Nichols College News

Keeping The Herd Safe

December 16, 2020

Nichols College has been generating buzz for the way we kept the campus safe and thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic. After reaching the end of the semester as planned, news sites including the Worcester Business Journal and Spectrum 1 News have reported on the success of Nichols College and our rigorous testing and safety measures […]

All Aboard The December Application Express

December 7, 2020

This year has been stressful for everyone, so Nichols College is making it easier with a quicker and simpler application called the December Application Express. Students who apply in December are eligible to complete a trimmed-down application process and a $1,000 bonus grant. “The December Application Express came from connecting with many students and high schools in […]

Nichols College Conference Celebrates (Virtually) 10 Years Of Empowering Women, Validation Project Founder To Keynote Anniversary Event

November 24, 2020

The 2020 Empowering Women in Business Conference (EWIB), postponed from its original date of April 3, 2020, has been rescheduled to Thursday, December 10, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Zoom, with its originally scheduled keynote speaker, Valerie Weisler, the founding CEO of the Validation Project. The cost is $20 per person; $10 […]

David J. Chapin Jr. Named To Nichols College Advisory Board

November 12, 2020

David J. Chapin Jr., of Cambridge, Mass., has been appointed to the Nichols College Board of Advisors. Chapin is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. In his role, he provides personalized financial strategies to help clients maintain and grow their wealth. Services of expertise include 401(k) rollovers, wealth planning, alternative investments and retirement […]

Nichols College Receives $2 Million Gift To Boost Endowment

November 11, 2020

Nichols College received a $2 million contribution toward its endowment from a global financial services leader who wishes to remain anonymous. Funds generated from the gift will be designated to a scholarship for local students and a variety of academic initiatives. “We are so grateful to the donor for this display of […]

Radiating Positivity: Student Builds Brand With Purpose

November 5, 2020

Olivia Marcantonio, a senior at Nichols College, comes from a long line of entrepreneurs. This summer Marcantonio was inspired to take the leap and follow in her family’s footsteps by starting her own business with partner Kate Silvestri, a sophomore at Boston University. Marcantonio shares that, like many great businesses before them, it all started […]

Flashpoint: How An Image Sparked Personal Research For GPS Student

October 21, 2020

An image can spark many emotions in people. Happiness, sadness, remembrance. For Jennifer Delgado, one image sparked her interest to research the recruitment of children into terrorist organizations. The topic initially intrigued Delgado when her class discussed an image used by ISIS of a little girl holding a gun. The girl looked to be the […]

Nichols College Co-hosts Free Cybersecurity Webinar, Announces New Cybersecurity Master’s Certificate

October 15, 2020

Nichols College Graduate Studies and Cybereason are teaming up to present The Management/Cybersecurity Divide: The Gap Between Leadership and IT is Creating Risk on October 21, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. This free webinar will address one of the biggest threats in network security – managing the “silo mentality” between management and security […]

From Textbooks To Tech

October 5, 2020

Carrie Grimshaw sees Conant Library as more than just a library. She sees it as a center for technology and innovation on campus. And Grimshaw is going to bring that to Conant in her new role as Digital Access Instructional Services Librarian at Nichols. “I love libraries. I love everything they stand for, like learning […]

Student Profile: Kristina Murphy, A Continuing Education

September 21, 2020

Nichols senior Kristina Murphy, from North Attleboro, Massachusetts, recalls her college search during senior year in high school. “I wanted to go to a smaller school and didn’t want to go too far. On the campus tour, I really liked how they had small class sizes and I realized that this was the place for […]

Nichols College Professors Discuss The Impact Of 9/11 On Education And Society

September 10, 2020

Where were you on 9/11? We talked with professors who are experts in the field of counterterrorism studies about the impact that fateful day has had on education and society. “In the first couple years, teaching about 9/11 was very raw and emotional because everyone would talk about where they were that day,” Professor Boyd […]

Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer Announces Plan For 2021 Retirement, Capping A Decade Of Visionary Leadership

September 9, 2020

Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer, Ph.D., has announced plans to retire in June, following the 2020-21 academic year. Dr. Engelkemeyer, who was appointed the seventh president of Nichols in 2011, shared the news in a September 8 memo to the college community. “These years have been the highlight of my professional […]