 Spring was in the air Wednesday as almost 300 women filled the Ave Maria University ballroom for the university's 2nd Spring Brunch and Style Show, which raised scholarship money for AMU students. (Right, Brigid Wallace, 11, was a big hit as she modeled a dress on the runway)
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The Festival of the Arts at Ave Maria University will award a $1,000 prize in a competition for the best poem written about The Annunciation. The winner will be announced at the Festival of the Arts, March 28
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A variety of aircraft, including a MiG-21 like the one pictured above, will be on display and demonstrated at Immokalee Airport feb. 6 at the Wings and Wheels event sponsored by the Eastern Collier Chamber of Commerce. Vintage cars will also be shown and dragsters will compete in races Feb. 5, 6 and 7.
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The Queen Mary Pub was overflowing Thursday night for the first Theology on Tap session of the new semester. Above, speaker Douglas Bushman, director of the Ave Maria University Institute of Pastoral Theology, performs a demonstration during his talk. The next Theology on Tap is Thursday, Feb. 4.
 Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will be the commencement speaker for the Ave Maria School of Law's first graduation ceremonies in Florida, the law school announced. The commencement will be May 15 in the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts.
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The AMU women beat Warner University 77-63 Saturday in their first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Sun Conference game. The team now is 5-6 overall.
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The Kelly family from Emerson Park (above) won a golf cart from Golf and Electric Vehicles in a raffle to raise money for the Ave Maria Hometown Band. Money will help the band's activities in 2010.
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Nathan Sadasivan (above), a junior at Ave Maria University, has written an epic trilogy set during the Crusades. The first volume, Crown of the World -- Knight of the Temple, was published in the summer of 2009.
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AMU President Nick Healy (above) was one of a half-dozen Ave Maria residents and friends who enjoyed a successful fishing trip recently. (photo: Tony Schweikle)
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The long-awaited project to widen Oil Well Rd. got the green light Tuesday from the Collier County Board of Commissioners. Construction will likely start by February.
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The traditional seasonal concert featured the Ave Maria Choirs and a 12-piece chamber orchestra. Above, Dr. Timothy McDonnell directing.
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The publisher of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College says it is "relieved and grateful" that Mr. Golisano has publicly stated his opposition to legalized abortion in a letter to Ave Maria University. Mr. Golisano has donated $4 million to AMU for construction of an athletic building that will be named in his honor.
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Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, who led the diocese in which Fatima is located from 1993-2006, will be spending most of the week in Ave Maria. He will celebrate Mass daily Monday-Thursday and also address the Naples Founders Club Tuesday night.
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 Santa was dressed for the unseasonably cool weather Friday night at the Ave Maria Celebration of Lights in the town center. Hundreds turned out anyway despite the rain and chilly temperatures. (photos by Casey Truelove, AMU)
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 Ave Maria University has announced the donation in memory of Paul Henkels. The university's academic building will be named in Mr. Henkels' honor.
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Ave Maria University has issued a statement disputing characterizations of the philanthropist who recently donated $4 million for an athletic facility as "pro-choice." AMU says that the Cardinal Newman Society, which issued its own statement on the donation Tuesday, appropriately questioned the university's acceptance of the gift but "is mistaken" about Mr. Golisano's public record on life issues.
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The organization that publishes The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College says it is clear "Ave Maria University is fully committed to a genuine Catholic identity." But the statement says naming an athletic building after a person whose views on abortion are not completely clear is "of concern regardless of statements from Mr. Golisano."
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Town residents who responded to the Ave Herald's request for comment were overwhelmingly critical of recent coverage by the local TV station. The reports were "obviously biased and edited to present a negative viewpoint," was a typical comment.
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Laura Mastandrea (right) has been selected to participate in the next round of the trials. She competed in first round in October and although not initially chosen for the next round, received word recently that she was selected.
