Archive — 2020, June
Nazareth College’s 10th President Elizabeth Paul, Ph.D., begins July 1
Nazareth College welcomes new President Elizabeth "Beth" L. Paul, Ph.D., as she officially starts her tenure as Nazareth's 10th president on July 1.
Read the ArticleNazareth College has top undergraduate and graduate programs in Rochester in RBJ 2020 Reader Rankings
Nazareth College's undergraduate and graduate programs are earning top marks in the Rochester region in the new 2020 Reader Ranking Awards from the Rochester Business Journal and The Daily Record.
Read the ArticleNaz Giving Day surpasses its goal in support of students
The Nazareth College community showed the world it is better together while surpassing its goals on Naz Giving Day.
Read the ArticleLisa Durant-Jones named interim vice president for Community and Belonging at Nazareth College
Nazareth College has named Lisa Durant-Jones as interim vice president for Community and Belonging for the 2020-21 year, starting August 1, 2020. She is moving into the role after serving as the associate vice president for Academic Affairs and Graduate Initiatives since July 2017.
Nazareth President Braveman and incoming President Paul respond to recent incidents of racism
We watched with horror and disgust the video of a Minneapolis police officer killing George Floyd, a black man who was handcuffed and held to the ground for over eight minutes with a knee to his neck while other officers watched. This killing came in the wake of the recent killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man out for a run in Georgia. Then, while not involving a killing, there was the recent incident in Central Park where a white woman called the police because Christian Cooper, a black man who was bird watching, asked her to put her dog on a leash as required by Park rules. She called the police claiming that an African American man was threatening her. These recent incidents of intentional racism occurred against the backdrop of the structural racism that reveals itself in the disproportionate COVID-19 illness and death rates among people of color.
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