Nichols Counterterrorism Program Speaker Series: Dr. Monde Muyangwa to Address Violent Extremism in Africa

Monde Muyangwa, Ph.D., director of the Washington, D.C.-based Wilson Center’s Africa Program, will address on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, United States strategic interests in Africa with respect to counterterrorism and countering violent extremism, as part of the Nichols College Master of Science in Counterterrorism Guest Speaker Series. This free event is open to the public […]

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 Fischer, Nichols Reads Presents Lecture on ‘Surviving South African Apartheid,’ by Dr. Jeff McKee

Dr. Jeffrey McKee is a physical anthropologist at The Ohio State University and has worked and studied in South Africa. From 1986 to 1996, Dr. McKee served as a senior lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg, South Africa. He comes to Nichols College Wednesday, Sept. 19, as part of the Fischer […]

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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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 Former Defense Intel Director Lt. General Ronald Burgess Addresses Cybersecurity Threats to Nation

BY LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE DUDLEY, Mass.—Former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ronald L. Burgess Jr. spoke at Nichols College April 3, 2018, about cybersecurity threats to the United States. The presentation was sponsored by the Nichols College Master of Science in Counterterrorism program. His presentation—titled “The Cyber Threat and Way Ahead”—addressed […]

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 Former Director of U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency to Speak as Part of Nichols College Counterterrorism Program

DUDLEY, Mass.—Former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ronald L. Burgess Jr. will speak at Nichols College Tuesday, April 3, 2018, about cybersecurity threats to the United States. This special presentation is sponsored by the Nichols College Master of Science in Counterterrorism program. It starts at 2:15 p.m. in Davis Hall, […]

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 ‘Shark Tank’ Contestants, Wicked Good Cupcakes Founders to Keynote 
Nichols College Empowering Women in Business Conference

The Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL) at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., will host the 8th annual Empowering Women in Business Conference (EWIB) Thursday, March 22, from 12:45 to 6 p.m. This year’s keynote speakers are mother-daughter entrepreneurs and former contestants on ABC’s “Shark Tank” Tracey Noonan and Dani Vilagie, co-founders of Wicked Good Cupcakes. […]

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 Short Stories by Professor Lisa Taylor to be Published This Spring

English Professor Lisa C. Taylor was invited to be a visiting writer and speaker at Norwalk Community College in November. The college used her short story collection in their writing classes this semester. Professor Taylor also received an AAUP Development Award for her project “Tenor and Turbulence in Hybrid Writing Forms and Diverse Voices.” This project […]

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