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Nazareth College Introduces New SPARK Grant to Fund Early Career Experiences
Nazareth College is making a bold investment in its students with its new SPARK grant (Students Pursuing Academic and Real-world Knowledge). The pilot program, launching in January 2018, provides a $1,500 college-sponsored grant for eligible students t...
Aug 8, 2017, 5:00am EDT

Nazareth's Best Buddies Program Named Outstanding Chapter at International Leadership Conference
Best Buddies International has recognized Nazareth College as an Outstanding Chapter for New York State for 2016-17, a big success to finish out the Naz Best Buddies program's inaugural year. "Best Buddies gratefully recognizes the incredible impact...
Aug 3, 2017, 2:23pm EDT

NAZARETH COLLEGE NAMED TO THE PRINCETON REVIEW'S "BEST 382 COLLEGES" - 2018 EDITION
Nazareth College is proud to be on the list for another year as one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features Nazareth in the new 2018 edition of its annua...
Jul 31, 2017, 2:45pm EDT

Nazareth College Hosts International Conference Looking at Women and Gender in Religions, July 30-August 1
WHAT: Nazareth College is hosting Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Women and Gender in Religions from Sunday, July 30 - Tuesday, August 1. This international symposium will elaborate on how religions have viewed and interpreted their sacred texts throu...
Jul 27, 2017, 4:04pm EDT

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Nazareth College student/faculty teaching dance to RCSD students via district's Expanded Learning Time program
WHAT: Heather Roffe, assistant professor of dance and director of Nazareth College's dance program, is providing dance instruction to students at Abraham Lincoln School No. 22 through the Rochester City School District's (RCSD) Expanded Learning Time ...
May 24, 2017, 12:35pm EDT

Nazareth College Hosts Global Citizenship Conference, May 24
More than 675 high school students from 26 schools around the region are set to gain a greater understanding of the issues of religion and culture that occur in their communities and around the world when they attend the 7th Annual Global Citizenship C...
May 19, 2017, 2:56pm EDT

Nazareth College Holds 90th Commencement, Sunday, May 14
Nazareth will celebrate its 90th annual Commencement ceremony at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., on Sunday, May 14 with an address from Colleen Arnold, retired senior vice president at IBM. Arnold, a 1979 alumna from Nazareth, will deliver the add...
May 9, 2017, 3:03pm EDT

Corrected: Rochester Teen Book Festival Hits 12th Anniversary!
Nazareth College is proud to present this year's Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival (TBF) now in its eleventh year. The event brings about 2,500 teens and adults, with all kinds of literary tastes, together to meet their favorite authors, as well as ...
May 1, 2017, 11:34am EDT

NAZARETH ANNOUNCES NEW JEWISH-MUSLIM PRAYER SPACE
Nazareth College has announced plans for a new prayer space on campus specifically for those of the Jewish and Muslim faiths. The dedication will take place on Monday, May 1 at 11:00 a.m. in Linehan Chapel. All members of the Nazareth Community are wel...
Apr 28, 2017, 11:15am EDT

NAZARETH HONORS NYDIA PADILLA-RODRIGUEZ AS 2017 WOERNER KOLLMORGEN AWARD RECIPIENT THURSDAY APRIL 27
WHAT: Nazareth College is pleased to honor Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez as the recipient of the 2017 Woerner Kollmorgen Award for Community Service. The award, now in its 10th year, recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the...
Apr 27, 2017, 8:00am EDT