Nichols College News

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 […]

Student Profile: No Stone Unturned At Nichols

March 17, 2020

You might think that junior Rebecca John has left no stone unturned during her college career at Nichols. She’s a student in the college’s academic Honors Program, a member of the Emerging Leaders Program, a resident assistant, and a teaching assistant, all the while participating in the Windfall literary magazine, the Law Club, and the Human Resources Club, for which she serves as vice president. Along the way, John […]

Classes Move Online 3/23-4/3

March 13, 2020

As Nichols College continues to manage the rapidly changing developments associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) our primary focus must remain on the health and safety of our community members, as we support students in their academic completion of the spring semester. […]

President Addresses Coronavirus Concerns

March 11, 2020

Since the onset of the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, it has been clear that the global viral event would continue to evolve and change as the days and weeks passed. Nichols College, like most organizations today, has been tracking the progression of the virus and the myriad responses to it. We continue to receive daily updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Mass Department of Public Health […]