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Guest speaker Col. Adam Czekanski, district commander and engineer of the Pittsburgh District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and former professor of military science at NU, addresses the ROTC cadets before their commissioning during a ceremony on May 10, 2024.

13 Cadets Commissioned During Ceremonies at Niagara University

May 9, 2024

Thirteen Niagara University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army during ceremonies held May 10, 2024, on the Niagara University campus. This was the 83rd consecutive year that members of NU’s Purple Eagle Battalion have taken the oath of office.

Paige Schleyer, Maria Brusa, Giselle Balvuena, and Abbie Dziadzio placed first in the Lumsden McCormick CPA Case Competition at Niagara University.

Niagara University Accounting Students Participate in Lumsden McCormick CPA Case Competition

May 6, 2024

Accounting students in Niagara University’s Holzschuh College of Business Administration's cost management systems course presented their case analyses to a panel of academic and seasoned business professionals during a case competition on April 23, 2024. The competition, which was sponsored by Lumsden McCormick CPA, is the first of its kind in the upstate New York region.

(Front row, l-r) Adrian Martinez; Dr. Lauren Rosch, assistant professor of chemistry; Elise Spence; and Raegan Lawton. (Back row, l-r) Zachary Holmes; Dr. Luis Sanchez, associate professor of chemistry; and Daniel E. Potoczak, instrument technician.

Chemistry Students Present at 2024 WNY American Chemical Society Symposium

April 18, 2024

Four undergraduate students from NU's Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Physics presented the results of their research work at the 2024 WNY ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium at The State University of New York at Buffalo on Saturday, April 13.

Alexandra Kiedrowski received an award for best poster in environmental biology for her research with Dr. William Edwards and Dr. Cassandra Marnocha at the annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference on April 13, 2024.

Niagara University Hosts 78th Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference

April 16, 2024

Approximately 170 students and faculty from 16 universities, including 19 students from Niagara University’s departments of biology, chemistry, and psychology, participated in the 78th annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference on April 13 at Niagara University. This marks the fifth time Niagara has hosted the forum.

Members of Niagara University's student chapter of the Club Managers Association of America, named the best among medium-sized chapters in the country.

Niagara University’s Club Management Association of America Student Chapter Named Number One

March 19, 2024

Niagara University’s student chapter of the Club Management Association of America was named Student Chapter of the Year by the association at its 2024 World Conference and Club Business Expo, held March 4-8 in Las Vegas. This is the 13th time in its 15-year history that the chapter has been recognized as the top medium-sized chapter in the country.

Dr. Dennis Nsafoah, assistant professor of economics, Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Lauren Palaoro, and Rhys Mandaville.

Niagara University Students Participate in 2023 College Fed Challenge

February 15, 2024

Four Niagara University students from the Holzschuh College of Business Administration competed against their peers from more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States in the 2023 College Fed Challenge, an annual competition hosted by the Federal Reserve System’s board of governors and the Federal Reserve Banks.

Junior environmental science majors Samantha Wrobel and Bethany Mangioni received research grants from the Rochester Academy of Science. .

Two Niagara University Environmental Science Majors Receive Research Grants

February 7, 2024

Samantha Wrobel, a junior environmental science major from Amherst, N.Y., and Bethany Mangioni, a junior environmental science major from Cheektowaga, N.Y., were two of the nine students chosen to receive research grants from the Rochester Academy of Science. The students were selected based on the scientific merit of their research and the quality of their grant proposals.

Niagara University Accounting Students Offering Free Tax Preparation Help

January 22, 2024

Accounting students from Niagara University’s Holzschuh College of Business Administration and members of its Accounting Society and Beta Alpha Psi will again provide members of the Niagara Falls community free tax preparation assistance through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which offers free tax help for low to moderate income families, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and those with limited English proficiency.

Students from Niagara Falls High School proudly display the books they wrote with Niagara University's teacher candidates during the Authorship Project, an in-depth global exploration of culture and values.

Niagara University Teacher Candidates Gain Intercultural Awareness Through Authorship Project

January 16, 2024

Niagara University College of Education teacher candidates enrolled in EDU578 and EDU579 during the fall 2023 semester participated in the Authorship Project, an in-depth global exploration of culture and values. As they learned the foundations of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, they also discovered the role multicultural literature plays in instruction and gleaned intercultural awareness, stretching literacy beyond our national borders.

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