Nazareth will celebrate its new name as Nazareth University in early June with an unveiling of its new identity and the official start of its centennial. 

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Dramatic demographic shifts, along with changes to how and where students want to learn, are leading to a substantial transformation of recruitment and instruction strategies at higher education institutions.

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Nazareth College of Rochester has joined a number of local colleges and universities in requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, staff and faculty for the fall 2021 semester. In a statement Friday, Nazareth officials said the college is “committed to ...

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Normally, April would be the month when high school seniors are making last-minute visits to Rochester-area colleges, trying to decide which school that accepted them they will attend in the fall. Juniors might use their April break to start their ...

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State University of New York colleges and the University of Rochester will close down most in-person classes and teach the rest of the semester online in an effort to reduce the possibility of spreading the COVID-19 virus, it was announced ...

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Nazareth College has curtailed two study abroad programs as precautions in light of the global outbreaks of the coronavirus. President Daan Braveman issued a statement on Wednesday saying Nazareth would call home its students now studying in Italy, where the ...

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When Elizabeth L. Paul talks about Nazareth College, it’s clear that the future Nazareth president has done her homework. She says she’s fascinated by its founding by nuns as a school for women, and its evolution to a non-denominational, co-educational ...

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Nazareth College has announced its next president will be Elizabeth L. Paul, currently president of Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Paul has worked at Capital since 2016. Previously she was chief academic officer at Stetson University in Central Florida. Paul, ...

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Nazareth College on Monday will announce the successor to President Daan Braveman, who plans to step down after 15 years as president. The college has led a quiet presidential search, inviting finalists to the campus without alerting the public. The ...

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After more than a year of protests and negotiations, adjunct faculty members at Nazareth College have ratified their first union contact with the college administration. While the union would not provide an exact vote, representatives of Service Employees International Union ...

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The scaffolding has only been gone for a year from the Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center at Nazareth College. It turns out that the new building itself has been a scaffold: It was part of a long-term plan ...

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Just in time for back-to-college, a new book says higher education has a dirty little secret: dropout rates. David Kirp, author of “The College Dropout Scandal,” says it’s shameful that 40 percent of college students seeking a bachelor’s degree never ...

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Nazareth College has won a $50,000 grant from the Florence M. Muller Foundation to provide developmental screenings for young children in the coming school year. The screenings of 3-year-olds are being done at in partnership with the Children’s Institute GROW-Rochester ...

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On July 1, three women will create history in the Rochester area as each one officially becomes the first woman to preside over her respective college or university.

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Daan Braveman, the president of Nazareth College since 2005, has announced he will retire in June 2020. When he steps down, he will be Nazareth’s longest-serving president. “This was an extraordinarily difficult decision for me as I have tremendous love ...

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