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2 major businesses break ground at Ave Maria
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Two major businesses, Publix and DaVita, have broken ground in the town of Ave Maria. The new Publix, one block east of the Town Center, is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2009. Full story »
Cardinal Adam Maida sits down with Daily News for Q&A session
Monday, May 12, 2008
One of 17 Catholic cardinals from the United States, Cardinal Adam Maida, the Archbishop of Detroit, is the oldest “prince of the church” still active in the country. In addition to his duties in Detroit and membership in the College of Cardinals, which is responsible for selecting the pope, Maida, 78, is the founder of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., an interfaith conference center that was a stop on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent tour of the United States. Full story »
Ave Maria graduates first class at new Collier campus
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Saturday, after the stress of years of changes, moves and temporary situations, 124 master’s, undergraduate and distance-learning Ave Maria University students received their degrees in the new town of Ave Maria’s church, known as Ave Maria Oratory. Full story »
Graduates of faith: First diplomas awarded at Ave Maria's new campus
Friday, May 9, 2008
There were doubts. How could there not be? When Joreen Belocura moved from El Paso, Texas to Southwest Florida four years ago to attend Ave Maria University she was alone at a school that was unaccredited, at a campus that was temporary and in a student body that was 100 students smaller than her high school. Full story »
Basketball: Fullilove officially becomes Ave Maria's first women's recruit
Friday, May 9, 2008
Bob Batson is no longer a coach without players. Carey Fullilove is no longer a player without a team.
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Questions abound for Ave Maria freshman
Friday, May 9, 2008
It was the day after classes ended for the year at Ave Maria University and the sounds of coffee grinding and babies crying greeted freshman Jackie Mitzel when she entered the town’s eatery, The Bean. Mitzel came with four sisters from her household, or spiritual sorority, called Daughters of the Little Way. Six of the household’s members live on the same floor as Mitzel in the school’s Siena dorm. The floor is base for the school’s women’s discernment program, reaching out to students who are considering Catholic religious life as a nun. Full story »
Ave Maria’s enrollment no longer in ‘crisis’ mode
Thursday, May 8, 2008
All around Ave Maria University’s campus, Michael Williams, the director of admissions, carries with him a leather portfolio that has the information everyone wants to see. Full story »
Ave Maria sees enrollment jump
Thursday, May 8, 2008
The new kid on the block is getting much larger. Ave Maria University expects to increase its undergraduate enrollment by as much as 60 percent next year. Full story »
Basketball: Ave Maria's Batson to sign former South player as first recruit
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
When Bob Batson was named Ave Maria University women’s basketball coach in March, he said he would look at local players to help fill the team’s first roster.
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YMCA camps offered in Ave Maria
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Greater Naples YMCA Branch will be offering youth programs in Ave Maria this summer, including half-day specialty camps and a youth basketball league. Full story »
Men's Basketball: New Yorker becomes Ave Maria's first recruit
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Joe Nuss’ phone was dead while his future was very much alive.
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CEO of 24-hour Catholic television station to deliver commencement speech at Ave Maria
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The commencement speaker for Ave Maria University's graduation will be Deacon R. William Steltemeier, the chairman and CEO of Eternal Word Television Network, Inc., the 24-hour Catholic television station. Full story »
Ave Maria to announce signing of first student-athlete Wednesday
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A New York high school basketball player will become Ave Maria University's first signed athlete in a ceremony at the Collier County college Wednesday.
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Ave Maria law school coming to S.W. Florida, just not to the college’s campus
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Ave Maria School of Law’s move to Southwest Florida continues to barrel forward, despite a major announcement Thursday regarding the school’s new location when it opens in summer 2009. Full story »
Ave Maria joins NAIA for 2008-2009 season
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Ave Maria University will begin competing in intercollegiate atheltics next year. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) accepted the Collier County school into its organization during its annual national convention in Louisville, Ky this week. Full story »
The Naples Daily News asked readers to help us build an interactive map of Mother's Day greetings from around Southwest Florida and you responded! The majority of our responses were from Collier County, but we received Mother's Day messages from all over the United States, including Louisiana, Arizona, Tennessee, Ohio, New Jersey, Georgia and Missouri, as well as locations on Florida's East Coast. Find your message on our interactive map of Mother's Day Greetings
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