Ken Colombini (’85)
My four years at Thomas Aquinas College served as a great preparation for a career in journalism and public affairs.
My four years at Thomas Aquinas College served as a great preparation for a career in journalism and public affairs.
I thank God for giving me the life-changing experience of being a student at Thomas Aquinas College.
My time at the College helped me begin to acquire the virtues necessary in becoming a disciple before learning to be a leader. I am very grateful to the College for giving me the environment in which I was able to grow in those virtues.
Programming is really just applied math and logic, and the College prepared me well in both.
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I always tell people, if you can read Aristotle, you can read an insurance policy. Every time I’m asked to parse a sentence in a policy or debate the meaning of the word ‘occurrence,’ I feel like I’m back in college.
In college I had the most admirable tutors and other influences in my life — people who were so good, and whom you could really admire.
I rely on the College’s training each and every day. Foremost is the ability to quickly analyze and methodically resolve complex matters; then, to prioritize sound facts and morals in my decision making.
There was a sense of discipline in the intellectual life at Thomas Aquinas College which I think very much carries over into the military, which has discipline permeating throughout the entire structure.
Thomas Aquinas College gives you the ability to quickly analyze, break down a particular issue into its parts, put it all back together in a way that makes sense, reach a conclusion, and then go forward.
My years at TAC prepared me for nursing in ways I never planned or foresaw. I left with a clearer, more analytical mind; I am able to reason better and, above all, empathize better.