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Media update, Jan. 2 thru May 8, 2013
GENERAL COVERAGE Jan. 2 — Julian Smith, writing about “The Water Temple of Inca-Caranqui” for an Archaeology magazine story about Inca hydraulic engineering, quoted Wagner College anthropology professor Gordon McEwan, an authority on the subject. Feb. 5 — Wagner College political science [...] Keep reading →
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The Wagner Plan – for pizza!
Where else can you find a college president making pizza for his students on the last day of classes? Only at Wagner! President Richard Guarasci's secret sauce was ladled onto a thin crust and lightly sprinkled with cheese before going into the Hawks Nest's oven at lunchtime today. Slices were free! [...] Keep reading →
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2013 Undergraduate Awards
On Friday, May 3, Wagner College held its annual Undergraduate Awards Dinner. Thirty-nine students from around the world were recognized for excellence in scholarship, service and character. Vanessa Ayllon of Perth Amboy, New Jersey won the Community Health Nursing Award, given to a nursing student [...] Keep reading →
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Music student wins N.Y. Youth Symphony award
Congratulations to Katherine Liu, a Wagner College junior majoring in childhood education and music, who has won the Director’s Award for Dedication and Achievement from the Chamber Music Program of the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra — for the second year in a row! Liu’s award was presented [...] Keep reading →
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Anthropology grad wins NSF fellowship
Jennifer Ida ’12 was recently awarded the immensely prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship and will be enrolling this fall in the anthropology graduate program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Ida, an anthropology major with dual minors in Spanish and microbiology who graduated [...] Keep reading →
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Wagner opens door to performance career
Elliot Jacobson '06 was an arts administration major from Houston, Texas. In this profile, Elliot talks about music and business, internships, touring with Ingrid Michaelson, and more. (Production by Anna Mulé; concert footage courtesy Elliot Jacobson) Elliot Jacobson ’06, a student from Houston, [...] Keep reading →
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LIVE! with Jack & Suzy Welch, Maria Bartiromo
On Thursday, April 25, 2013, Wagner College's 4th Annual Presidential Economic Summit featured legendary executive Jack Welch, author and commentator Suzy Welch and CNBC Wall Street journalist Maria Bartiromo for a free-wheeling conversation and audience Q&A session. The program was livestreamed [...] Keep reading →
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Student co-produces, stars in Tribeca Film Festival pic
Léopoldine Huyghues Despointes, an international business major at Wagner College, is both the star and the inspiration for a short narrative film being featured in the Tribeca Film Festival this week in New York City. “Atlantic Avenue” was directed by Laure De Clermont, a well-known French actress [...] Keep reading →
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Hispanic Staten Island
On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Wagner College’s History Department and Staten Island Arts (aka COAHSI) co-sponsored a gallery reception and panel discussion marking the NYC’s 10th Immigrant Heritage Week. The panel, introduced by History Department Chairwoman Lori Weintrob and Staten Island Arts [...] Keep reading →
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Hispanic identity on Staten Island
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013, New York 1’s Amanda Farinacci previewed “Hispanic Staten Island: Culture & Identity,” a public forum, cultural celebration and artists’ reception celebrating the 10th annual NYC Immigrant Heritage Week. “Hispanic Staten Island” will be held at Wagner College [...] Keep reading →