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AMU Final Exams Under Way

Published on Saturday, 27 April 2013 14:12

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In the library, in dorms, in The Bean -- and for this young woman on the campus mall -- Ave Maria University students are in the final push at the end of the school year. Exams began Saturday and Commencement is a week later.

Livelier Summer in Store for Ave Maria

Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 21:05

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The summer will be a lot livelier in Ave Maria this year when between 450 and 650 people will be on the AMU campus for six weeks at a new staff training sesson for FOCUS – the Fellowship of Catholic University Students.

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Prof. Curtright Brings Class to Shakespeare

Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 12:48

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Dr. Travis Curtright's Shakespeare in Performance class has just finished its spring performances that played to enthusiastic sold-out audiences and "rivaled many a professional production," writes Ave Herald Editor in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen.
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Old Themes at a New School

Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 14:20

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The "ancient world" was the theme of the Donahue Academy of Ave Maria's annual historical festival Thursday, where students wore costumes representing historical figures, such as Moses (above) and historical periods.

Toweys Attend Bush Library Dedication

Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 00:29

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mtowey1 Ave Maria University President Jim Towey and his wife, Mary, were in Texas for the dedication of the Geroge W. Bush Presidential Library. Mr. Towey served in the Bush administration as Director of Faith-Based Initiatives. Above, Mr. Towey with presidential adviser Karl Rove. Left, Mrs. Towey with former Bush Chief of Staff Andy Card.