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(SPARKILL, NY -July 31, 2006) - St. Thomas Aquinas College recently promoted Stephen Quinn to Associate Director of Admissions, announced Vin Crapanzano, the College's Dean for Marketing and Enrollment Management.
Mr. Quinn (Bogota, NJ) graduated from Providence College (RI) with a BA in Political Science in 2002 and joined St. Thomas as an Admissions Counselor in 2003. He travels extensively throughout New Jersey from Bergen County to Cape May. Mr. Quinn recently began graduate program at Seton Hall University (NJ) in the fall to continue his professional development.
"Steve Quinn has continually taken on more responsibility in the Admissions Office. In his new position, he will supervise the office support staff, assist in training Admissions Counselors for many of the College's special events for prospective students and take on a stronger leadership role." Crapanzano said.
Mr. Quinn can be reached in the Admissions Office at 845-398-4100 or by e-mail at Admissions@stac.edu.

MORE ABOUT ST. THOMAS
St. Thomas has expanded its offerings to include: a Master of Science in Education, a Post Masters Certificate program in Education, a Master of Science in Teaching, a Master of Business Administration program, a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science in Education, and an Associate of Arts and an Associate of Science degree, the latter two offered at the West Point Military Academy. In addition, St. Thomas is the host campus for a Master of Science in Social Work program offered by New York University.

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 classrooms.