Introducing Your 2024 新英格兰 欧冠投注 Prefects (Part 1)

既然你已经见过了 第一轮级长 今年夏天的加州 高中课程, we would like to introduce you to their 新英格兰 counterparts!

来自弗吉尼亚州马纳萨斯， 特蕾莎·宾厄姆(26届) 从没想过要来TAC, and instead was looking into neuroscience programs at larger universities. 多亏了她祖父母给的线索, 虽然, she reconsidered TAC during her senior year of high school — and she’s never looked back. “I was thinking about this bigger question of how the brain works in comparison to the soul, 随着我对哲学的了解越来越多, I realized that was really what I wanted to pursue.” This summer marks Teresa’s second time working the 高中课程. “It was really wonderful to get to know the people as they got a taste of what TAC is really about,她说。. “友谊很快就会产生, since everyone is studying the same things and doing all the activities together.”

Born in Austria, al虽然 his family currently lives in Rome, 保罗·哈布斯堡(1924年) awaits his second summer as a prefect in Northfield. Paul cites TAC’s pedagogy as his prime reason to come as far as he did for his undergraduate education. “它的独特性 讨论法 intrigued me enough to decide against going to university in Vienna,” he reflects. “我很高兴地说，这是值得的.“当他在校园里的时候, 保罗喜欢徒步旅行, 与导师交谈, and taking advantage of the College’s rich spiritual life. 在他五月份毕业之后, he plans to pursue a career in finance in New York — but only, 当然, after one last stint as a 欧冠投注 prefect!

艾米丽·彼得(25年) of Preston, 连接icut, was skeptical about Thomas Aquinas College when she first heard about it. “I had applied to five other schools and wasn't sure where to go, when my mom suggested we visit TAC during my spring break.” Though she wasn’t immediately sold on the school, she applied anyway and was accepted soon thereafter. “The fact that I got accepted so late in the game seemed like a sign to me,她说。. “我还不知道我想学什么, but I knew that this would be a good education in the meantime.“在TAC的三年里, she’s been amazed at the personal growth she’s seen in her faith and friendships. “I want everyone to experience this for themselves,她说。. “TAC is a great place for learning, growing in your faith and making amazing connections!”

As a homeschooling high schooler in Huntsville, Alabama, 斯蒂芬·布朗(25年) found his way to the 新英格兰 欧冠投注 back in 2020. “It was a big factor in my decision to come to the College,” he says. “I’m still great friends with some of my fellow attendees, as well as with some of the prefects.“体验 伟大的著作 and the 讨论法 solidified his interest in the College’s program of 天主教通识教育, and he returned to Northfield as a freshman in 2021. 现在作为级长参加他的第三个项目, Stephen is especially looking forward to teaching the attendees to swing dance … and maybe to waltz and foxtrot along the way. “跳舞真的成了我的主要爱好!他笑着说. Look out for Stephen in the Socratic discussions — and on the dance floor!

“Even 虽然 I loved my experience at the Summer Program, 我本来没打算去TAC,”回忆起 乔治亚娜·伊根(1924年). 一辈子的纽约人, she was hoping to remain in the Empire State as a student at New York University. 但大约在纽约大学的决定公布前一周, 我和上帝做了个约定:如果我能进纽约大学, 我会推迟录取，休个间隔年.” Georgie had planned to spend that year traveling throughout Europe, 但大流行有其他计划. “当我试图找出该怎么做的时候, my mother suggested that I spend my gap year at TAC.” That was all it took: Georgie had promised God a gap year, 但他提供了一个更长更好的住宿. “在10月, I finally had to admit to myself what I previously had been refusing to accept: I had to stay.”

凯文·赫弗南(22届) is an alumnus of the 加州 campus and currently serves as the men’s resident director in 新英格兰. 斯普林菲尔德人, 伊利诺斯州, Kevin says that what first drew him to TAC was its promise to teach critical thinking. “我来的时候, I fell in love with the school because of the discovery of truth through the 讨论法,他回忆道. “It’s much more tangible than any other method I have been through, and it made me want to continually grow in learning. 真理 is so much better than any one person can imagine because it comes from the divine. 上帝创造的现实是如此壮丽, 在TAC这里, we get to explore and dive into the discovery of that reality in a unique and thorough way.”