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Dr. Walter Kanzler, who served as a member of Wagner's faculty from 1966 until 2001, most recently as professor of biology, passed away on Friday, June 26. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 5, at 12:30 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 155 North St., Jersey City, N.J. His obituary listing is posted below:

     Associate Professor Christopher Catt, who served as a member of our Theatre Department faculty and as a former chair of the department for six years, passed away on Tuesday, June 30.

June 25, 2009

OPINION:
For real reform, New York should change how it elects representatives

BY JOSHUA SPIVAK
Joshua Spivak, a lawyer and public relations executive, is a research fellow at the Hugh L. Carey Center for Government Reform at Wagner College.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
With Senate in Dispute, N.Y. Politics a ‘Circus’
Party Defections Leave Control Uncertain
By Keith B. Richburg
Washington Post Staff Writer

    STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At its meeting on May 21, the Wagner College Board of Trustees elected Louise S. Kaufman of Savannah, Ga., to be its next chairwoman. She is the first woman to be elected presiding officer of the college’s governing board in its 125-year history.

New York Governor David A. Paterson was the keynote speaker for Wagner College's 2009 commencement exercise, which graduated a total of 701 students (502 baccalaureate degrees, 194 master's degrees, 5 post-master's certificates). The governor was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree by President Richard Guarasci (left) and Jay Hartig, chairman of the college's board of trustees (right).

    Forty-nine students were honored at the 2009 Senior Awards Banquet, held on Thursday, May 21 — the night before graduation — in the main dining hall.

    PETER ACERIOS of Staten Island won the Harvey Logan Memorial Award in Physics, which is given for academically outstanding work in the study of physics. Acerios is a physics major with a minor in mathematics. He is on the Dean’s List.

    On Friday, May 1, Wagner College held its annual Undergraduate Awards Dinner. The following awards were given:
    The RUGBY CLUB was awarded the New Organization Award for an organization that has responded to need in Wagner Community and set a tone for other groups to follow.
    ALPHA DELTA PI was awarded the Elsie N. Delo Award for the sorority achieving the highest academic average during the year.

    Wagner College junior Nicole Mahoney has been named a 2009 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar. As one of fifteen Gilder Lehrman History Scholars, Mahoney will participate in a five-week program in Manhattan this summer that combines historical research, seminars with eminent historians, and behind-the-scenes tours of historical archives.

    Abigail Albair, a graduating senior at Wagner College, was recently named Region II Leader of the Year by Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society. Albair was one of four regional leaders chosen by ODK. Region II covers New England, Ohio and Pennsylvania.