Speeches and Publications
Since being named the 26th president of Niagara University, the Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., has pledged to deploy the institution’s resources of teaching, research and service to assist the community. He has challenged the university’s administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni to be creative, collaborative and innovative catalysts of change, a theme that is pervasive in his numerous published articles and speeches.
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Ever since the first independent (private, not-for-profit) institution of higher learning was established centuries ago, these colleges and universities have served as a rising tide lifting students...
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Father Maher authored a chapter for an Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities book on student affairs in higher education. The book, compiled by Dr. Michael Galligan-Stierle, is titled...
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For University Business, Father Maher wrote about the ways that Niagara University is developing the global nature of its academic programs in part through outreach into Vietnam.
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Father Maher offered reflection on the messages Pope Francis delivered during his historic visit to the United States.
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Father Maher addressed the importance of binational collaboration in a piece featured on the front page of the Opinion section of The Buffalo News.
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The Niagara University and Vincentian communities came together May 9, 2015, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the priesthood of Father Maher.
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Father Maher delivered the commencement address at Christ the King Seminary on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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An article outlining the distinct value of a college education appeared on The Huffington Post website on March 3, 2015.
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The Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission made a $1 million gift to NU to establish an endowed scholarship fund.
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Father Maher's commentary, titled "A needed assault on poverty," appeared in the Albany Times Union on Dec. 10, 2014.
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More than 520 NU alumni, students and friends came together in the name of educational access and affordability during the 2014 President’s Dinner, held Nov. 1.
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In a Buffalo News essay, Father Maher explained how the establishment of the Niagara Global Tourism Institute will bolster the tourism and hospitality industry in the Buffalo-Niagara region.
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Niagara University held a ceremonial opening and blessing of the Gacioch Family Alumni and Admissions Center on Sept. 9, 2014.
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Father Maher references the challenge from Pope Francis to serve those who live in poverty and on the margins of life in a Huffington Post editorial from June 17, 2014.
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Father Maher presented the keynote address during an interreligious conference held in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 9, 2014.
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The Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., was formally inaugurated as Niagara University's 26th president on April 4, 2014.
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NU’s College of Hospitality and Tourism Management held its 13th annual convocation Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013.
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Father Maher celebrated the official opening of the B. Thomas Golisano Center for Integrated Sciences with a speech titled "The Gift that Gives Unto Eternity."
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