(SPARKILL, NY - October 5, 2006) - St. Thomas Aquinas College received a $5,000 grant from the H.W. Wilson Foundation to aid in the purchase of additional technology equipment for the College's information literacy program, announced Dr. L. John Durney, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Information literacy is vital to all disciplines in higher education. Students need to learn how to acquire, analyze, and use the multitude of information that is available on the Internet and online databases.

St. Thomas' information literacy program employs hands-on learning by providing individual laptops for student use. This method of instruction allows students to actively engage in learning and work together in a more interactive manner to share and reinforce their learning with each other. Information literacy instruction is offered to courses across the curriculum at all levels of study. The grant will make possible the purchase of additional laptops to enable librarians to conduct concurrent and larger classes as the program continues to expand. For more information about the information literacy program at St. Thomas Aquinas, contact the College's Admissions Office at 845-398-4100.