Mark your calendar for an exciting spring event featuring the Nyack College Chorale in "A Concert Celebrating God's Faithfulness" on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. on the stage of Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center located at Columbus Avenue and 65th Street in New York City. Advance ticket purchases are recommended. Tickets, priced between $10-$25, will be available beginning February 15 and can be purchased online at www.lincolncenter.org, by calling CenterCharge at 212.721.6500, or by visiting the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office.

Nyack College students, faculty, and staff will participate in several upcoming events sponsored by the Luis Palau Association. The various outreaches will include ministry and worship as well as opportunities to serve in New York Metro communities.

Here's where you'll see Nyack represented:

February 10-14

Re:New events where Luis Palau, Francis Chan, and the band Passion are featured

March 13-15 

For This City, (CityFest): Youth gatherings with Andrew Palau, Jesus Culture, Chris Durso, and Daniel Sanabria

March 28

CityServe: A day of service where students, faculty, and staff will paint homeless shelters and schools at two sites in the five boroughs of New York City

July 11

Central Park, The Great Lawn: A celebration of all that was accomplished through NY CityServe & CityFest

Some are free but ticketed events. For more information on how you can participate, click here.

The campus community of Nyack College gathered with elected officials, community leaders, and Rockland County residents at The Nyack Seaport on Sunday, January 18 to celebrate a tradition that began a decade ago as a prelude to observing the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Nyack's Social Justice Celebration keeps alive Dr. King's dream of the "beloved community."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have studied the Nyack Seaport dining room and smiled. He would have seen that his decades of labor were not in vain. He would have enjoyed this visual of white, black, Jew and Gentile, men, women, and children gathering at the invitation of Nyack College to celebrate social justice.

Social Justice Award recipients, pictured with Nyack College/Alliance Theological Seminary President Dr. Michael Scales and Community Relations Executive Director Earl Miller are (l-r, standing) Miller, Andrea Winograd (Holocaust Museum & Study Center), and Scales; (l-r seated): Paul Galan (Holocaust Museum & Study Center, Board Chair), Alan Moskin (World War II veteran and guest speaker), Mr. Murphy; and Mr. Aldridge.

Alumni Stories Are Proof of the Partnership's Success

On Thursday, January 22 at Fishkill Correctional Facility, 24 graduates received the Bachelor of Science degree in organizational management from Nyack College under the auspices of a partnership between the College and Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison. The noontime ceremony was held at the medium security prison for men located at 18 Strack Drive in Beacon, NY.

Nyack College President Dr. Michael Scales presided over the ceremony for this second Fishkill cohort. To date, 76 students have earned Nyack College degrees from the Hudson Link program, founded in 1998 when New York State and federal funding for prison education was discontinued. "We are delighted to be a part of this personally transforming program that infuses tremendous hope in the lives of the incarcerated," says Dr. Scales.

The 2015 commencement speaker was Jeffrey Deskovic. Deskovic was wrongfully convicted of a crime and after serving 16 years in prison, was exonerated and awarded $40 million by a federal jury. He is the founder of the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation For Justice, a 501(c)(3) organization committed to the prevention of wrongful convictions both in DNA and non-DNA cases and the reintegration of exonerees.

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C&MA Metro District Grant Supports Training for Emerging Leaders at Nyack/ATS

Becker CPA Prep

Nyack College will welcome Ms. Sandy Broadbent of Becker Professional Education to the Rockland campus to speak with students on Tuesday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hudson/Palisades Room of Boon Campus Center. Becker offers a prep course for individuals who will sit for the CPA Exam. Students who prepare with Becker reportedly pass the CPA Exam at double the rate of non-Becker candidates. The prep course can be taken live, online, or as a self-study. Ms. Broadbent will share about the benefits of earning an accounting degree and pursuing the CPA license.

School of Nursing

Nine Nyack Cheryl Phenicie School of Nursing students will travel to Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers, FL March 6-13 to fulfill a portion of their foundations clinical. Their rotation through the nursing units will include working with the elderly in the skilled nursing facility and the assisted living facility as well as the Medical Center. Professor Maureen Kroning will oversee the trip along with Mrs. Delta Gallo, program coordinator.