Nazareth College is changing the name of its business school to the School of Business and Leadership, trying to capture a focus on leadership in the face of change. “Disruption and change are the only certainties in the future of ...

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A gift from the William and Sheila Konar Foundation will create a new center at Nazareth College focusing on tolerance and Jewish Studies. The grant of the $500,000 will create the Konar Center for Tolerance and Jewish Studies, adding to ...

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A new partnership Nazareth College has with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine allows students to apply to both schools as they’re leaving high school and be able to attend medical or dental school without further ado after finishing at ...

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A philosophy professor from Syracuse University will deliver a talk on “The Other America” at Nazareth College for its annual commemoration of Martin Luther King Day. The talk by Laurence Thomas is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. ...

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Nazareth College has named Meaghan Arena its new vice president for enrollment and student experience, starting in February. Arena most recently worked as a vice president for enrollment at SUNY Geneseo. In her 16 years of experience in higher education ...

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Surely one of the math scholars at the University of Rochester or at Rochester Institute of Technology could figure out the odds of both local universities tying for 50th on US News & World Report’s list for national universities recommended by ...

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Paul J. Burgett, a music scholar, vice president and dean at the University of Rochester, as well as a warm and welcoming presence at the university for more than 50 years, has died. A UR statement issued late Thursday afternoon ...

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As local colleges threw open their doors to new and returning students this week, Nazareth College was doing the same, while planning for something else special: the grand opening of the Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center Sept. 22. ...

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Four local colleges are receiving a total of $6.6 million in grants from the state Higher Education Capital Match Program, known as HECap, which provides matching grants that pay up to one-fourth of the cost of a project. Leading the ...

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Nazareth College has a new dean of its school of management: Kenneth Rhee, who most recently worked at the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, as associate dean of that school’s college of business administration and a professor of management. Rhee began work ...

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Adjunct faculty members at Nazareth College have joined a union. The union, Service Employees International Union, Local 200United, announced on Tuesday that a 3-to-1 majority of adjunct faculty had voted in favor of joining. The college has 370 adjunct faculty ...

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A Nazareth College alumna and her husband are giving the college $1 million to help increase access to higher education for urban, minority students. The gift from Mary Beth and Hiry West goes toward an endowed scholarship for the college’s ...

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Adjunct faculty at Nazareth College today filed a notice with the National Labor Relations Board that they intend to have an election to consider joining a union to represent them. A demonstration of approximately 30 people, including adjunct faculty, full-time ...

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The City of Rochester and five other employers are pledging to boost electric vehicle recharging stations, hoping to enlarge the infrastructure supporting the growth of electric vehicles in the state. The employers, which also include Dixon Schwabl, Larsen Engineers, Nazareth ...

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Two local colleges have announced their commencement speakers for the spring—one a star and another who has helped NASA shoot for the stars. Actor Michael Park will speak at Nazareth in Pittsford, while geology scientist John Grotzinger will speak at ...

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