Student Profile: Colin Brown ’19 is a Proud Alumnus in the Making

By RONALD SCHACHTER DUDLEY, Mass.—Nichols College senior and future financial analyst Colin Brown ’19 heard about the College a lot earlier than most of his classmates. “Actually, my mom’s an alumna,” he said. “Throughout my college application process, she always said ‘Check Nichols out.’” Mom turned out to be right. “I completely fell in love with […]

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 Nichols Students’ #NC22Challenge Fundraiser for Veterans Exceeds Goal

By PRISCILA ALFARO-BARRANTES, Ph.D. On behalf of my Nichols College classes, “Learning to Lead 101-08” and “Principles of Marketing 202-04,” I would like to thank you for participating in our #GivingTuesday campaign, the #NC22Challenge. My students’ goal was to raise $2,500, but with your help and support we reached and exceeded that goal. The total amount […]

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 Nichols Students Attend Psychology Conference

Six Nichols College students and their professors attended the Nov. 10 New England Psychological Association annual meeting at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The meeting included educational sessions on a range of psychology-related topics as well as several poster sessions. Pictured, from left to right: Christina Demalia, ’20; Professor Brian McCoy; Jessica Warner, ’21; Nicole Murray, ‘21 (in […]

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 Student Profile: James Singletary, a Nichols ‘Man of Distinction’

By RONALD SCHACHTER Senior James Singletary is a man of distinction who has become a powerful contributor to the life of the Nichols College campus and surrounding community. He arrived his first year focused on football after a successful high school career in his central Massachusetts hometown of Marlborough. It didn’t take long, however, for […]

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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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 Happy Halloween from ‘Fels of Screams’

By HOPE RUDZINSKI It’s that time of year again, when kids eat too much candy, Halloween movies play on repeat, and Nichols College’s Fels Student Center is transformed into halls of “horror.” Held the week before Halloween, “Fels of Screams” is the annual “fright fest” hosted by Fels Student Center managers and the students who […]

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 Nichols Criminal Justice Club to Host K-9 Memorial Fundraiser Nov. 27

Nichols College’s student Criminal Justice Club will host its 3rd annual K-9 fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Daniels Auditorium, on Center Road in Dudley, Mass. The students raise money for the memorial located at the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services – Stow Campus, which is dedicated to the State […]

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 Advising Day, Majors Fair Help Nichols Students Find a Path Toward Their Future

By HOPE RUDZINSKI Nichols College cares about their students and is always finding ways to improve their experience, social and education wise. For first-year students, starting college can be a stressful time in their lives, but Nichols makes sure students are comfortable every step of the way. Choosing a major is also an important step […]

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 Nichols Students Help High Schoolers, Peers Register to Vote in Mid-term Election

By LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE DUDLEY, Mass.—Nichols College political science, business, and leadership students helped approximately 120 high school and college students register to vote last week, ahead of the Oct. 17 registration deadline to vote in the Nov. 6 mid-term election. Nichols professors Erika Cornelius Smith, Ph.D. (political science chair) and Libba Moore, Ph.D., (human […]

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 Princeton Review Names Nichols a ‘Best in the Northeast’ College

Nichols College is again one of the best colleges in the Northeast, according to The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company lists Nichols among its “Best in the Northeast”-recommended schools in its “2019 Best Colleges: Region by Region” website feature that posted this month. The list includes only 225 colleges in the 11-state […]

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