Nazareth University

Nazareth College undergraduate students earned their bachelor's degrees at the 90th Annual Commencement ceremony that took place at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY, on May 14, 2017.

Angela Tona and Isho Abukar are recipients of Nazareth College's Center for Spirituality Award, which is given to a graduating senior who exemplifies the spiritual values of our campus community: hospitality, diversity, inclusion, respect, acceptance, and service.

Andrea Raphael was honored with the Jessica Shackelton Maclay Partners for Serving Award at the recent Nazareth College President's Civic Engagement Awards. Jessica Shackelton Maclay was a Nazareth graduate from the Social Work Department who, as an alumna, went on to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA, and was one of the founding coordinators of Partners for Serving and co-founder of Homework Help (now known as Nazareth College Connection). Tragically, Jessica passed away in 2011. The "Jessica Shackelton Maclay Partners for Serving Award" was created to honor Jessica's life and community service legacy, and is awarded to one senior.

The Partners for Learning Award is given to one senior from the Partners for Learning Program selected on the basis of exemplary commitment to the program, outstanding leadership, and contributions to the vision and excellence of Partners for Learning.

The Community Service Award recognizes students who have demonstrated a commitment to service, either to our own Nazareth College community or the greater community at large. The Award for faculty, staff, and community partner recipients are members of the Nazareth community who make outstanding efforts providing volunteer service.

Alyssa Henry named 2017 Newman Civic Fellow.

Julia Madore wins the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society Conference "Best of Conference Award."

Each year, undergraduate majors from the Nazareth College Music Department compete in the Concerto/Aria Competition for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Nazareth College Symphony Orchestra and Nazareth College Wind Symphony. The four 2017 winners were Brandon McCardle (trumpet), Hadley Strelau (mezzo soprano), Ben Reisinger (baritone), and Victoria Moore (saxophone). The winners were recognized during two recent concerts.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Nazareth College announces its Dean's List for the Fall of 2016 semester.

Students from the Nazareth College Department of Music's Opera Workshop and Symphony Orchestra are pleased to present a full production of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28 in the Callahan Theater. The students will reprise the production at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 4 at the Lyric Theatre, in a double bill with Menotti's The Telephone, featuring Rochester Lyric Opera artists.

Nazareth College recognizes its December 2016 graduates.

Nazareth College students earned the distinct honor of being three of approximately 850 American undergraduate students from 359 colleges and universities across the U.S. selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to study or intern abroad during the spring 2017 academic term.

Rachel Benedict named Empire 8 Rookie of the Week for the week ending December 11. Benedict finished with 22 points (8-for-13) en route the win over Wells. She also pulled down nine rebounds and dished out a career-high five assists.

Samantha Peebles named Empire 8 Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending December 11. Peebles scored a career-high 22 points (6-of-8), including going 4-for-5 from 3-point range, to help Nazareth to an 88-67 win over Wells on Tuesday. The four 3-pointers was also a single game high. She also had seven rebounds, five assists and one steal in the victory.

Matt Battaglia has been named Empire 8 Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending December 11. Battaglia won the 1,000-meter run and was part of the winning 4 x 400 relay at the RIT Early Season Invite on Thursday. He clocked a 2:37.95 in the 1,000 to take first. The senior teamed up with Jacob Murray, Jenoy Merchant and Nathaniel Murad to claim the top spot in 4 x 400 relay (3:35.50), over three seconds ahead of RIT.

Samantha Goble has been named Empire 8 Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending December 11. Goble won the 1,000-meter run on the women's side and helped the 4 x 400 relay finish second at the RIT Early Season Invite. She clocked an ECAC qualifying time of 3:10.53 in the 1,000 in her first-ever running of the event. The 4 x 400 relay was edged by .03 seconds by Roberts Wesleyan.

Cody Green (Men's Basketball) has been named Empire 8 Rookie of the Week for the week ending December 4. Green scored in double figures in all three games for Nazareth, going an impressive 12-for-19 (.632) from 3-point range. He started off the week with a career-high 17 points, including going 5-of-6 from 3-point land, in Nazareth's win over Alfred State. On Friday, he poured in 11 points on 3-for-5 from downtown against RIT. He closed out the week with 15 points on 4-for-8 from 3-point.

Tyler Stenglein has been awarded Empire 8 Athlete of the Week Stenglein averaged 18.7 points, 3.7 assists and eight rebounds per game in a 1-2 week for Nazareth on 19-of-35 (.543 percent) from the floor. He notched 22 points, seven rebounds and four assists in a 69-54 win over Alfred State on Tuesday. He followed that up with a 24-point game, with eight rebounds and three assists in an 87-79 loss to RIT on Friday in the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout. In the final game of the week, he poured in 10 points (5-for-10), with nine rebounds and four assis

Nazareth freshman Brian Miller has been named the ECAC West Rookie of the Week for the week ending November 13.

Nazareth freshman forward Rachel Benedict has been named the Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week, for the week ending November 20.

Several Nazareth College voice students were recognized by the Central New York-Finger Lakes Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (CNYFL-NATS) during its annual Student Audition on October 29, 2016 at Ithaca College. The awards celebrate high standards of vocal art. Students from throughout the region competed in classical and musical theatre categories.

Baritone Ben Reisinger, a student in the Nazareth College Music Department, has been named a 2016 finalist for the Voice/Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award-college/university opera division (men) of The American Prize. The American Prize is a series of national competitions in the performing arts that recognize the best recorded performances by ensembles and individuals at various levels.

Scholarships are given to students who embody the goals of the B.A. Rudolph Foundation with the intention of alleviating some of the burden of the cost of higher education. The selection criteria includes a required GPA of 3.0 or higher, exceptional leadership skills, dedication to the community, as well as being socially responsible, progressive, and driven.

Malik James of Nazareth College was selected as College Debate 2016 Delegate. He contributed to a national, student-led conversation around the key issues that resonate with younger voters.

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Twenty vocal music and musical theatre students and alumni from Nazareth College's Music and Theatre & Dance departments have been selected to sing backup at Josh Groban's upstate New York tour stops. The students were invited back by Groban's national music director after performing with Groban in Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse in October, 2015. The upstate New York tour stops are at the Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center, Monday, July 25, 7:30 p.m.; and the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Tuesday, July 26, 7:30 p.m.

The following five student vice presidents recently were selected to serve on Phi Kappa Phi's Council of Students during the 2016-2018 biennium.

Nazareth College announces its Dean's List for the Spring of 2016 semester.

Nazareth College undergraduate students earned their bachelor's degrees at the 89th Annual Commencement ceremony that took place at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY, on May 8, 2016.