November 2015 – College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Newsletter

November 6, 2015November 9, 2015 "Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters", "College: What it Was Is and Should Be", Andrew Delbanco, liberal arts, Michael Roth

A Message from Dean Barrett

In College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be, Andrew Delbanco recalls talking to a group of alumni from Columbia

November 6, 2015November 9, 2015 autism spectrum disorder, Brittney Cooper, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, e-readers, ethnographic film, Pau, social pragmatic disorder, SUNY New Paltz, Visual Language Journal, Without Limits: Interdisciplinary Conversations in the Liberal Arts

Interdisciplinary Panel Discusses “The Liberal Arts and the Digital World”

Screens are ubiquitous in modern life. They not only entertain and inform, but have fundamentally changed the way we read,

November 5, 2015November 9, 2015 Five Arrows, Graywolf Press, Heinz Insu Fenkl, Skull Water, The New Yorker

English Professor’s Autobiographical Fiction Published in The New Yorker

It took Heinz Insu Fenkl 38 years to see an original story published in The New Yorker, but his

November 5, 2015April 15, 2016 asylum, Bahir Dar, Circle of Courage, Comedor Konojel, Deaf Studies, Eddie Daniels, Ethiopian Sign Language, Guatemalan youth, Human rights in Guatemala, Human Services Concentration, Kal Center for Special Needs, Konojel Community Center, National Association of Child and Youth Care Workers, Robben Island, San Marcos, South Africa, SUNY New Paltz, Visions Global Empowerment

Study Abroad Courses Exemplify “High Impact” Education Practices

At the conclusion of an October 22 student presentation on a remarkable summer study abroad course in Guatemala, SUNY New

November 5, 2015April 15, 2016 ASIANetwork, China, Chongqing, geography, Student-Faculty Fellows Program, SUNY New Paltz, urban farming

Student-Faculty Team Studies Urban Farming in China

Five New Paltz students set out last fall to explore the viability of urban farming in Chongqing, China, under the

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