Spring 2025 News Archive





02/17/2025 - Next fall, the School of Arts and Sciences at ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ will begin offering a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Human Services.

02/15/2025 - Fisher Alumnus and Trustee William G. Clark ’78 was honored during the Urban League of Rochester’s 60th Anniversary Gala for his decades of service to the organization and for his significant contributions to advancing equity and opportunity in Rochester.

02/13/2025 - Learn about the growth of health and wellness care at ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ during the March Friday Lecture featuring Rebecca Kieffer ’96, LCSW-R, director of the University’s Health and Wellness Center.

02/13/2025 - The ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ 71st Commencement is scheduled for Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 with five ceremonies celebrating bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree recipients. This year, the University is seeking student speakers through a nomination process open to all members of the campus community. Students may also self-nominate.

02/13/2025 - Three gifts to ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ totaling more than $700,000 will enrich Fisher’s Urban Scholarship. Launched in 2020, the $40,000 scholarship is available to students enrolling in the University who resides in the City of Rochester. Since its inception, the Urban Scholars Program has helped to increase the number of students from the city of Rochester benefiting from a Fisher education.

02/11/2025 - The Women in Family Business Committee, an affinity group of the Family Business Program at ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ, will host a Cinco de Mayo networking event at Old Pueblo Grill’s Victor location.

02/11/2025 - ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ is participating in the 2026 Wall Street Journal / College Pulse College Rankings survey, a U.S. college ranking initiative by the Wall Street Journal in collaboration with research partners College Pulse and Statista.

02/10/2025 - This weekend, hundreds of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ students took to the dance floor for the 43rd Teddi Dance for Love, all in support of Camp Good Days and Special Times.

02/10/2025 - Kessan VanGronigen, a media and communication major, is this week's featured student in the “Countdown to Commencement” series. She was nominated by Jeremy Sarachan, an associate professor in media and communication.

02/07/2025 - ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ will once again host the annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The walk, now in its ninth year at Fisher, is designed to engage college students in the fight to prevent suicide and support mental health awareness.