Nichols College’s student Criminal Justice Club will host its 3rd annual K-9 fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Daniels Auditorium, on Center Road in Dudley, Mass. The students raise money for the memorial located at the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services – Stow Campus, which is dedicated to the State […]
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Let’s Get Spooky: Paranormal New England Takes on Nichols College
By HOPE RUDZINSKI ‘20 Are ghosts real or not? Nichols College History Professor Emily Thomas and Psychology Professor Thomas Davis co-teach a “History of Ghosts” course this semester that focuses on the history of spirts and the psychology behind it. They invited a team of ghost hunters from Paranormal New England to campus Oct. 25, 2018, to share their stories of the […]
Nichols Students to Launch #GivingTuesday Social Media Campaign, #NC22Challenge to Support Veterans with PTSD
By LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE DUDLEY, Mass.—As Veterans Day approaches, Nichols College marketing and leadership students are launching a social media campaign for #GivingTuesday that will create awareness of and raise money for The Warrior Connection (TWC), a non-profit organization in Vermont that helps military veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). On Nov. 1, students […]
Nichols College Counterterrorism Professor, National Guard Commander During Boston Marathon Bombing Response, Shares Statement on Pipe Bomb Discoveries
Updated: Oct. 26, 2018 By BRIGADIER GENERAL (ret.) PAUL GREGORY SMITH Although the motivation behind the recent distribution of numerous pipe bombs won’t be certain until the perpetrators are apprehended, it is likely that this is an act of violent extremism. The FBI defines violent extremism as, “encouraging, condoning, justifying, or supporting the commission […]
Advising Day, Majors Fair Help Nichols Students Find a Path Toward Their Future
By HOPE RUDZINSKI Nichols College cares about their students and is always finding ways to improve their experience, social and education wise. For first-year students, starting college can be a stressful time in their lives, but Nichols makes sure students are comfortable every step of the way. Choosing a major is also an important step […]
Nichols Students Help High Schoolers, Peers Register to Vote in Mid-term Election
By LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE DUDLEY, Mass.—Nichols College political science, business, and leadership students helped approximately 120 high school and college students register to vote last week, ahead of the Oct. 17 registration deadline to vote in the Nov. 6 mid-term election. Nichols professors Erika Cornelius Smith, Ph.D. (political science chair) and Libba Moore, Ph.D., (human […]
Nichols Math Professor Dissects Probability of Winning Mega Millions Jackpot
Are you vying for a piece of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions pie — or, preferably, all of it? Well, Heard on The Hill, asked Nichols College Associate Professor of Mathematics Mark Naigles what he thinks the chances are of someone winning the largest jackpot in Mega Millions history. The numbers will be drawn at […]
Nichols Students Map College’s Emergency Telephone Locations
Nichols College Environmental Science Professor Prajwal Panday‘s students used an app called Epicollect5 to collect data on Nichols land use and land cover. For this exercise, they focused on mapping the locations of all blue emergency telephones around campus. “A map of this sort would be helpful for the Nichols College Public Safety Office as […]
State Treasurer Deb Goldberg to Appear at Nichols Oct. 29
Nichols Graduate Students Enrolled in Six-week Business Program in the Netherlands
Nichols College Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) students are in Maastricht, the Netherlands, for six weeks, enrolled in three classes at The Maastricht School of Management (MSM). They will also visit the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and The Hague, in the Netherlands, where the United Nations International Court of Justice and the International Criminal […]