/135/AMUs-Dr-Timothy-McDonnell-a-busy-man-during-holiday-music-season.aspx I knew my neighbor, Dr. Tim McDonnell, was the chairperson of the music department at Ave Maria University, but I’m glad I didn’t know much else when I first met him – for instance, that prior to coming to AMU, he was director of liturgical music at Pontifical North American College in the Vatican. Kevin Stinnet Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:54:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:135 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/134/AMU-Reduces-Tuition-and-Expands-Online-Courses-for-Summer-2013.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=134 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=134&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/134/AMU-Reduces-Tuition-and-Expands-Online-Courses-for-Summer-2013.aspx Ave Maria University is pleased to announce that tuition rates for the summer 2013 session have been lowered from $445/credit to $349/credit, a reduction of more than twenty per cent. The University made this decision with a view towards putting the summer study option within reach of more students. Kevin Stinnet Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:23:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:134 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/132/The-Film-Center-at-AMU.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=132 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=132&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/132/The-Film-Center-at-AMU.aspx The Film Center at AMU was founded to support the study of film and the art of filmmaking on the campus of Ave Maria University. With help from the AMU Film Society, we screen and discuss with invited faculty and outside scholars the best of classic and contemporary cinema. Our blog publishes videos, reviews, and essays on film and filmmaking and provides support for the ongoing work of our young filmmakers. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:57:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:132 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/131/Post-Election-Message-to-the-AMU-Community-from-President-Jim-Towey.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=131 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=131&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/131/Post-Election-Message-to-the-AMU-Community-from-President-Jim-Towey.aspx Dear members of the Ave Maria University community:  “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear?  The Lord is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid?” These words from Psalm 27 which the Church Universal proclaims in the responsorial psalm in today’s holy Mass are a reminder that God alone is sovereign over our affairs.  At Ave Maria University we place our trust in God, not government.  Yes, we are proudly American and we will continue to engage in the public square because the Lord invites us to bring our faith and values to bear on the issues of the day.  But our first allegiance, our first duty, is to the Lord, for He is our life’s refuge. I want to thank our students who voted in yesterday’s election.  For many students this was their first time at the polls, and by all accounts, our students turned out in droves.  We sent shuttle after shuttle to Immokalee, and I was edified to see so many students exercising their right to vote.   I know many of them awoke this morning with a stinging disappointment over the outcome of the presidential election.  While it is natural to be disappointed when your candidate loses, it is my prayer that your disappointment does not lead to disillusionment.  America – and the Church – need you to be fully engaged in the public square, even when you don’t prevail at the ballot box or in the cauldron of public policy making.  So don’t be discouraged.  Our country needs your continued enthusiasm and involvement. All elections have consequences and the re-election of President Obama means that our Federal lawsuit in defense of our University’s religious freedom will proceed.  As the current department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations now stand, our employer-provided health plan is in jeopardy, beginning in 2014.  We have a year to prepare, and much can happen in this year.  I know how important health insurance is to our faculty and staff and we will do everything we can do in good conscience to continue to support your health care needs.  Today I am appointing an ad hoc committee from among the University’s faculty and staff to make contingency plans in the event HHS does not follow through on President Obama’s pledge in February to amend the regulations in a manner that protects the right of conscience of faith-based institutions like ours. The members of the Committee on Health Insurance are Ken Ferguson, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Chairman; Jennifer Nodes, Director of Library Services; Dr. Michael Pakaluk, Chairman of the Department of Philosophy; Bill Kirk, Vice President for Student Affairs and General Counsel, and Anne Hart, Director of Financial Aid.  They will meet in the near future and Vice President Ferguson will report to you on their deliberations when appropriate. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will continue its advocacy on our behalf.  Next week I will be in Baltimore where the Bishops will gather for their annual general assembly and I am scheduled to visit with a number of them who will be in attendance.  I also will be participating in meetings of the Cardinal Newman Society and conferring with my colleagues from other universities as we strategize in response to the current dilemma.   The University also will work with the lawyers of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and press ahead with our lawsuit.  Now that the President has been re-elected, it is my sense that a judge will be assigned to our case and the pace of the proceedings will accelerate.  I remain confident in the merits of our lawsuit and believe fervently that the HHS contraception mandate is unconstitutional and also a violation of Federal law.  The University of Notre Dame, Catholic University of America, and dozens of other institutions also are in court and I expect that these lawsuits will gather more attention in the months ahead. My friends, the electoral wave that unexpectedly swept the country last evening reminds each one of us why Ave Maria University exists and why the need for an institution with our values and mission has never been greater.  And I am not simply referring to the national election.  A large majority of Floridians rejected constitutional amendments that would have protected religious liberty and banned the public funding of abortion.  Several states embraced so-called “same sex marriage” in ballot measures, bringing to ten the number of states where such unions are now legal.  One state, Massachusetts, has a dead heat on their initiative to legalize assisted-suicide, which would bring to four the number of states where this dangerous practice is permitted.  It might be easy to become discouraged by these troubling trends.  However, Psalm 27 ends with the beautiful words, “Wait for the Lord with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord.”   What all of us must do, in this year designated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI as a year of faith, is deepen our dependence upon Divine Providence and be courageous like our Patroness.  At the end of this month the Church will begin a new liturgical year, and soon thereafter we will be focusing our gaze on her, the Virgin with child who will give birth to a son, “and they shall call him Emmanuel, which means, ‘God is with us.’”  (Matthew 1:23) Indeed God is with us.  As discouraging as last night’s results were for so many of us, there is nothing to fear.  God is with us at Ave Maria University. He is our light and our salvation.   Kind regards,  Jim Towey Kevin Stinnet Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:52:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:131 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/130/Video-Highlights.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=130 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=130&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/130/Video-Highlights.aspx AMU president Jim Towey spoke out strongly about religious liberty and the importance of Amendment 8 on "Newsmakers with Jeff Lytle."  Kevin Stinnet Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:130 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/129/Jim-Towey-on-Newsmakers-with-Jeff-Lytle.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=129 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=129&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/129/Jim-Towey-on-Newsmakers-with-Jeff-Lytle.aspx AMU president Jim Towey will appear on the "Newsmakers with Jeff Lytle" show this Sunday morning at 10, when he squares off against ACLU's Howard Simon on religious liberty and Amendment 8, also known as the Florida Religious Freedom Amendment on the November 6 state ballot. Newsmakers with Jeff Lytle airs on ABC channel 7. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:34:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:129 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/128/Year-of-Faith-Lecture.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=128 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=128&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/128/Year-of-Faith-Lecture.aspx Friday, October 26th, Dr. John F. Boyle will deliver a lecture on “St. Thomas, Faith, and Life” as part of Ave Maria University’s commencement of the Year of Faith proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI. The lecture is Sponsored by the Henkels Lecture Series of Ave Maria University.  Dr. Boyle is a Professor of Theology and Director of the Master of Arts in Catholic Studies Program at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Dr. Boyle has published important research on Medieval Studies, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Thomas More.  The lecture is free, open to the public, and will take place at 5pm in the Demetree Auditorium of the Henkels Academic Building. Kevin Stinnet Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:17:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:128 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/127/The-Fall-Season-of-the-AMU-Choirs-Opens-with-Mozarts-Requiem.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=127 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=127&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/127/The-Fall-Season-of-the-AMU-Choirs-Opens-with-Mozarts-Requiem.aspx Intrigue and conspiracy provide a background for Mozart’s last musical testament, his stunning Requiem. Left incomplete at his death, the work was finished by various students who secretly sewed together the sketches left by the master in order to provide for the dead composer’s widow. Kevin Stinnet Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:20:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:127 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/126/Plaintiffs-Against-the-HHS-Mandate-Reach-More-Than-100-Strong.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=92&ModuleID=450&ArticleID=126 http://www.avemaria.edu/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=126&PortalID=0&TabID=92 http://www.avemaria.edu/NewsEvents/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/126/Plaintiffs-Against-the-HHS-Mandate-Reach-More-Than-100-Strong.aspx On Tuesday, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed suit on behalf of East Texas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University, adding two more Protestant institutions to the legal fray and helping push the total number of plaintiffs over the 100 mark. Kevin Stinnet Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:04:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:126