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News ArchiveEllis Island Gala Kicks Off $50 Million Campaign More than 300 members of the Wagner College family gathered at Ellis Island, on the evening of October 20, to celebrate the kickoff of the school's most ambitious capital campaign to date. President Richard Guarasci urged those assembled to join him in supporting Wagner in order to take it to the next level of achievement.
“Putting Wagner First: The Campaign for Wagner College” will provide the financial resources to make major investments in students, through increased scholarships and tuition assistance; in faculty, through the establishment of distinguished chairs and funding for research, scholarship, and professional development; and in the college itself, through upgrades to facilities and campus infrastructure. Commencement 2007 Information Wagner College has created a website to help you plan your attendance at our 2007 commencement ceremonies. You can find it here .
Wagner Welcomes New Students to CampusIt's move in day on the Wagner College campus as approximately 500 new students are expected to arrive sometime during the day on Thursday, August 21. A full slate of activities is planned. See the new student web pages for more information.
New book published on Wagner College historyA new collection of essays, “Wagner College: Four Histories,” has just been published by Wagner College. The book is a collection of both old and new material. Three of the four main essays are items written by Wagner alums, collected from the college archives: Wagner makes Princeton Review's 'Best 368 Colleges' list
Ranked #2 for ‘Best College Theater’ and #4 for ‘Most Beautiful Campus’ STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., July 28, 2008 — Wagner College is listed, once again, in the Princeton Review’s annual “Best 368 Colleges” guide, which was released today. Res. Ed. director published in new association study
A set of six studies on “Recruitment and Retention of Entry-Level Staff in Housing and Residence Life” was recently published by the Association for College and University Housing Officers-International. One of the 10 researchers on the team that produced the studies was Sara Klein, Wagner College’s director of residential education. Digging begins on new senior residence
Wagner Mourns Passing of Jerome BergWagner College lost a dear friend on July 21, with the passing of Jerome Berg. A longstanding member of the Staten Island and greater New York communities, Berg was a frequent participant in the life of Wagner College as a member of its Chai and DaVinci Societies, and as a benefactor of the school’s Hugh L. Carey Center for Government Reform. Trustee Frank Powers, 67, dies Sunday, June 22 Wagner College trustee and long-time friend Francis H. “Frank” Powers, 67, died peacefully in his sleep Sunday morning, June 22, at his Todt Hill, Staten Island home.Powers was elected in 2006 to a 4-year term on the Wagner College Board of Trustees. Kurt Landgraf, President of ETS, Offers Advice to GraduatesKurt 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. |
Heavy equipment moved this week onto the site of Wagner College's former baseball diamond, digging the foundation hole for our next residence hall. The four-story, 200-bed residence hall will house Senior Program residents. For more details on the project, click on