Nichols College News

Go Route: How A Bison Made A Big Play In Business

May 20, 2020

When Michael Pina transferred to Nichols College it was more than educational – it was transformational. Pina, who graduated from Nichols this year, is the founder of QB Velocity, a football program that helps build the skills and confidence of young players, providing them with mentorship and training. He was also starting quarterback for the […]

Student Profile: A State Trooper In The Making

May 11, 2020

Earlier this month, Desiree Rivera graduated from Nichols in only three years, an achievement built on taking college courses through a high school program offered at the University of Connecticut. The Criminal Justice major will be entering the law enforcement field with a head start at the age of 20. It also means that she […]

Nichols College Honors The Class Of 2020 At Virtual Celebration

May 7, 2020

On May 2 at 10 a.m., Nichols College hosted a live event on YouTube to celebrate the Class of 2020. Drawing more than 750 viewers – a number that has since quadrupled – the celebration, which was held on the same day and time of the expected in-person graduation, served as a symbolic conferral of degrees until it is safe for the college to reschedule the traditional […]

A Dream Reimagined: How COVID-19 Inspired A New Path

May 7, 2020

This summer, Nick Anderson ‘21 is taking on the COVID-19 pandemic. Anderson is working with Boston-based nonprofit The Ventilator Project to provide more affordable ventilators for medical facilities around the world. Anderson is helping to recruit interns and providing social media management for the new start-up. “I’m meeting some of the most amazing people I’ve […]

Mental Health Is A Priority At Nichols, Even During COVID-19 Crisis

April 28, 2020

Our counselors are available even though we aren’t on campus. When asked to describe Nichols College in one-word, students often say “community” or even “home.” Being away from their campus home during the Covid-19 pandemic has changed how students interact with their community. It has also challenged administrators to find innovative ways to keep students […]

Nichols College To Advance Homeland Security Training For National Guard Members

April 23, 2020

Nichols College is now participating in the National Guard Bureau’s Homeland Security Institute (HSI) University Program, which assists service members in obtaining a master’s degree in counterterrorism at a more expedient and affordable pace. The HSI University Program (UP) enables service members who complete the program of study, which includes the primary military […]

A Quiet Campus Hums Along

April 17, 2020

Nichols College Trees are budding out and flowers are blooming at our college, but no students are here to take in the show. Our bronze mascot Thunder the Bison stands tall at his lonely post in the center of campus as a tear seems to well up in his eye. A […]

Trustee Offers Deposit Match To Nichols College Admitted Students

April 6, 2020

In its commitment to keeping education more affordable, especially through this uncertain and disruptive time of the coronavirus outbreak, Nichols College has launched a Deposit Match Program for all students admitted to the college for the fall 2020 semester. Admitted students who submit their $500 non-refundable tuition deposit by May 1, 2020, […]

President’s Coronavirus Update

March 22, 2020

These past few weeks have certainly been unprecedented and challenging – around the world and on The Hill. All community members are experiencing incredible disruption in their lives. And we all feel for our students whose semester has been disrupted in such a profound way. Faculty and staff are working incredibly hard to deliver synchronous classes to ensure that we continue […]

Student Turns Work Connection Into Royal Internship

March 18, 2020

When connections, opportunity and preparation meet, exciting things can happen. Just ask Devon Callahan, a senior management major at Nichols College, who landed the internship of a lifetime at Kilkea Castle in Ireland. “I never thought I would ever get a job working for a castle in Ireland, especially not at 22 years old,” she said.  It […]

Nichols College Postpones May Commencement Exercises

March 18, 2020

Nichols College has announced it will postpone its annual Commencement exercises on May 2, in accordance with government mandates aimed at containing the transmission of COVID-19. Nichols President Susan West Engelkemeyer, Ph.D., informed the graduating class in a March 17 email, saying, “Per CDC and state guidelines, it is with a heavy heart […]

Residence Halls Closed Through April 3rd, 2020

March 17, 2020

Thank you, first and foremost for your truly incredible patience and positive attitudes as we maneuver along these new paths together. To say that the situation is “rapidly-changing” has, after only one week, become rather cliché. Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is that we have little choice but to react to the changing directives and the changing conditions. With that said, over the […]