353 Nichols Students Make Dean’s List

Monday, June 17, 2013, 1:40 PM

The Nichols Office of the Registrar has named 353 students who made the Dean’s List for the spring semester.

The Dean’s List gives recognition to those students who achieve high grades during a single semester. In order to be included in the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a minimum...

Class of 2013 Celebrates Nichols Commencement

Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:11 PM

With high fives, hugs, and repeated cheers for each other, the students in the Nichols Class of ’13 celebrated at the College’s commencement ceremony on Saturday morning, May 11th.

A total of 413—307 undergraduates and 106 graduate students—received newly-minted degrees.

First-term...

Bison Tennis Program Continues to Dominate

Monday, May 13, 2013, 5:53 PM

By Jenn Townsend ‘15

Going to the NCAA Division III post-season tennis tournament is getting to be a habit for the Nichols men’s and women’s tennis teams.

After playing in the NCAAs last spring, the Bison men followed suit on May 9th, defeating Colby Sawyer in a 5-0 shutout in the first...

International Business Students Connect With Chinese Peers

Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 5:43 PM

“Many American students don’t have much of an idea about what’s going on in China,” observes Marcus Goncalves, the chair of the Nichols International Business program. With that challenge in mind, Goncalves led a dozen seniors from his international business classes in a face-to-face...

Ceremonies Welcome New Locations for ARC, WNRC

Monday, April 22, 2013, 4:13 PM

March and April marked the dedication of new homes for two longstanding Nichols institutions. Earlier this month, a ribbon-cutting ceremony welcomed students to a brighter, more spacious Academic Resource Center (ARC), which serves as the College’s headquarters for tutoring, teaching study...

Students Spend Spring Break Rebuilding New Orleans

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 4:24 PM

For the second year in a row, a group of Nichols students journeyed to New Orleans during their spring break—the week of March 17th—to spend 12-hour days doing demolition, putting up drywall, and installing hardwood floors.

Representing the Nichols Center for Student Involvement, seniors Mike...

Alumnus Endows Scholarship for Dyslexic Students

Friday, April 05, 2013, 9:38 AM

Nichols alumnus James D. Wagner ’59 has established an endowed scholarship fund bearing his name and dedicated specifically for Nichols students with dyslexia.

In making the gift of nearly $380,000 – the largest outright scholarship gift in the College’s history – to create the fund,...

Women in Business Conference Brings 150 to Campus

Monday, April 01, 2013, 2:24 PM

Nichols hosted the third annual Empowering Women in Business conference last Thursday afternoon and evening, as the almost 150 attendees in Davis Hall heard from the first woman mayor in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Admission to the event—co-hosted by the Hometown Bank and the Center for Women and...

“Kuppy” Sponsors 14th Annual Faculty Dinner

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 1:31 PM

“It seems like whatever we ask of Kuppy, it’s a ‘Yes,’ exulted Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer, speaking from the podium at the annual Faculty Dinner on Wednesday evening, March 13th.

The dinner, a tradition since 1999, took place this year at the Inn at Woodstock Hill in...

Annual Career Fair Draws a Crowd

Monday, March 18, 2013, 2:31 PM

The Nichols Athletic Center was filled on Wednesday afternoon, February 20th, but not by the usual Nichols teams and fans who regularly support their classmates from the bleachers.

For one thing, the uniforms looked different on this day, as more than 300 Nichols seniors, juniors, and...