Wagner College journalism professor Claire Regan ’80 has been honored by the New York State Associated Press Association. In this year’s Associated Press graphics competition, Regan won honorable mention in the spot-news presentation category for a page she designed for the Staten Island Advance, where she is associate managing editor. The page covered the election of President Obama.
The Wagner College Seahawks women’s lacrosse program earned the highest team grade point average among all Division I women’s lacrosse teams last year. For this achievement, the team was honored by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association with the distinction of Division I Merit Status.
Welcome back, everyone! Even with the campus being relatively quiet this summer, the media have produced more than 50 stories about Wagner College since our last update. WE HAVE LINKS to all the news about Wagner fit to print (or broadcast).
Three plays written by Wagner College alums have been accepted into the 2009 New York City Fringe Festival. Several other Wagner alums and faculty members are involved in each of these productions; their names appear here in bold type.
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Wagner College Education Department faculty, staff and graduate students attended the 34th International Improving University Teaching Conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia July 14-17. Through the generosity of the Fox Fellows International Civic Engagement Fund, assistant professors Rhoda Frumkin and Katia Gonzalez-Acquaro, Associate Coordinator of Graduate Studies Susan Rosenberg, and e
NY1's Jon Weinstein reports on Wagner College alum Andrew Bailey, relief pitcher for the Oakland A's, who pitched against the New York Yankees. The story aired on NY1 on July 26, 2009. CLICK HERE to link to the video on Wagner's YouTube channel.
HATTIESBURG, Miss., July 29 — Delegates to the 2009 Lutheran Youth Organization convention elected Nicolette Faison of Elmont, N.Y., an incoming freshman at Wagner College, to a three-year term as LYO president.