Alumni
NU Alumna Named a Power 100 Business Leader of Color
Joanne Rickard Israel, '06, general manager at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, was recognized by Buffalo Business First as one of the “Power 100 Business Leaders of Color.”
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Niagara University Celebrates Professional Accomplishments and Outstanding Service at Annual President’s Dinner
Niagara University honored seven individuals for their outstanding leadership and dedication to improving the lives of others at its 2024 President’s Dinner, Oct. 29, 2024, at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino. Proceeds from the President's Dinner benefit Niagara University's scholarship programs. This year's event raised nearly $235,000 toward student scholarship assistance.
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Focus on Area Alums: Matt Chavez, ’08
Matt Chavez, ’08, is the land bank project manager for the Niagara Orleans Regional Land Improvement Corporation, a nonprofit organization formed by an intermunicipal agreement between five foreclosing governmental units (the cities of Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, and Lockport; Niagara County; and Orleans County).
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Niagara University Professors and Alumni Publish Article in Criminal Justice Studies
Dr. Talia Harmon, chair and professor of criminology and criminal justice; Dr. David Taylor, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice; Dr. Todd Schoepflin, associate professor of sociology; and Niagara University alumni Chelsea Henning, ’18, M.S.’23, and Dr. Diana L. Falco, ’01, M.S.’02, co-authored an article in Criminal Justice Studies.
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Nursing Student Continues Family’s NU Nursing Legacy
Like many women of her generation, L. Jeanne (Burns) Argy pursued a career in nursing because she enjoyed helping people. She enrolled in Niagara University’s College of Nursing just two years after it was established. While the first graduating class numbered two—Marcia Sippel and Constance Sullivan—Jeanne’s Class of 1952 was exponentially larger at 21 students.
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NU Professor Co-authors Article with NU Alumnus in the Open Journal of Leadership
Dr. Patricia Briscoe, Niagara University in Ontario associate professor of education, and NU alumnus John Della Fortuna, M.S.Ed.’06, M.S.Ed.’21, co-authored “Elite High-Level Sports Coach and the School Leader: What Can We Learn from Them?” which was published in March 2024 in the Open Journal of Leadership.
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NU Professor Co-authors Article with NU Alumna Detailing Experience of Black Afro-Caribbean Early Career Teacher
Dr. Patricia Briscoe, Niagara University in Ontario associate professor of education, and NU alumna Jody-Ann Robinson, ’19, M.S.Ed.’22, co-authored “Surviving and Thriving: An Autoethnography of a Black Afro-Caribbean Early Career Teacher in a Northern Ontario First Nation Community,” which was published in the Journal of Teaching and Learning.
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Patrick Kenny, ’89, Wants to Preserve Life Stories for Generations to Come
Patrick Kenny, ’89, has been recording moments in people’s lives since childhood, when his father brought home a video camera one Christmas that Kenny used to videotape his brothers, Edward, '91, and Brenden, '92, playing football in the backyard of New Vernon, N.J., home.
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