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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 […]
Read More about Nichols College Conference Celebrates (Virtually) 10 Years Of Empowering Women, Validation Project Founder To Keynote Anniversary EventDavid 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 […]
Read More about David J. Chapin Jr. Named To Nichols College Advisory BoardNichols 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 […]
Read More about Nichols College Receives $2 Million Gift To Boost EndowmentRadiating 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 […]
Read More about Radiating Positivity: Student Builds Brand With PurposeFlashpoint: 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 […]
Read More about Flashpoint: How An Image Sparked Personal Research For GPS StudentNichols 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 […]
Read More about Nichols College Co-hosts Free Cybersecurity Webinar, Announces New Cybersecurity Master’s CertificateFrom 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 […]
Read More about From Textbooks To TechStudent 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 […]
Read More about Student Profile: Kristina Murphy, A Continuing EducationNichols 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 […]
Read More about Nichols College Professors Discuss The Impact Of 9/11 On Education And SocietyNichols 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 […]
Read More about Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer Announces Plan For 2021 Retirement, Capping A Decade Of Visionary LeadershipThe Princeton Review Names Nichols A “Best In The Northeast” College
August 27, 2020
Nichols College is among the top colleges in the Northeast, according to The Princeton Review, the nationally known education services company. Nichols was one of 224 colleges named to the “2021 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website feature posted August 18. The Princeton Review features colleges and universities that are considered academically […]
Read More about The Princeton Review Names Nichols A “Best In The Northeast” CollegeGrant From Davis Educational Foundation To Enhance Training In The Digital Classroom At Nichols College
August 13, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced most colleges to shift from in-person to online instruction last spring, Nichols College was quick to adapt because of its experience with HyFlex, an educational model used in its graduate programs that allows students to attend class synchronously either in-person or remotely. Nichols will continue to draw […]
Read More about Grant From Davis Educational Foundation To Enhance Training In The Digital Classroom At Nichols College