Nazareth University Centennial Podcast

This episode explores the first five presidents of Nazareth University, 1924-1970 and shows their wisdom was in constantly thinking about the future of the college. Guests are Kathy Urbanik, Archivist for the Sisters of St. Joseph and Debbie Janetos of the Nazareth University Archive.

Nazareth University began officially participating in the Rochester Pride Parade in 2022, in this episode we explore the origins and expansion of this over the last several years in an engaging conversation with Tara Winner-Swete and Kim Winden.  Topics include the many ways Nazareth responds to the needs of the LGBTQAI+ community and the importance of representation and healing.  

In this episode we sit down with Ann Callaghan Allen to talk about her book, Holocaust Refugees in Oswego From Nazi Europe to Lake Ontario (2024). Allen is a 1971 graduate of Nazareth University and sought after speaker. 

This episode recounts the history of the ten museum panels created by Nazareth faculty and students for the Frederick Douglass Underground Railroad Conference, held in Rochester, New York, in 2007.  The episode describes the key individuals and events that led to their creation, and how the project became a pivotal moment for community engagement and public history at Nazareth University. 

The Fulbright program was created by the US government in the aftermath of World War II and is dedicated to building mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people from other nations.  Since 1955, Nazareth University has been engaged in sending students and faculty abroad to study, teach, and learn through the various Fulbright programs.  In this episode, we speak with stu...

In 2001, just days after the tragedy of 9/11 Nazareth University responded by sending 40 students and music department faculty to provide the gift of song to those grieving in the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center.  An a cappella choir sang for 24 hours in places such as Union Square and Firehouses near ground zero, providing solace, uplift, and musical therapy.  This episode feat...

In this episode we learn about the buildings of Nazareth University and the names behind the buildings!  

Nazareth University alumni became changemakers by joining the Peace Corps in the early 1960s.  Their story is found in letters sent to Sr. Magdelen LaRow and in articles published in the student newspaper, the Gleaner.  Listen as students read excerpts of these letters,  available in the Nazareth University archives. 

Take an audio tour of the history of the French House at Nazareth University with special guest host Caroline Johnson.   

Using the student newspaper, the Gleaner, Katie Wilburn explores how Nazareth celebrated the holiday season and Christmas from the 1920s to the 21st century.

Alumni reflect on their experiences at Nazareth in the 1960s. Recollections include memories of unforgettable faculty, the bonding experience of being in a living-learning community, and the role the college played in shaping their identity. 

Mary T. Bush served Nazareth College for 70 of its 100 years.  She was a beloved figure on campus and is recalled by those who worked with her.  The episode contains a short clip of Mary and guests including Dick Delvecchio, Tim Thibodeau, and Christine Bochen.  Music is provided by the Free Music Archive. 

In this episode, Center for Public History student workers Jordyn Bagley and Rheanna Barney visit Casa Italiana Director Joelle Carota.  

Stephen LaSalle was Treasurer and VP for Finance at Nazareth College for over 30 years during which the campus was transformed by buildings, land acquisitions, and remarkable financial stability.  Yet for Steve, it was the people of Nazareth who made Nazareth a "real gem in the community."

In this new podcast we discuss the role that Orion the service dog has played on the Nazareth campus 2020-2021

Sr. Kathy Weider describes how in the 1990s a group of dedicated faculty worked with Campus Compact to create a reflective learning experience through service learning on the Nazareth campus.  Weider mentions key faculty, how service reflects the order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and how service-learning has changed over the years.  Interview conducted by Kelsey Jones. 

This episode features Nazareth graduate Sr. Barbara Lum who was missioned to the Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, Alabama  -- the only hospital in nine counties that would treat and teach students of color.  We explore Lum's eyewitness account of the Jim Crow South and her subsequent career.  Now in her 80s, Lum continues to work for social justice by promoting anti-racist behavior and by serving...

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rashid Muhammad about his life and those things which influenced him including encounters with Nazareth College. Topics include black leaders in Rochester, including Roy Wheatley King, William Johnson, Jess Moore, John Walker;  Rashid's conversion to Islam in Turkey, and stories of how Dr. Muhammad Shafiq and the Sister of St Joseph influenced Rashid. 

Dr. Rashid Muhammad is a community scholar and friend of Nazareth College who works with us on our antiracist agenda.  In this episode, Dr. Muhammad explores the deep history of racism in the U.S., the persistence of racial barriers in Rochester, and tells how Nazareth College community members inspired his own work in anti-racism.

Jim Feuerstein (1953-2020) taught at Nazareth from 1993-2018.  In this podcast, we explore the life and work of Dr. F who helped shape the Communication Sciences and Disorders department, the School of Health and Human Services, and the college itself.  Lisa Durant Jones, Interim VP for Community and Belonging, also shares her memories of working with Jim. 

This episode of the podcast explores the origin of Nazareth College ca. 1924-1930.  We meet the incredible faculty who came together to open and run the college, the story of its various locations, and the incredible students who were the first class to graduate in 1928.

Storyteller, educator, historian, community organizer, and a follower of Marcus Garvey, David Anderson will be celebrating his 90th Birthday on Tuesday, April 28.  Growing up in Cincinnati, David Anderson was influenced by his parents and Marcus Garvey.  He moved to Rochester, New York in 1956 and struggled against the structural racism that segregated the black population into crowded, overpriced...

Nazareth College was eager to build a men's sports program under Bob Kidera and Rose Marie Beston.  This is the story of how Nazareth went from no-lacrosse to the pinnacle of Division III lacrosse in just six years. 

Georgia Conner Youngblood was an extraordinary person, intellectual, gracious, and loving.  She was also the first African American woman to graduate from Nazareth College (class of 1948).  This podcast includes interviews with her children and a classmate to provide listeners with her biography and her legacy.

Clarisse Martens Coggins was born in Port Byron, New York in 1922.  In 1939 she entered Nazareth College where she met some of the most extraordinary faculty in the college's history.  She made lifelong friends, found a career, and continued to give back to the college.  In this podcast she reminiscences about her life, her experiences at Nazareth College, and World War II.