Wagner College will kick off its Jewish Culture Series on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. in Spiro 5. The series' first lecture, "American Jewish Philanthropy -- Anarchists or Visionaries: The New Jewish Philanthropists," will be led by Rabbi Abraham Unger of Congregation Ahavath Israel and Richard Marker will be the guest speaker.
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On Grymes Hill next month, every entering student at St. John's University will receive a university-issued wireless laptop computer -- a telling beginning to their college careers.
Down the road at Wagner College, freshmen will file into a history course and be introduced to the Middle Ages with a projected image: A bishop depicted on the lid of a burial vault as a skeleton ravaged by the Black Death.
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USNews & World Report News Release
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Based on votes from 1,300 colleges and universities -
Wagner Listed in 5 of 8 Programs to Look For in 2007 USNews’ America’s Best Colleges
NEW YORK, NY -- Wagner College is listed in five of the eight Programs to Look For in the 2007 issues of U.S. News & World Reports’ guide to America’s Best Colleges which was released last weekend. The five areas are all key components of Wagner’s signature curriculum: The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts.
On Monday August 14, the Wagner College Athletic Department hosted the 17th annual Sal Alberti Memorial Golf Classic at Copper Hill Country Club in Flemington, NJ. The event, which is held to generate funds for the Athletic Endowment, had its most successful year to date.
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ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
On Grymes Hill next month, every entering student at St. John's University will receive a university-issued wireless laptop computer -- a telling beginning to their college careers.
ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
Wagner College dropped two slots in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation's colleges but managed to stay in its category's top 25 for the fourth consecutive year.
For Immediate Release
Service Learning
Wagner added to third “Program to Look For” in new U.S. News & WR College Guide
NEW YORK, NY -- “Service learning” at Wagner College on Staten Island has been added to “Programs to Look For” in U.S. News & World Reports’ guide to America’s Best Colleges which was released today.
This, along with “first-year experiences” and “learning communities” brings to three the number of the guide’s “Programs to Look For” found on the campus of this 2000-student liberal arts college in New York City.
For Immediate Release:
August 15, 2006
WAGNER COLLEGE NOW OFFERS CFP® CERTIFICATION
Staten Island, New York - Effective January 1, 2007, the Certificate in Financial Planning (CFP) Board will require that applicants, in addition to meeting other existing requirements, must possess an accredited undergraduate degree in order to be considered for CFP® certification.
Wagner's Provost Devorah Lieberman, and the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Tom Carroll, are both featured in the ANAC Summer Institute's on-line publication - http://www.anac.org/index.asp.
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Click here to see photos from several projects underway on the Wagner Campus during the summer of 2006. These projects include: top floor Main Hall office renovations; smart classrooms; renovation of the dance studio in the basement of Main Hall; the completed costume area and small stage lighting laboratory, also in the basement of Main Hall; the Uncommon Leadership course; main football field artificial turf; student activities office and new mailbox area; exterior repair work being done on Main Hall; Guild Hall sprinklers and fire alarms; Harborview Hall Front Door replacement; Security camera installation; Megerle window replacement project; Kairos House front step replacement, and new fire hydrants.