Milligan Named Director of Fischer Institute
On June 21st, Nichols College Vice President and Dean of Students Services, Dr. Brian McCoy, named Blanche Milligan of Amherst, New Hampshire, as director of the Robert C. Fischer Policy & Cultural Institute. She replaces Len Harmon, who has accepted a position at the College as professor of Marketing.
“As I get to know the college community, I will reach out to the best speakers available in their fields to help enhance the curriculum and engage the public in what we are doing here at Nichols” says Milligan, who is already planning the Institute’s cultural program for the fall which is free of charge to the public. Milligan’s office is located in the Currier Center on Nichols Center Road campus where she has additional responsibility supervising Nichols study abroad programs.
Milligan received a bachelor’s in Art History from Moore College of Art and a master’s in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. In addition, she has completed summer graduate studies at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
Milligan’s professional career has focused on developing programs in the non-profit sector related to world culture, including art, literature, and history. Most recently, she created educational programs and served as executive director of the Northeast Cultural Coop in Amherst, New Hampshire. She has held positions as an education director for the New Hampshire Humanities Council, a seminar leader for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, a consultant to the Southeast Regional Education Services Center, and director of marketing and education for the American Stage Festival.