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May 19th

Bill Murphy's Kreischerville paintings featured in 'Ins & Outs' mag

Rust In Peace
 
from Ins & Outs magazine, May 2008
Long Island City, Queens, New York 
 
Gary Ferrar focuses on Wagner College art professor Bill Murphy's
paintings and drawings of the rusted, abandoned boat hulls

May 9th

Kurt Landgraf, President of ETS, Offers Advice to Graduates

   Kurt Landgraf, President and CEO of Educational Testing Service (ETS), delivered the 2008 commencement address to graduates of Wagner College on Staten Island, N.Y., today (May 16).

    Specially honored at this year’s commencement program was Margaret-Anne Milne, great-great-granddaughter of Wagner College’s founding benefactor John George Wagner Jr. Milne who was awarded, on behalf of her family, a thanksgiving commendation from the college.


Griselda Healy painting on display through 2009 at Snug Harbor

Pamela HepburnWagner College adjunct faculty member Griselda Healy's oil painting, "Pamela Hepburn," is part of a new exhibition, "Tugboats Night & Day," on display through the end of 2009 at the Noble Maritime Collection at Snug Harbor. Hepburn is captain of the tugboat Pegasus, which is currently being restored as a historic education vessel. When restoration is complete, Hepburn and the Pegasus will take students out into New York Harbor to learn about the maritime industry.

April 30th

Wagner College honors patrons of Jewish life with Mitzvah Awards

Nancy & Ron Avis
Edith Susskind
Kimberlea Karper
Jared Katz
Samantha Zanatta
Nancy and Ron Avis Edith Susskind Kimberlea Karper Jared Katz Samantha Zanatta

 
            STATEN ISLAND — On Tuesday evening, April 29, the Wagner College Chai Society presented its first Community Mitzvah Awards, recognizing individuals who have enhanced and promoted Jewish life and culture at the college. The program was held in the Faculty Dining Room in the Wagner Union building.


April 29th


April 24th

Wagner hosts conference on UAE business opportunities, April 28

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS STRATEGIC STUDIES

In association with the Department of Business Administration
Wagner College

Invites Members and Guests to the Conference on

UAE Business and Financial Opportunities


April 22nd

Wagner College observes Earth Week, April 21-28

MONDAY, April 21

“Nike Re-use a Shoe” — Drop off your old running and athletic shoes in bins located in each dorm lobby and the Spiro Sports Center.


April 16th

Six students win honors at Eastern Colleges Science Conference

On April 12, 2008, a group of 26 faculty members and students attended the 62nd annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference at Niagara University, outside Buffalo.  Eighteen students presented their work as a paper, platform (oral) or poster presentation.  Michael Bois, Kathryn Chepiga, Sejmir Izeirovski, Christina Lamb, Lauren Maltese and Andrew Pistilli received outstanding presentation awards.


April 14th

Civic Engagement Recognition awards given April 10

Staten Island Advance logo
April 11, 2008

Kathryn Wentzel
David Hammill
Pat Tooker
Ann Giarratano
Alberta Brescia
Lyle Guttu
Kathryn Wentzel David
Hammill
Patricia Tooker Ann Giarratano Alberta Brescia   Lyle Guttu


April 9th

Students, lacrosse players pitch in for community cleanup

College students, locals clean up Park Hill


To watch the clip that aired on New York One April 6, 2008, CLICK HERE  

            A volunteering project at Wagner College sparked a community effort to clean Park Hill. New York One’s Tamani Wooley filed the following report:


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