By HOPE RUDZINSKI DUDLEY, Mass.—Executive presence is rated as the most important skill to be an effective leader. It’s the ability to exude a sense of gravitas—confidence, decisiveness, dignity, and poise. First impressions matter, in and out of the workplace. Therefore, it’s the difference that makes you memorable for the right or wrong reasons. And, if you want […]
By LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE The Nichols College History Department and Fischer Institute are sponsoring the first Media and Politics in America Conference Tuesday, Dec. 4, and Thursday, Dec. 5, featuring presentations in Fels Student Center, Room 210, by Nichols students in History Program Chair and Professor Michael Neagle‘s History 480W seminar. Three students each day […]
Editor’s Note: Hope Rudzinski is a junior English major and communications minor, and a public relations assistant in the Nichols College Office of Marketing and Communications. By HOPE RUDZINSKI ’20 When it comes to taking risks and living in the moment, Jeffrey K. McKee, Ph.D., isn’t shy to embrace it. He grew up in Ohio, […]
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 […]
Nichols College’s Office of Academic Affairs will host Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, the new academic year’s first “First Thursday” of coffee ‘n’ conversation. The Nichols community is invited to stop by the faculty lounge, third floor of the academic building, to chat with faculty. The Fischer Institute will provide refreshments and delicious baked goods.
Brijin Kastberg has been hired as administrative assistant for the Fischer Institute and Office for International Engagement. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Most recently, Brijin was an advertising executive at Stonebridge Press, which company that publishes over 15 newspapers in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. She comes to Nichols […]