Archive - 2006

The department of education at Wagner College has received full accreditation by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), college President Richard Guarasci announced today.

“Accreditation by NCATE means that Wagner’s Department of Education which offers undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare future teachers and administrators meet the most rigorous and most widely accepted standards in the country,” President Guarasci said.  NCATE accredits about 625 institutions nationally.

The preparation of teachers has been a key component of Wagner’s curriculum since the college was founded in 1883 in Rochester, N.Y.  The program began significant expansion with Wagner’s relocation to Staten Island in 1918. Today about 180 of the college’s 1960 undergraduates major in education.

Graduate Open House – Thursday, November 16, 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Spiro Athletic Center Trophy Room.  Meet faculty and students.

Celebrate Diversity, November 19, 2 to 6 p.m. in the Spiro Sports Center.  This is a free family/community event designed to strengthen respect and understanding among different cultures that call Staten Island their home.  The cultures of Ghana, Norway, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the Dominican Republic will be featured at the festivities which will include cultural exhibits, entertainment, food, and fun.  The event is sponsored by the Mosaic Coalition - a collaboration between the New York Center for Interpersonal Development and Wagner College.

Fall Choral Concert

Sunday, November 5, 3 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church

Wagner College Treble Concert Choir and Chamber Singers offer a concert of varied repertoire which pays tribute to both the Lutheran Musical Heritage and the Italian Musical Heritage. The concert will include works from the former by Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, Hans Leo Hassler, Johann Walther and Felix Mendelssohn, and from the latter, by Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Luca Marenzio and others. The Chamber Singers will preview the Villancicos rebeldes of Max Lifchitz which they will sing later this month on a special Retrospective Concert of the composer's works in Manhattan. The program will also include part songs by Charles Wood and Gustav Holst, music from the American Musical Theater and spirituals.

Graduate School Information Session

Where: Union 201
When: November 8th @ 5:00

All undergraduate majors are welcome join to find out more information about
Wagner College's graduate programs. There will be representatives from the
Business, Accounting, Education, Microbiology, Nursing, Advanced Physican
Assistant programs.

Parents are welcome, too. 

If you would like further information, please contact the Division of Graduate
Studies at 718-390-3106.

An Investment in Professors That Pays Off

Wagner College's investment in faculty, and its signature curriculum, the Wagner Plan, are featured in an article from the Nov. 3 Chronicle of Higher Education. To see the article, go to the Chronicle's website .

Click here for more information on the final campus visit day of the fall semester.

The Department of Modern Languages at Wagner College will be screening five recent French films between October 23 and October 27, 2006 during their 2^nd Tournees French Film Festival. All screenings will take place in the Spiro Communications Center, but specific room assignments vary. (see below)

The festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC).  The Tournees grant is also sponsored by The Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation and the Franco-American Cultural Fund.

For Immediate Release:
September 14, 2006

FOX 5’s ROSANNA SCOTTO TO SPEAK AT DAVINCI SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER

Staten Island, New York – Rosanna Scotto, co-anchor of WNYW-TV “FOX 5 News at 5pm” and “FOX 5 News at 10pm,” will be the guest speaker at Wagner College’s DaVinci Society 3^rd annual awards dinner on Thursday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. An honoree at last year’s awards dinner, Eleanor Conforti is the chairperson of the event. Eleanor is a retired teacher with the City Department of Education and was a longtime chairperson of the former Community School Board 31.

For Immediate Release:
October 12, 2006

THE BANALITY OF GOOD:  Rescuers in Italy at the Time of Persecution

Staten Island, NY - Dr. Seymour P. Lachman, Distinguished Professor in Residence, Wagner College, will be hosting a program entitled, “The Banality of Good:  Rescuers in Italy at the Time of Persecution,” on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 7:00pm at The Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16^th Street, NYC. This event is co-sponsored by Wagner College, The Center for Jewish History, and The Consulate General of Italy. There will be a reception prior to the program at 6:00pm.