STUDENT PROFILE: Austin DuVarney is a Communicator, Photographer, Traveler

By RONALD SCHACHTER DUDLEY, Mass.—Excellent communicator. Serious photographer. Loves traveling abroad. Wants to give back. You might find these personal descriptions on a good resume. Or on an online dating site. For Nichols College senior Austin DuVarney, however, they speak to his experiences as a student and his aspirations as a graduate. Unlike most of […]

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 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 […]

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 Nichols Honored as a ‘College of Distinction’

Nichols College has again been honored for its expert blending of the liberal arts with professional programming in business as well as for its committed implementation of High-Impact Educational Practices, earning its 2018-2019 title as one of the nation’s Colleges of Distinction. Nichols College has proven itself to be at the forefront of American higher […]

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 Did You Know? Nichols Supports High School Entrepreneurs with New Scholarship, Grant

Nichols College has deepened its commitment to partnering with high school DECA entrepreneurship and FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) groups: Individual high school students who participate in DECA or FBLA programs and enroll at Nichols are eligible to receive a newly created scholarship. In addition, DECA and FBLA teams that win practice competitions at Nichols will […]

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 Nichols Business Students Place in Top 4 at Annual Negotiation Competition

BY LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE WACO, Texas—A team of Nichols College students won fourth place at the annual Baylor Business Negotiation Competition April 6, 2018, at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. Participating were junior marketing majors Ian Spencer of Hawthorne, N.J., and Benjamin Campbell of Duluth, Minn.; and sophomore finance major Vincent Crivello of Rosemere, Quebec, Canada. The […]

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 Nichols Named ‘Best College for Business Education’

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Readers of the central Massachusetts region’s definitive source for business news, Worcester Business Journal (WBJ), have again chosen Nichols College as the “Best College for Business Education” in the newspaper’s 5th annual Best of Business Awards, announced Jan. 8, 2018, in the biweekly newspaper. Nichols garnered 77 percent more votes than the second-place college, out of nearly […]

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 IWL Represents Nichols at Mass. Women’s Conference

A group of eight students represented Nichols College and the Nichols Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL) this month at the largest women’s conference in the country, held in Boston. The 13th annual Massachusetts Conference For Women featured keynote speakers Oscar-winning actresses Viola Davis and Meryl Streep, in addition to icons such as Ms. magazine founder […]

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 Nichols GPS Partners with Maastricht School of Management

BY NORA LUQUER A new partnership agreement between Nichols College and Maastricht School of Management (MSM) in the Netherlands was ratified in September. In October, as part of a Nichols Graduate & Professional Studies (GPS) pilot program, 10 Nichols graduate students traveled to Maastricht to study for six weeks. This unique opportunity with MSM targets […]

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