Since the opening of Project Experience, hundreds of students and faculty members have been guided through the thirty minute tour. Commenting on what he learned from the Experience, undergraduate student Yinkon Her said, “It’s heartbreaking. This is the reason I am going to the mission field.”

Project Experience not only challenges visitors with issues of injustice, but presents other areas where ATS grads are working in sustainable ways to promote economic and spiritual growth, such as the Talibé Project, led by International-Workers-in-Residence Brian and Michelle Davis. The Davises are working to build a center for young boys that will provide an education and vocational skills as well as discipleship. They have raised $11,000 of their $20,000 goal.

Project Experience is open to visitors from campus and the community, including classes, church groups, or individuals. Tours are open from 12 pm - 2 pm and 5 pm -6 pm. Group tours can also be scheduled for anytime by emailing agsm@nyack.edu or calling 845-770-5755.

The Jamesons, a dynamic husband and wife team, have graced stages around the globe, among them the Boshoi in Moscow, the Japanese National Theater in Tokyo and Teatro Municipale in Santiago, Chile. They have also performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City Opera, Washington Opera, and Los Angeles Opera. Joining them in concert will be six Nyack College Opera Workshop vocal students:  Laurelle Virola, Laura Martinez, Melissa Ruitenberg, Qian Ye, Sam McDonald, and Nyack alumnus, Dan Ansaldo. Dan Maiullo will be the accompanist.

The program will include selections from La Boheme, La Traviata, Romeo and Juliet, The Magic Flute and popular musical theater compositions.

For more information about this charitable outreach, click here. Ticket information is also available at the Palace Theater box office at 603.668.5588.

Committed. Passionate. Organized. Talented. Teachable.  These are just some of the traits that define empowered and equipped leaders.

Does this describe you?

Are you a leader ready to serve Nyack College and your peers during the 2012-2013 school year? Friday, February 3 is the deadline for submitting an application to be considered for student leadership in areas like Residence Life, Spiritual Formation, and Student Activities. Sign up for an interview slot by Friday, February 10.

For more information on the iHelp selection process, visit Nyack.edu/studentleadership today!

Director Danielle Dwyer says, “This is a play about resurrection. Twelfth Night touches that nerve in us…that desire…we all have to reinvent our lives and ourselves.” 

The Nyack campus and local community are welcome to attend.

Click here to learn more about Elements Theatre Company.

Men's Soccer:

Felix Horn, Junior,  (3.92) - Business Administration

* Gavin Penny, Senior, 3.84) - Accounting

Mikey Robinson, Junior, (3.57) - Business Administration

Women's Soccer:

Esther Huynh, Sophomore., (3.82) - Early Childhood

Heather Wakeley, Sophomore, (3.94) - TESOL

* Jennifer Jordan, Senior, (3.94) - Psychology

# Stephanie Mercier, Junior,  (3.91) - Childhood Education

* Susanna Bicknell, Senior, (3.91) - Business Administration

Volleyball:

Brianna Kane, Sophomore, (3.50) - Childhood Education

Michelle Makela, Junior,  (3.83) - TESOL

Tawnie Savage, Junior,  (3.54) - Mathematics

Men's & Women's Cross Country:

* Ben Wallin, Senior, (3.68) - Religion

Jordan Wilhelm, Senior, (3.63) - Vocal Performance

# Stephen Mitzel, Senior, (3.81) - Accounting

Stuart Guild, Senior  (3.99) - Religion

Abigail Frank, Junior, (3.55) - Childhood Education

Alethea Brown, Junior., (3.92) - Vocal Performance

Bethany Allison, Sophomore, (3.62) - Nursing

# Deborah McCarthy, Senior, (3.62) - Accounting

LeeAnn Mailly, Junior, (3.81) - Religion

Commented Latia Deylii, Nyack's head recruiter and men's & women's cross country assistant coach, "It is amazing that out of 187 awarded CACC student-athletes from 14 conference teams, 20 individuals represent Nyack College."

*: 3-Time Honoree

#: 2-Time Honoree

This two-week interactive tour will give the Alliance Theological Seminary community an opportunity to get a glimpse of a day in the life of the marginalized and poor around the world and—even in our own backyards. The tour travels through the "cycle of poverty" and its devastating effects.

On Wednesday, January 25, all Nyack faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in The Project Experience from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Student-led tours will last between 30-40 minutes. Staggered time slots of 2:30, 2:40, and 2:50 are available for anyone to take a tour. After January 25, tours will be available between noon and 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., as well as by appointment.   

The AGSM staff is willing to open The Project Experience to churches or other groups. To make an appointment, e-mail agsm@nyack.edu or call 845-770-5755.  

Click here to see a promo video about the tour.

Editors of The Fine Print, the Nyack Rockland campus literary magazine have announced new deadlines for faculty, staff, and students to submit work for the next edition.

Keep reading for details on how you can be involved.

Have any short stories or poems? Photographs or artwork?  Send in your piece (or pieces) to fineprint@nyack.edu, but don't forget to check out our guidelines at http://nyack.edu/content/TheFinePrintSubmissions. You can submit up to 10 poems, 7 photos (or works of art) and 3 short stories per person. Make sure to also include a short author bio so we know who to credit for the work. 

The new deadline for short stories and poems is February 8, 2012. 

This year there is a featured theme for the art section, “Film Noir,” but any piece can also be submitted. The new deadline for all art is February 12, 2012.

If you would like to find out more about last year's issue, go to http://nyack.edu/content/TheFinePrint. 

Take this chance for your work to be featured in the school's literary magazine! Submit your short story, poem, or art to fineprint@nyack.edu. 

Thanks,

The Editors

The Office of Student Development at the Nyack New York City campus will host Social Justice Week January 23-27.

Activities will include guest speaker, Jaclyn Lesch (pictured above), of International Justice Mission (IJM) on Wednesday, January 25 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in The Haven at the 361 Broadway campus. In her role on the IJM College Student Mobilization team, Ms. Lesch engages students on the issues of human trafficking and other modern-day oppression. Previously employed at the U.S. Department of Justice, she was a spokesperson for the Department's Criminal Division, with a focus on child exploitation cases and special investigations of war crimes. The Houston, TX native, who currently lives in Washington, DC is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and will complete graduate studies at American University this year.

Thursday, January 26 at 5:00 p.m., Dr. Vilma Balmaceda, an associate professor of political science and director of Nyack's new Center for Christian Scholarship on the Rockland campus, will be featured at The Nyack Experience at The Haven.

On Friday, January 27, Students Against Hunger, a NYC campus student club, will host a concert, "Music That Feeds," beginning 6:30 p.m. Special guest performers will be Eli Miguel, Harlem Witness, and Majah Stringz. The concert will be preceded by a reception with light refreshments at 5 p.m. A free will offering will be received and proceeds from the concert will benefit the work of Students Against Hunger, which is to attack the issues of hunger and poverty.

For more information, email SAH361@yahoo.com.

Responding to being selected for the honor, Sheriff Kralik said "Of the numerous awards for law enforcement and public safety I have received, I am honored to receive this expression of thanks from such caring people. It is an honor and a joy."

Mrs. Jaffee was delighted "to be in such extraordinary company of honorees." She continued, "I want to attribute any success to people like these who have motivated and inspired me as they respond to issues and care for and advocate for youth."

Among the celebrants was Jessica Gordon Nembhard, daughter of the Gordons, and who with her siblings established the CEJJES Institute in honor of her parents work in education. Clearly proud of her parents, she said they "have spent their whole lives advocating for social justice. I'm proud to see other people recognizing them for their efforts."

Last summer administrators reviewed its comprehensive emergency operations plan with key personnel. Demonstrating his support for Nyack’s commitment to campus safety, Village of South Nyack Police Chief Robert VanCura made himself available to speak to the campus employees for the orientation. 

Always looking for suitable venues to conduct monthly SWAT training, Chief VanCura arranged with Mrs. Michele Blanck, Nyack’s Director of Auxiliary Services, to plan a time when students were off-campus to conduct the training.

Nyack’s sprawling campus with administrative buildings and dorms was a perfect setting to simulate the crises SWAT teams encounter. Rockland County law enforcement officers who oversaw the training are pictured above with Mrs. Blanck (l-r) Police Officer Brent Newbury, a former Rockland County PBA president; Sgt. James Sullivan, Orangetown Police Dept.; Lt. Andrew Esposito, Rockland County Sheriff’s Office; and Chief Robert VanCura, Police Chief of South Nyack.

The day concluded with a catered meal for the officers and students.

The 2012 recipients of the Social Justice Day Award include husband and wife, Drs. Edmund and Susan Gordon, founders of the CEJJES Institute in Pomona, a cultural, educational and research foundation dedicated to improving educational and social conditions for all disenfranchised people. Other honorees are the Honorable Ellen Jaffee, 95^th District Assemblywoman in Rockland County; and Mr. James F. Kralik, retiring Rockland County Sheriff. 

Keynote speaker for this prelude to celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, will be veteran journalist John Seigenthaler, Sr. (pictured above). Mr. Seigenthaler, who founded the First Amendment Center in Nashville, is a former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, who served for 43 years as an award-winning journalist for The Tennessean, a Nashville morning newspaper. At his retirement he was editor, publisher, and CEO of the publication and is now chairman emeritus. In 1982, Seigenthaler became founding editorial director of USA TODAY and served in that position for a decade, retiring from both the Nashville and national newspapers in 1991.

A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, he served for two decades as a member of the Nieman Advisory Board. In the early 1960s, Mr. Seigenthaler served in the U.S. Justice Department as special assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, which led to his role as chief negotiator with the governor of Alabama during the Freedom Rides. 

Today, Seigenthaler hosts a weekly book-review program, "A Word On Words." A senior advisory trustee of the Freedom Forum, he is chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards for the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights and chairman emeritus of the annual Profile in Courage Award selection committee of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Seigenthaler is a member of the Constitution Project on Liberty and Security, created after the 9/11 tragedies, and served on the eighteen-member National Commission on Federal Election Reform organized in 2001 by former Presidents Carter and Ford.

For more information on this event, contact Earl Miller, executive director of community relations at Nyack College at Earl.Miller@nyack.edu or by phone at 845.675.4791.

Mexico: Outreach to Mexico  The Business Department and Business Club travels to Cancun to gain exposure to both Mexican and expatriate entrepreneurs and businessmen, serve with local ministries and businesses, and gain experience in a business department venture supporting and developing the services of a Christian bookstore. Faculty Coordinator: Prof. Jim Muckell

Italy: Fine Arts in the City of Venice  Fine Arts in the City of Venice is an intensive course offering students the opportunity to visit art museums, galleries, churches, and some music halls of Venice and "the Veneto", or the surrounding areas. Faculty Coordinators: Drs. Dana and Sue Talley

Israel: Geographic & Historical Settings of the Bible  This course is a study of the physical, historical and cultural features of the land of the Bible with an emphasis on how those elements influenced and affected settlement, communication, biblical and extra biblical history. It also comprises a focus on historical geography, which is an integration of geography, history, archaeology and toponomy. Preparatory assigned readings and map studies will maximize the student’s learning experience during their travel in Israel. Relevant archaeological, historical, and biblical information will be presented in our field study to integrate the student’s learning experience.  Faculty Coordinator: Dr. R. Steven Notley

Philippines: Social Work in Context  Students will be engaged in social and community development internationally. This service-learning intensive course confronts the realities of contextual community transformation and provides students with opportunities to study, observe, compare and integrate perspectives and approaches to community and social development.  Faculty Coordinators: Dr. Kwi Yun, Dr. David Jennings, Dr. Stephen Maret

Cambodia: Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia   Students will study the causes and issues of human trafficking, sex trafficking and child exploitation in Southeast Asia. They will serve in mini-intern roles within International and local NGO’s addressing trafficking issues. Faculty Coordinator: Prof. Scott Reitz

India: Adult Health Alterations  In Bangalore, India, the Silicone Valley of the subcontinent Nyack's School of Nursing students will get  hands-on experience in a cross-cultural context. They will learn to care for adults experiencing acute and chronic health alterations in one of the finest hospitals in Asia. Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Elizabeth Simon

Click here to learn more about Winterim 2012.

The New Sound Gospel Choir ministered in song and Sharon Pringle, a first generation college graduate in her family, shared a touching testimony. 

Memorable moments students experienced during their last semester at Nyack were recaptured in a video presentation. Dean of Nyack’s College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Fernando Arzola, exhorted the students to be courageous, humble lifelong learners. Dean Charles Hammond encouraged them to remember the Lord’s commission to be salt and light in the world.

Joy, accomplishment, relief, and genuine gratitude to God for finishing strong were the common sentiments shared by the graduates.

Congratulations to all for a job well-done!

This year the event will take place on Friday, December 23rd from 6:30 pm-10:30 pm in the Palisades Mall, 1000 Palisades Center Drive, West Nyack, NY on the 1st floor in corridor near JC Penny. 

Nyack College 2007 alumni Rafael “Macho” Lara (pictured above) who is the pastor of Worship Arts at Risen King Alliance Church in Pearl River will be leading a segment that begins at 7:15 pm.

Enjoy this special time of remembering Jesus, the real reason for the season…in one of the largest shopping malls in the United States! 

Christopher J. Smith, Coordinator of Student Activities in the Office of Student Development emceed the Senior’s Brunch in Boon Campus Center. Quizzed on campus factoids, winners walked away with Nyack memorabilia and every senior left with seasonal gifts and other giveaways. 

The most poignant moments of this gathering is when students share what they will take away from their Nyack experience. What will December 2011 grads treasure about their time at Nyack College? 

The sense of community and the gift of friendships always top the list. But academically excellent globally engaged intentionally diverse, personally transforming, and socially relevant Nyack means so much more each one. 

Here’s how they summed it up:

Grateful to be involved in something bigger than myself.

Saw God work out the process of brokenness and restoration.

Am a totally different individual. Happy to have had the space to grow.

Was encouraged and uplifted by people and happy to do the same for others.

Learned that I don’t have to be perfect, but that I should have an excellent spirit.

Learned to always be myself and not live up to the standards of others.

Came from a hometown that was not diverse. At Nyack, I was able to experience diversity and the many ways to worship.

Saw that God is gracious.

Learned to be still and know that He is God.

Am taking away confidence as a student, a teacher, and a leader.

President Michael Scales prayed for the students that “God would take them to the next stage in their lives which is just around the corner” and that He would grant them the wisdom and courage to make right decisions. Above all, Dr. Scales encouraged them with a single powerful charge: to persevere.

The two Rwandan coaches are on the Rockland campus for a twenty-day stay to shadow Coach Quinn and his staff, observing team practices and games. Says Quinn, "I want to thank Eric Nelson, AIA's global sports team director, and I also want to thank the Nyack College administration for making Alexandre and Jean Paul's stay possible. It has really been a great experience for our program and a kingdom-building experience."

"We take the position of ministry very seriously and want to offer an evening of peace, faith building, and awaken your hearts and minds to the blessings of this our most precious season of the year," says Prof. Jameson.

The event showcases the Nyack College Chorale performing a program of traditional lessons and carols. The story of the birth of Christ will be shared in scripture and prayer. Professor Shelley Jameson will reprise her performance of “O Holy Night.” 

A freewill offering will be received to benefit the Chorale Tour ministry.

For more information visit www.nyack.edu.

A funeral service for Rev. Harris-Pendelton will be held on Saturday, December 3 at Community Baptist Church in Englewood, NJ, which was his home church before being appointed the senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Boonton, NJ in July 2007. He was ordained by the Permanent Council of the North Jersey Missionary Baptist Association on December 7, 2003.

The 47-year-old Harris-Pendelton was a speaker this year at Nyack’s MSOL hooding ceremony for 2011 graduates. Passionate about teaching adult students, he served them as a mentor and coach—always inspiring them with God’s Word.

The campus community is encouraged to pray for his family—wife, Karla Harris-Pendelton and his children, Robyn and Kiana.

Proving once again his reputation as the “winningest soccer coach” in Nyack College Athletics, Men's Soccer Head Coach Keith Davie has been named the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) East Region Coach of the Year after the East Region head coaches cast their votes for the coveted title.

The award comes following a season in which Coach Davie lead the Warriors from the #7 seed in the conference tournament to a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament Championship and an NCAA National Tournament bid, the first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in Nyack College sports history. The team finished the season at 13-6-2.

This is the third time Davie has won the East Region Coach of the Year. He previously received the recognition in 1999 and 2005.

Congratulations Coach Davie from the entire campus community!

Come enjoy these programs of sacred and seasonal music with the Nyack College campus community.

NYACK NEW YORK CITY

Sunday, December 4 at 3:00 p.m.

La Hermosa Christian Church

5 West 110^th Street, NY, NY

The New York City School of Music Christmas concert will feature the Chorale, Chamber Singers, and the Collegium. Conductors for the event are Dr. Elizabeth Swanson for the Chorale and Chamber Singers, Dr. Sue Talley fpr the Collegium Musicum and Prof. Jhasoa Agosto. Soloists will be vocalists Tammy Rodriguez, Nichole

Costantino, Sheherezade Holman, Anibal Cortez, Andre Rogers, and Cliff Smith, and the oboe duo of Alyssa Mejillo and Shalom Rodriguez. A Spanish selection will also be featured.

NYACK ROCKLAND

Olson Auditorium of Pardington Hall

45 South Blvd., Nyack College

Sunday, December 4, 8:00 p.m.

Carol & Candlelight 2011 will feature Christmas carols and season music performed by the Nyack College Women’s Chorale, Handbell Choir, and Brass Ensemble. The program concludes with a candlelight service, a School of Music tradition since 1948. Dr. Glenn Koponen and Ms. Jennifer Scott are directors. A freewill offering will be received to benefit the Carol & Candlelight Tours.

Saturday, December 10, 8:00 p.m.

A Christmas Concert directed by Professor Joel Jameson showcases the Nyack College Chorale performing a program of traditional lessons and carols. The story of the birth of Christ will be shared in scripture and prayer. Professor Shelley Jameson will reprise her performance of “O Holy Night.” A freewill offering will be received to benefit the Chorale Tour ministry.

For more information visit www.nyack.edu.