Nazareth’s InterProfessional Animal-Assisted Wellness Collaborative, or IPAW, and IPAW Club are collaborating with the Monroe Region Guiding Eyes for the Blind group to bring training classes to campus. Guiding Eyes provides guide dogs to individuals with vision loss. The group holds once a month meetings, typically the first Tuesday evening of the month in the Shults Center Forum. Puppy raisers and dogs from all levels are welcome and campus students are encouraged to participate.
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What does best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D., wish she knew as a college student?
“What I didn’t know then was that my voice mattered — that I could change anything,” she said at a session for Nazareth students on March 7, 2023, before giving a public talk on campus.
Read the ArticleNazareth's Institute for Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Society, or ITAS, has hired Jeffrey Allan as its new director. The AI technology expert is poised to usher Nazareth to be a leader at the forefront of ethics and artificial intelligence. He has two decades of experience from Fortune 500 companies to Silicon Valley startups and is also a psychologist who knows an ethical lens is crucially needed in the fast-paced world of business leaders, policy makers, and other professionals.
Read the ArticleOn the heels of winning a MacArthur Fellow grant — the so-called genius grant — author Robin Wall Kimmerer is speaking at Nazareth at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Nazareth Arts Center’s Callahan Theater. The event is free, and no tickets are required. The theater seats nearly 1,000 people, and doors open at 4:30 p.m. ASL interpretation provided.
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Anne McCaffrey ’89, a civic leader and changemaker in western New York health care, will be Nazareth’s Commencement speaker on May 12 and 13, 2023. Nazareth will honor this accomplished alumna and board of trustees member with a doctor of humane letters at Commencement.
Read the ArticleA new Flower City Down Syndrome Network Scholarship at Nazareth will help prepare more teachers and other professionals dedicated to helping children with Down Syndrome. The Flower City Down Syndrome Network is giving Nazareth $25,000 for an endowed scholarship.
Read the ArticleNazareth’s Theatre and Dance Department presents Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties, written by Jen Silverman and directed by Cara Hinh. This comedic, absurd, stylized, queer-centric play takes the stage in the Nazareth Arts Center’s Callahan Theater on Thursday, February 16; Friday, February 17; and Saturday, February 18, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 each, and $10 each for senior citizens. Buy tickets: Nazareth Arts Center Box Office. An opening night reception is in the lobby of Callahan Theater from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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The Battle of the Beaks rivalry and charitable effort returns to Nazareth as the Golden Flyers men’s and women’s basketball teams take on St. John Fisher on Saturday, February 11. The women play in Kidera gym at 5 p.m., and the men play at 7 p.m. A big part of the Battle of the Beaks each year is the fundraising efforts that are coordinated by Nazareth students.
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Three Nazareth College students studying for a career in the medical field believe learning firsthand about different cultures will help them better understand future patients. They are getting study abroad experience through prestigious 2023 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.
Nazareth has named Justin Shaw as the new director of communications.
Read the ArticleHigh-need school districts have more students and families battling mental health issues due to the pandemic. Nazareth graduate students in social work and art therapy will work in schools and gain experience with significant tuition and expenses support.
Read the ArticleNazareth offers prestigious Bonner Leader scholarships to incoming fall '23 students — offering minimum 50% tuition scholarships, leadership training, and paid community engagement opportunities.
Read the ArticleAcclaimed for its exquisite choreography and dramatic expression, technical brilliance, and expansive, yet nuanced humanity, the iconic Limón Dance Company returns to Nazareth in January. The company will be in residence on January 20 and 21, offering open rehearsal for Nazareth students and a master class and lecture/demonstration open to the public. The company then takes the stage at the Nazareth Arts Center's Callahan Theater on Saturday, January 21 at 7:30 p.m. as Nazareth College's Visual and Performing Arts' 2022/2023 Changemakers Series presents An Evening with the Limón Dance Company, in a program that includes choreography by company founder Jose Limón and co-founder Doris Humphrey. T.
Read the ArticleNazareth commemorates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a special program that is open to the public. Keynote speaker Simeon Banister, leader of the Rochester Area Community Foundation and the Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, will speak on the theme Roots for Change: Approaches to Social Justice Action. The MLK commemoration takes place in the Nazareth College Arts Center’s Callahan Theater.