President’s Society Dinner Highlights Planning for the Present and Future, While Respecting the Past

The annual President’s Society Dinner was held Friday, Oct. 19, in recognition of the donors who give $1,000 or more each year to Nichols College. In fiscal year 2018, cash gifts from this group exceeded $3.8 million. More than 100 donors and guests attended. The theme of the evening was the campus and the buildings […]

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 This is Nichols: Students Visit New York City

Nichols College students experienced a beautiful, warm day in New York City Thursday, Nov. 1, with faculty, staff, and alumni. Approximately 90 students from Nichols College’s economics, criminal justice, marketing, math, and sport management programs; the Emerging Leaders Program, Communications Club, and the Institute for Women’s Leadership made the trek from Dudley to New Haven […]

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 Baking Steel Founder Speaks to Nichols Entrepreneurship Students

Entrepreneur and author Andris Lagsdin, founder of Baking Steel, spoke to Entrepreneurship and Consumer Marketing classes at Nichols College Friday, Oct. 26, about his entrepreneurial journey to create the world’s best consumer cooking surface. Nichols thanks Andris for his willingness to help our students find their passion and share advice about how to create and market […]

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 Alumni Return to Nichols for Homecoming Weekend

Beautiful weather and a Bison football win over University of New England made for a happy Homecoming 2018. Other notable happenings … Some 20 members of the Class of 1968 were installed as the newest Golden Bison and raised more than $55,000 toward their class scholarship. Kent Tarrant ’57 received the Ken Thompson Service Award […]

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 Lee Cappola ’92 Appointed to Nichols Board of Advisors

Lee Cappola ‘92 of Fiskdale, Mass., has been appointed to the Nichols College Board of Advisors. He is chief information officer for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Cappola graduated from Nichols, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, in 1992. With over 25 years of information technology leadership […]

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 Be Part of Live Studio Audience at WBZ ‘Talk the Vote’ Series, at Nichols Oct. 29

The 2018 midterm election will have a long-lasting effect on the Commonwealth and the nation. This fall there are many important races to watch in Massachusetts such as the Governor’s race, U.S. Senate race, and the congressional district races. We will be discussing all the issues from ballot questions to the gubernatorial race to keep […]

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 Jillian Coyle Appointed to Nichols Board of Advisors

Jillian Coyle ’09 G’16 of Pepperrell, Mass., has been appointed to the Nichols College Board of Advisors. She is a senior manager of corporate compliance and contracts at American Well, a Boston-based technology company that improves access to quality healthcare through the use of virtual visits. Coyle graduated from Nichols, where she earned her bachelor’s […]

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 Nichols Receives Gift From Coghlin Co. Chair to Establish Endowed Scholarship

Nichols College has received a $25,000 gift from 1967 graduate James W. Coghlin Sr., chairman and co-founder of Westborough-based Coghlin Companies Inc., a family-owned engineering and manufacturing firm; along with his wife Nancy and their family, of the 15-40 Connection, a non-profit organization aimed at educating and empowering people about early cancer detection. The James […]

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 Hollywood Producer to Deliver Nichols College Commencement Address

BY LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE DUDLEY, Mass.—Nichols College has announced that Hollywood film producer Louis A. Stroller ‘63 will deliver the address at the College’s Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the DCU Center in Worcester. During the ceremony, Stroller will also receive an honorary doctoral degree in communications and media from the College. […]

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