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June 13, 2013
During Commencement Week, Wagner College’s Board of Trustees approved recommendations for faculty tenure and promotion: Dr. Alexa Dietrich (Anthropology) was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor. Dr. Amy Eshleman (Psychology) was promoted to professor. Dr. Katia Gonzalez (Education) [...] Keep reading →

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June 13, 2013
Athletic Director Walt Hameline Wagner College student athletes won the Northeast Conference’s Institutional Academic Award this year for the third time, posting a collective 3.305 GPA in 19 sponsored sports. The Seahawks edged out 2011-2012 winner Robert Morris (3.271), Fairleigh Dickinson (3.266) [...] Keep reading →

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June 11, 2013
On Thursday, May 23, at Wagner College’s annual Senior Awards Banquet, 66 students from around the globe were recognized for academic excellence and community engagement. Marianna T. Agliata of Brooklyn, New York, won the Nursing Faculty Award, which recognizes a compassionate student leader who [...] Keep reading →

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June 7, 2013
Wagner College anthropology professor Alexa S. Dietrich’s first book, “The Drug Company Next Door: Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico,” was released today by NYU Press. The production of pharmaceuticals is among the most profitable industries on the planet. Drug companies produce [...] Keep reading →

White House, 2012 Easter Egg Roll
June 7, 2013
On Tuesday, former Wagnerian editor Gene Barfield ’75 and his husband, Tim LaCroix, of Boyne City, Mich., got some extraordinary news: They have been invited to the White House. The invitation reads, “The President requests the pleasure of your company at a reception in celebration of LGBT Pride [...] Keep reading →

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June 6, 2013
Three Staten Island educators were honored by Wagner College on Wednesday night, June 5, at the annual New Educators at Wagner Outstanding Educators and School Leaders Awards dinner. This year’s honorees were: Cori Curylo, a teacher at P.S. 55 who earned her bachelor’s degree at Wagner College in 2007 [...] Keep reading →

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June 4, 2013
The Wagner College Alumni Association will recognize 10 alumni and friends of the college for their service and professional achievements during its annual awards ceremony at noon this Saturday, June 8, in the Spiro Sports Center: Fred Lange ’53 H’06 (Sussex, N.J.) will be named the John “Bunny” [...] Keep reading →

June 4, 2013
HAWKS NEST Monday thru Friday Coffee — 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Breakfast — 8 to 10 a.m. (grill only) Lunch — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (grill & pizza) Dinner — 3 to 6 p.m. (grill & pizza) Saturday & Sunday Coffee — 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. No breakfast service Lunch — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (grill [...] Keep reading →

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June 3, 2013
At left, Kibbutzim College President Zipi Libman Monday, June 3, 2013 KIBBUTZIM COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH N.Y. COLLEGE By Danielle Ziri Kibbutzim College of Education in Tel Aviv recently signed a partnership agreement with Wagner College, a private liberal arts institution located in Staten Island, New [...] Keep reading →

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June 3, 2013
In the wee hours of Monday morning, June 3, Wagner College sociology professor John Esser sent us this news brief to assure his friends and colleagues that he was safe after visiting Istanbul, Turkey during this weekend’s civil unrest: My sister Cary and I found ourselves in the middle of a domestic [...] Keep reading →