Nazareth University

Congratulations to Laura Zehr '26, who graduates with degrees in French and Inclusive Adolescence Education and heads straight into the classroom as a high school French teacher in the West Irondequoit Central School District!

Laura's college journey included a full year studying abroad in France, immersed in the language and culture and forming a bond with a host family so close she still considers her host mom a second mom. Back on campus, she lived in the French House, grew from a self-described shy student into a confident, empathetic educator, and completed a student teaching experience that affirmed her unique strengths in the classroom.

Her advice to future students? Ask questions, embrace discomfort, and lean on the people around you. Bonne chance, Laura! 🎓🇫🇷

Read Laura's full profile on the student blog, https://bit.ly/4niFz0k

Join us for the next concert in our concert series, Concerts at Beston Hall, featuring 40 Fingers, a phenomenal Italian quartet of guitarists! Grab your tickets and learn more about the concert on Friday, October 2 at 7 p.m right here on campus! https://bit.ly/43wSgMg

Nazareth University is ready for New York state's change to making Regents exams optional for high school graduation. Spectrum News visited Nazareth during last week's New York State Association for College Admission Counseling annual state conference and talked to attendees about how high school students will be evaluated. https://bit.ly/4ap3JkF

Nazareth's Suite 100, a major hub for student engagement, was renamed today in honor of President Beth Paul, whose six-year presidential tenure concludes June 30. The new name reflects President Paul's enduring commitment to Nazareth students and their success and well-being. 💜💛

Nazareth University’s new school psychology master’s degree program — one of only two in the Rochester region — has $25,000 stipends available for up to 10 Nazareth graduate students who apply for the program. The stipends, given to Nazareth grad students in their third year of the program, are supported by a highly competitive U.S. Department of Education School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) grant with the goal of expanding access to school-based mental health services. Apply for Nazareth’s school psychology master’s program now to start classes at the end of August, https://bit.ly/4gczSj9

Counting down the days... 100 days until Naz Weekend! Mark your calendars for September 18-20 for a weekend full of food trucks, live music, athletic events, and so much more! All alumni, families, students, faculty, staff, and friends of Nazareth are welcome to attend!💜💛

Join Nazareth University’s speech-language pathology graduate students on Wednesday, June 10 from 6-7 p.m. in the Pittsford Community Library to learn about how we hear and ways to limit noise exposure. Children in grades 3 to 5 and their parents are invited to learn and participate in hands-on activities!

Register in advance here, https://bit.ly/4vD3afk

Thanks to the great work by Naz staff and faculty who hosted the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling conference last week at Nazareth, public and independent school counselors and counselors from community-based organizations now have a great sense of Nazareth’s outrageously supportive culture and beautiful campus!💜💛

Thanks to ClinicNote for sharing Nazareth’s success as a case study, pointing out how Naz pro bono clinics on campus are further advancing care and student learning with electronic medical records.

Grad students in physical, occupational, speech, music, and art therapies treat patients at about 15,000 on-campus clinic visits annually. Now they also document care in an electronic medical records system that supports supervisor feedback, revision, and better interdisciplinary collaboration.

This allows students from different disciplines, such as OT and PT, to read notes on a shared client. Students can then use those prior notes to preemptively inform their approach for an upcoming session with that shared client.

Students are building clinical writing skills while also using the tool to manage scheduling, referrals, consent forms, and compliance. The case study quotes Professor Season Bonino on how it was launched and the difference it’s making, including: “When the students go out, and they're working with EMRs in the community, they've had two full years of doing this with us."

Read more about this case study: https://bit.ly/49gldiw