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Niagara University emergency management master trainer Vicky Davidson (center), with Red Cross personnel from the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island. Davidson presented the training to an audience of 100 people across many disciplines.

Niagara University Brings Emergency Management Training to Mariana Islands

May 6, 2024

Emergency management master trainer Vicky Davidson traveled to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Island in April to deliver Niagara University’s nationally acclaimed training at the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the Northern Marianas College, one of the 67 UCEDDs across the United States and its territories.

Niagara University Hosts Special Olympics Regional Basketball Tournament

April 27, 2024

More than 200 Special Olympians and their families came to Niagara University’s Kiernan Recreation Center on April 27 to participate in the Special Olympics New York’s Western Regional Basketball Tournament. The event began with an opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m. and concluded with team and skills awards.

NU's president, the Rev. James J. Maher, Dr. Dennis Garland, Mike Paglicci '16 (Special Olympics), Stan Wojton (NFCSD), Cassie Slaiman '06 & Nicole Granto '03 (NF High School) and Eric Maher (People, Inc.) are joined by coaches and athletes for today's announcement.

Niagara University Set to Host 2024 Special Olympics Regional Basketball Tournament

April 25, 2024

Niagara University’s Kiernan Recreation Center will welcome more than 200 Special Olympians and their families on April 27 as the host of the Special Olympics New York’s Western Regional Basketball Tournament. The event begins with an opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m. and concludes with team and skills awards.

Niagara University students Lore Porter and Angel Parker were among the presenters at the Ostapenko Center’s seventh annual Youth Action Conference. Photo courtesy of Eric Yarwood, Education Collaborative of WNY.

Niagara University Ostapenko Center Sponsors Youth Action Conference

April 24, 2024

Three hundred students in grades 6-12 from 17 private and public schools across New York state learned more about leadership and becoming change agents at a Youth Action Conference on April 23 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center. The event, now in its seventh year, is sponsored by the Niagara University Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity and Mission.

Senior history major MaryGrace Mancini leads the audience in a chant in preparation for a campus march at the conclusion of Niagara University's seventh Take Back the Night event. Mancini received the Nicholas Albano Student Advocacy Award at the event.

Niagara University’s Annual Take Back the Night Focuses on Resilience

April 19, 2024

The strength of survivors of sexual assault was the focus of Niagara University’s annual “Take Back the Night” event on April 18, 2024. Hundreds of Niagara University students, faculty, and staff were joined by members of the community at the event, now in its seventh year, which aims to end gender-based violence in all forms, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Castellani Art Museum’s Kids ‘n Arts Summer Camp Celebrates 20 Years of Fostering Creativity and Wellness

April 18, 2024

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Castellani Art Museum (CAM) Kids 'n Arts Summer Camp. For two decades, this distinctive camp has been a beacon of creativity and health education. As of last year, a new collaboration with the College of Nursing has further enriched this integration of artistic creativity with physical and mental health education, a partnership we are excited to continue.

Niagara University Accounting Students To Participate in Case Competition

April 17, 2024

Students in Niagara University’s Holzschuh College of Business Administration's cost management systems course will present their case analyses to a panel of academic and seasoned business professionals during a case competition on April 23 from 1-4 p.m. in the atrium of Bisgrove Hall on the NU campus. The competition, which is sponsored by Lumsden McCormick CPA, is the first of its kind in the upstate New York region.

Noted Philosopher Discusses Pros and Cons of Living Forever

April 16, 2024

Dr. John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California Riverside, presented “The ‘Forever Wars’: Should You Choose to Live Forever?” on Monday, April 15, 2024, at Niagara University. The presentation was the fourth in a series of discussions hosted by the university’s Ostapenko Center for Ethics in Medicine and Healthcare this spring.

Melissa Timko, '94, as "Margaret" at All Saints Lunatic Asylum in High Desert, Calif.

Melissa Timko’s Frightening Pastime

April 15, 2024

By day, Melissa Timko, '94, is a third grade teacher at Village Elementary, a STEAM school in Victorville, Calif. But by night, she becomes Margaret, a pre-adolescent orphan who runs up and down the hallways of an award-winning professional haunted house attraction in nearby High Desert.

Assistant professor Dr. Elizabeth Falzone, NU trustee Denise Góñez-Santos, and TESOL program teacher candidates Amanda Ackley and Nick Endres.

College of Education Faculty and Students Present at Association for Bilingual Education Conference

April 15, 2024

Faculty and students from Niagara University’s College of Education were featured presenters at the annual conference of the New York State Association for Bilingual Education, April 3-6, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y.

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