2014 November 01-February 16
President Richard Guarasci was interviewed on court during the men’s basketball home game against Bryant University. Pres. Guarasci praised men’s basketball head coach Bashir Mason.
Watch the interview on CBS Sports Network CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Jan 2 HUD Partners in Progress“Wagner College concentrates civic efforts in Port Richmond community” — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s electronic newsletter featured Wagner College’s Port Richmond Partnership.
Read the story on HUD Partners in Progress Jan 21 Staten Island Advance“On MLK Day, It’s Easy to Make a Difference with Hard Work” — The participation of several students from Wagner’s Bonner Leaders Program was featured in this story about an MLK Day service project in St. George, Staten Island.
Read the story about the Bonner Leaders Program Jan 29 Staten Island Advance“College Tuition Info Session on Saturday” — The College Goal program, which brings financial aid professionals from several New York City colleges and universities to Wagner College each year to advise parents and students on how to fill out their financial aid paperwork, has been spearheaded for several years by Wagner Financial Aid Director Theresa Weimer.
Read the story about the College Tuition Info Session Feb 7 Staten Island Advance“Black History Month Symposium at Wagner College” — The Advance plugged a scheduled lecture by Bob Moses, a former organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s and an advocate for math education for black students.
Read the story about the lecture WAGNER COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES Jan 15 Staten Island Advance“Ortiz’s Motor Keeps Wagner Humming Along” — A feature story on Wagner College basketball player Kenny Ortiz.
Read the feature about Kenny Ortiz Feb 10 NerdScholar“Programs for Student-Athletes” — A blog, NerdScholar, highlighted Wagner College’s programs that support the academic aspirations of our student-athletes — one of just four colleges featured.
Read NerdScholar's story about Student Athlete Programs WAGNER COLLEGE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Nov 27 Staten Island Advance“Staten Island Youngsters Learn Butter Doesn’t Always Come from the Supermarket” — Advance education columnist Diane Lore wrote an engaging Thanksgiving feature about how Lorraine Danichewski, an instructor at the Wagner College Early Childhood Center, taught youngsters about how butter was made in colonial times.
Read the story about Lorraine Danichewski Dec 12 Staten Island Advance“Whip Cream into Homemade Butter” — Another take on the same event, written by Advance food editor Pam Silvestri.
Read Pam Silvestri's story HUGH L. CAREY INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM Jan 31 Staten Island Advance“Civic Hero Who Flew Under the Radar” — Advance political editor Tom Wrobleski lauded the new biography by Seymour Lachman, “Mr. New York: Lew Rudin and his Love for the City.”
Read the story in the Staten Island Advance about Seymour Lachman's new biography Feb 12 WNYW-TVThe hosts of the New York Fox affiliate’s morning program interviewed Bill Rudin about Seymour Lachman’s new biography of his father, the late Lew Rudin.
Watch the story on WNYW-TV Nov 28 New York Times“Official Quits in Backlash Over Colorado Gun Vote” — A news story quotes Joshua Spivak, an expert on recall elections.
Read the New York Times story featuring Joshua Spivak Nov 28 Wall Street Journal“Colorado Lawmaker Quits Over Gun Control” — Spivak quoted in a Journal story about the same incident.
Read the Wall Street Journal story featuring Joshua Spivak Dec 26 The Week“Power to the People” — An op-ed by Joshua Spivak on recall elections in 2013. Also published in the Jan. 3 Washington Post.
Read the op-ed in The Week WAGNER COLLEGE THEATRE Jan 17 Staten Island Advance“A Celebration of Youth Theater” — A Staten Island organization honors the Wagner College Theatre program for its support of local high school theater.
Read the story about the Youth Theater Celebration Feb 7 Broadway World“Jennifer Maisel’s ‘Out of Orbit’ wins Wagner College Theatre’s 2014 Stanley Drama Award”
Read the story about the 2014 Stanley Drama Awards PROF. MILES GROTH: PSYCHOLOGY OF BOYS & MEN Dec 18 Peter Breggin HourHere’s the interviewer’s blurb for this 52-minute Internet radio interview with Wagner College psychology professor Miles Groth: “Controversial, much needed, and even radical. Today’s show with Miles Groth, Ph.D. is about the blocks being placed on the road from boyhood to manhood, the ‘silencing’ of boys and men, and its implications for both genders and for our culture. Extraordinarily important.”
Dec 18 Psychology TodayDr. Groth’s blog, “Silencing Boys: Reflections on an Interview with Dr. Peter Breggin.”
Read Miles Groth's story in Psychology Today FINE ART DEPARTMENT Jan 5 Staten Island Advance“ ‘Ballad of Staten Island’ Exhibit Called On Account Of Snow” — An odd review by Advance arts editor Michael Fressola about a Wagner Gallery exhibition of work by Wagner art professor Bill Murphy … written after the exhibit had already been taken down.
Read the story about Bill Murphy's exhibition WRITTEN BY WAGNERIANS Nov 1 Enrollment Management Report“Prevent Summer Melt With A Comprehensive Approach” — An article in a professional journal by Wagner College’s Director of Recruiting Jake Browne and former Wagner Residential Education residence director Ben Fabian.
Read the story in the Enrollment Management Report Dec 10 Huffington Post“When It Comes to Custody, It’s a Women’s World” — A blog essay by government professor Abe Unger.
Read Abe Unger's story on the Huffington Post Dec 23 Staten Island Advance“An Often Misunderstood Brain Condition” — Danielle Lucchese, a Wagnerian staff writer and an intern at the Staten Island Advance, wrote a very thorough first-person article explaining the particular neurological condition with which she struggles, hydrocephalus.
Read the Danielle Lucchese's story