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Wagner College's theater program was recently listed -- twice! -- in a listing entitled "30 Must-Do's this Fall", published online in Time Out New York. The listings:

8) Wagner College — "Tick, Tick… BOOM!" This musical hinges on composer Jonathan, who dreads turning 30. It was written by late composer Jonathan Larson ("Rent"), right before he turned 30. (Nov 5–15, 718-390-3259)

    The fifth annual DaVinci Society Scholarship Dinner will be held on Thursday, Sept. 25 at the Staten Island Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 South Ave., Bloomfield. Wine and antipasto will be served at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $125.

This fall, Wagner College is marking the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1883. The campus community, alumni, and friends of the college are invited to participate in all of the anniversary activities we have scheduled. For all the details, CLICK HERE.

Wagner 125 activities include:

            Wagner College’s third annual Kaufman-Repage Lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in Spiro Hall, Room 2. This year’s lecturer is Kenneth Jackson, author of “Crabgrass Frontier.” Jackson, the Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University, is also president and chief executive officer of the New-York Historical Society.

            The Kaufman-Repage Lecture is supported by the generous endowment gift of Trustee Vice Chairwoman Louise Repage Kaufman and Dr. Peter Kaufman.

            On Thursday, Sept. 18 at 5 p.m., Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Center for Government Reform will hold a panel discussion on “How the News Media Cover (or Don’t Cover) New York State Government.” This discussion will take place on the college’s Grymes Hill, Staten Island campus in Spiro Hall, Room 4. The public is invited.

 2009 U.S. News and World Report college rankings released this morning

            STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2008 — Wagner College was the only New York City school to be named to a new list of “Up-and-Coming Schools” in the 2009 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” guide.

            A U.S. News survey of college presidents, provosts and admissions deans identified 70 schools nationwide “that have recently made striking improvements or innovations — schools everyone should be watching.” Wagner College ranked #2 on this “Schools to Watch” list in the subcategory of northern universities that award master’s degrees.

A state of the college address from the president, a conversation with the provost, study abroad panel discussions, a football game and trips to Manhattan will be among the featured events during the Wagner College family weekend Sept. 26-28. A complete listing of the events can be found on the Family Weekend webpage.

An exhibition of figure sculpture will open in the Wagner Gallery of the Union Building on Thursday, Aug. 28. Exhibitors are students in a sculpting class that has been meeting each Saturday morning in the Main Hall ceramics studio for the past 5 years under the auspices of Wagner College's External Programs Department.

            STATEN ISLAND, Aug. 25, 2008 — The UAU Capital Foundation, an arm of United Activities Unlimited, announced today in a press conference at Wagner College that it has given a grant of $10,000 to provide scholarships for the New Teacher Academy, a partnership of Wagner College and Columbia University’s Teachers College. Twenty new teachers will be eligible to receive $500 each, covering half of the $1,000 tuition for the Academy, which starts next month.