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Barth, Brumfield Among 55 North American Tourism Cares Scholarship Recipients
Niagara University students Nicholas Barth and Christine Brumfield have been awarded academic scholarships from Tourism Cares, the tourism industry’s premier charitable organization for preservation, conservation, restoration and education. Barth, a senior from Corfu, is a hotel and restaurant management major, while Brumfield is a Rochester native entering her final year in the... Read on →
Memorial Day Disc Golf Tourney Benefits Kirtchen Scholarship, Student Vets Organization
It was last fall that Karl Hinterberger conceived the idea of a Memorial Day disc golf tournament to raise funds for Niagara University’s Sergeant Major Fred E. Kirtchen Memorial Scholarship Fund, as well as the institution’s Student Veterans Organization. With the NUSVO’s endorsement, Hinterberger got right to work, contacting Innova... Read on →
NU Begins New Program in Developmental Disabilities
Seventeen agencies serving individuals with disabilities participated in a reception Wednesday evening to announce a new bachelor’s degree program in developmental disabilities that will be offered by Niagara University’s College of Education. This new bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree program was developed in partnership with many community-based agencies that serve... Read on →
Niagara University Celebrates Commencement 2013
Niagara’s commencement exercises began on Thursday, May 9, with the graduate students. Keynote speaker Kenneth D. Taylor, the former Canadian ambassador to Iran who helped orchestrate the escape of six Americans from captivity during the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, received an honorary degree, along with William Lishman, an... Read on →
MBA Team Achieves Global Top 100 Performance in Business Strategy Game
Niagara University MBA students Ajmeet Bazaz, Alexandria Gordon, Tania Lintermanns, Lei Nie and Isabelle Weihermann achieved the Global Top 100 performance on Return on Average Equity during the week of April 29-May 5, 2013. The team - ”IShoeting” – recorded a return on average equity of 108.5 percent, the best of the... Read on →
Army ROTC Program Commissions 23 Officers
Twenty-three Niagara University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during a ceremony held May 10, 2013, in NU’s Gallagher Center. It marked the 72nd consecutive year that members of NU’s Purple Eagle Battalion have taken the oath of office. Upon completion of... Read on →
Economics Students Inducted into Beta Epsilon Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon
Seniors Steve Boyle, John Osberg, Jillian Reeser and Leo Schultz that were recently inducted into Niagara University’s Beta Epsilon Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society in economics. NU’s chapter was established in 1986 by Dr. Philip Scherer, professor emeritus. The main objectives of Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE)... Read on →
NU Holding Community ‘Garage Sale’ May 17-18
It’s no secret that students sometimes leave usable items in their wake as the hustle to summer vacation begins. A Niagara University committee is coordinating an effort to put those items to good use. Residence hall furniture will be among the many items for sale this... Read on →
Students Attend Global Asset Management Forum
This spring, Ed Hutton, assistant professor of finance and director of NU’s Financial Services Lab, accompanied several students – Kara Borowiak, Marco Bubic, John Duffy, Brandon Gallegos, Rebecca Immer, Debra Ishman and Ling Zhou – to the Quinnipiac Global Asset Management Education (G.A.M.E.) III Forum as members of the... Read on →
Twelve Students Inducted Into International Hospitality & Tourism Honor Society
A dozen Niagara University students were inducted into Eta Sigma Delta, the international hospitality and tourism management honor society, during a ceremony held April 29 in St. Vincent’s Hall. Eta Sigma Delta is open to hospitality, tourism and sport management students who have completed at least 50 percent of the... Read on →
