Campus-connected
Inspired by the immersive campus聽experience, students will create community聽at Nazareth and beyond.
Goals
- To foster a vibrant campus community by developing physical and virtual campus spaces that encourage interconnectedness among students, faculty, and staff
- To build Nazareth identity and pride through signature traditions
- To build a comprehensive, holistic, and equitable culture of well-being at Nazareth that make it a vibrant, fulfilling, and desirable place to study and work
- To become a regional benchmark for innovative, desirable, and flexible residential experiences that embody our Nazareth values and goals
First Night Candlelight tradition
This newer ceremony after new-student Convocation marks students' first night as a Golden Flyer. Gathering by the fountain, students reflect on their role in living out the legacy of Nazareth's founders on our campus and throughout the world.
Progress
What鈥檚 happening?
- Nazareth is designing a vibrant and engaging new student center, which will be a destination for connection, engagement, and collaboration by students, faculty, staff, community partners and others.
- Residential Life changemaker curriculum
Collaborative spaces
Nazareth's Golisano Training Center (GTC) on campus enables a unique partnership with Special Olympics.
Occupational therapy and physical therapy students worked with Special Olympics athletes on fitness screenings and wellness stations, a win-win experience, during a fall 2021 bocce competition at GTC.
Renovation begins
Nazareth began construction on a major library renovation that was co-designed by students to enhance their overall campus experience. President Beth Paul ceremonially started the renovation work at the Lorette Wilmot Library on May 5, 2023, with a ceremonial first swing of a purple and gold sledgehammer.
Promoting wellness on campus
Fitness facilities on campus 鈥� such as the fitness center in Golisano Training Center, shown 鈥� are open to students, faculty, and staff. GTC also includes a turf field, track, group exercise room, multipurpose courts (for basketball, volleyball, tennis, and more), and equipment available for loan.
Interprofessional Education
Signature experiences 鈥� such as in York Wellness & Rehabilitation Institute on campus as well as in the wider community and globally 鈥� cohesively integrate community, classroom, and co-curricular learning.