(SPARKILL, NY - July 20, 2006) - Barbara Yontz of Colonia (NJ) has been appointed to Assistant Professor of Art at St. Thomas Aquinas College, announced Dr. L. John Durney, STAC's Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
"We are delighted to announce that Professor Yontz has joined our art faculty," said Dr. Barbara Ward Klein, Chairperson of the Humanities Division. "Professor Yontz has a diverse background in painting, art history and art education. Her various areas of expertise will benefit our students tremendously."
Professor Yontz has an undergraduate degree in painting and a graduate degree in Art Education from the University of South Florida (FL). She also holds a masters degree in Art History from Vanderbilt University (TN) and a Master of Fine Art in Visual Arts from Vermont College (VT). Professor Yontz has held various art teaching positions in institutions such as Nashville State Technical Institute (TN), Austin Peay State University (TN), O'More College of Art (TN), and Watkins College of Art & Design (TN) before joining the STAC faculty.
Professor Yontz owned and was Creative Director of MarketReach Systems (TN), an advertising, design and marketing firm for ten years. She has had exhibitions, installations and performances in a range of states throughout her professional career.

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The College's 2,400 full and part time students major in one of 31 programs offered in five division areas: The Humanities; Business Administration; Social Sciences; Natural Sciences & Mathematics; and Teacher Education or are enrolled if one of our graduate programs. The College offers a full scholarship Honors Program which provides students with a Summer Study experience at Oxford University in England. In addition, there are several study abroad opportunities and strategic alliances designed to offer expanded opportunities for students. For example, students can major in mathematics at St. Thomas for three years and then enter an engineering program at either George Washington University or Manhattan College as part of a dual degree program.

St. Thomas offers study abroad opportunities in Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Nova Scotia, Brazil and Japan. The College currently includes 21 buildings, the most recent one an additional residence hall. It's most recent academic building project is Costello Hall, an Art, Sciences & Technology Building. This state-of-the-art facility includes new science labs, an art gallery and two multi-media theatres along with additional technology