{"id":3074,"date":"2007-02-05T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/02\/say-what.html"},"modified":"2007-02-05T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T11:54:00","slug":"say-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/02\/say-what.html","title":{"rendered":"Say what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bit ‘o buzz on this one – is Ave Maria School of Law considering a move to Fort Wayne?<\/a><\/p>\n

Apparently University of St. Francis <\/a>theology head Dr. Dominic Aquila (who previously worked at Ave Maria College) is in conversations to that effect. Interesting. USF (which I have a hard time referring to that way because when I think "USF," I think University of South Florida in Tampa) has made great strides over the past 6 years or so in increasing enrollment, expanding programs and raising its profile, It’s still a small, sort of catch-all school, one which I think of (rightly or wrongly) mostly in terms of nursing education, teacher training and art (they apparently have a good art department). Such a move would certainly add some much-needed energy to the local Catholic community, I’d say that….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bit ‘o buzz on this one – is Ave Maria School of Law considering a move to Fort Wayne? Apparently University of St. Francis theology head Dr. Dominic Aquila (who previously worked at Ave Maria College) is in conversations to that effect. Interesting. 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