The senior thesis defense is an annual rite of passage at Thomas Aquinas College that in many ways marks the culmination of the students’ four years. At the start of the academic year, each senior chose both a thesis topic and a thesis advisor, and for the next six months, worked on a 20- to 30-page paper that would demonstrate his or her ability to fashion logical, sound, and worthwhile academic inquiries.

For more than 20 years, Summer Seminars have allowed attendees to get a firsthand experience of the day-to-day life of Thomas Aquinas College students — the intellectual life, the spiritual life, and friendships rooted in a shared experience of the true, the good, and the beautiful. This summer the seminar will be offered, for the first time, at the College’s new campus in Northfield, Massachusetts.