STUDENT PROFILE: Nichols Criminal Justice Major Ashley Corcoran on Mission to Work for FBI

By RONALD SCHACHTER DUDLEY, Mass.—Nichols College junior Ashley Corcoran of Wrentham, Mass., is strong. For the past three years, she’s excelled in criminal justice and recently won that major’s most prestigious scholarship. Not to mention that she can deadlift 250 lbs.—a way station in her training as a competitive body builder. “There are so many ways […]

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 ‘Heard on The Hill’ Seeks Faculty Contributions

The Nichols College Newsroom wants to help our faculty communicate with the public the value and impact of their important research, and we strive to tell our stories via a variety of communications tools and channels. As such, Nichols Newsroom seeks the faculty’s help in publicizing and communicating about their research, scholarship, and creative activity […]

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 In Hosting High School DECA Students, Nichols Helps Future Business Leaders Emerge

By LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE DUDLEY, Mass.—Seventy budding business leaders and entrepreneurs from local high schools recently honed their pitching and presentation skills before a “DECA Day” judging panel of faculty and staff at Nichols College, a college of choice for business and leadership education. For the past three years, students from DECA programs at Bartlett […]

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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 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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