NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Niagara University celebrated the completion of an $11.5 million renovation project at its Kiernan Recreation Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 19. The project was funded through a $1 million grant from the NYS Higher Education Capital matching program, as well as other private donations and university investments. “The renovated […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Community organizer and engagement specialist Dr. Keith Caldwell will give the second presentation in Niagara University’s community lecture series on Thursday, Jan. 19. Caldwell, executive director of place-based initiatives in the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, will offer strategies to grow existing collaborations as the foundation […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — The holidays will be a little happier for those living on the margins of society, thanks to the students in Niagara University’s Student Nurses Association. The group has been collecting canned goods, blankets, toiletries and personal hygiene products that they will donate to Community Missions of Niagara Frontier Inc., at the end […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY – Niagara University honored Bishop Darius G. Pridgen, the OSC Charitable Foundation, and Father Joseph G. Hubbert, CM, at its 2022 President’s Dinner, Nov. 9, at the Niagara Falls Convention Center. Proceeds from the President’s Dinner benefit Niagara University’s scholarship programs. More than $275,000 was raised toward student scholarship assistance during the event. […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY – Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz, vice president for Institutional Diversity and Equity at DePaul University, and Joshua Stevens, founder, chief executive officer, and chairman of EmpowerMe Wellness, have been named to Niagara University’s board of trustees. The appointments were announced by Father James J. Maher, CM, president of the university. Ortiz has more than […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Niagara University welcomed two representatives from the Knights of Columbus to campus in October. Peter Sonski, director of the Knights of Columbus Museum, and Brian Caulfield, vice postulator for the cause for canonization of Blessed Michael McGivney, traveled from the Knight’s New Haven, Connecticut, international headquarters to Monteagle Ridge to learn more […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — The Library of Congress recently published a collection of materials that highlight the rich stories, culture, and traditions of the Ransomville Speedway dating back to its inception in the mid-1950s as the Ransomville Slow Pokes Club by Ed Ortiz, Rich Cantara and other racers, to keep local kids from racing on Ransomville […]
The Diocesan Department of Catholic Schools will host an Education Summit Nov. 10 at Niagara University. Over 200 stakeholders from area Catholic elementary schools, high schools and colleges have been invited. “We’re going to work through some ideas and issues and collaborate on possible solutions on how to make our schools more sustainable,” explained Dr. […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — On July 27, St. Jude Parish in Boca Raton, Fla., celebrated the feast day of St. Titus Brandsma, a Carmelite priest who had been canonized just a few months earlier. One of the parishioners attending the Mass was Dr. Anthony N. Dardano, ’63, who played a key role in the canonization of […]
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY — Nationally renowned criminologist Danielle Slakoff, Ph.D., will discuss her work on the relationship between the media, intimate partner violence, and identity during a presentation hosted by Niagara University’s Office of Violence Prevention and Education on Friday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Russell Salvatore Dining Commons on the NU campus. The […]
