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Dr. Kwi Yun Affirms the Role of Compassionate Catalysts for Christ

March 23, 2022 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Dr. Kwi Yun Affirms the Role of Compassionate Catalysts for Christ

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. One of the distinctives of Nyack College […]

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Still Climbing the Ladder | Call Her Captain Emily Sigmon

March 7, 2022 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Still Climbing the Ladder | Call Her Captain Emily Sigmon

March is National Women’s History Month and Social Work Month. Both occasions are good reasons Nyack College 2021 Master of Social Work alumna, Emily Sigmon, is back in the spotlight. Earlier this year, the firefighter […]

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Meet Young Life Crown Heights Area Director: Erica Lara

March 30, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Meet Young Life Crown Heights Area Director: Erica Lara

Erica Lara’s passion for ministry to young people has not diminished since her time as a Youth and Family Studies major at Nyack College. The 2004 alumna was on the school’s Watchman Teams that would […]

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Tipping Our Hats to Dr. Frances Pratt, Retired Nyack NAACP President

March 29, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Tipping Our Hats to Dr. Frances Pratt, Retired Nyack NAACP President

British novelist George Eliot said “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” In the case of Dr. Frances Pratt, the Nyack NAACP president who retired in December 2020, she’s right on […]

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Women’s History Month | Making History With Fire

March 22, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Women’s History Month | Making History With Fire

Two Nyack College alumnae. Wanda Walborn and Emily Sigmon. Making history. One lights fires and the other puts fires out. Since the spring of 2000, Dr. Wanda Walborn and her husband, Dr. Ron Walborn (dean […]

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Nyack’s Own Marvelous Ms. Markita

March 16, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Nyack’s Own Marvelous Ms. Markita

For some parents of aspiring actors, the response to that career choice is a resounding NO! In fact, the late iconic Emmy and Tony Award-winning Cicely Tyson’s mother was not in favor of her daughter’s […]

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Rashida Aikens (’99) | Nyack College Hall of Famer

March 11, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Rashida Aikens (’99) | Nyack College Hall of Famer

A four-year member of the Nyack College Women’s Basketball Team. Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference All-Conference (CACC) all four years. The only female Warrior to score more than 2,000 points and over 900 rebounds. Inducted into […]

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Catherine Cha Cheong, (ATS ’14) Program Manager, Neonatal Comfort Care

March 8, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Catherine Cha Cheong, (ATS ’14) Program Manager, Neonatal Comfort Care

Nyack’s own Dr. Inseon Hwang is valiantly leading the School of Nursing and preparing nursing students to take Christ-centered compassion and skill to patients.  However, the healthcare industry is not a simple division of labor […]

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Nyack VP of Student Development and Dean of Students: Wanda Velez

March 4, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Nyack VP of Student Development and Dean of Students: Wanda Velez

Nyack College Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students Wanda Velez made history as the first Latina appointed to this post on the executive leadership team. Her decades-long relationship with the institution began […]

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Celebrating Women’s History Month and Nyack/ATS Alumnae

March 3, 2021 Deborah Walker Comments Off on Celebrating Women’s History Month and Nyack/ATS Alumnae

The late Cicely Tyson, Emmy and Oscar Award-winning film, television and Broadway actress; Elaine L. Chao, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor; Roma Downey, Actress, film producer and author; Frances […]

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