NEW PALTZ — The New York Conference on Asian Studies will hold its annual conference on the campus of the State University of New York at New Paltz on October 15-17. More than 180 scholars and artists will contribute to panels, exhibitions, workshops and performances. The theme for this year’s…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The AmeriCorps program at the State University of New York at New Paltz has earned high praise from state and federal administrators. In a recent letter to the SUNY New Paltz officials, Mary Pfeiffer, program administrator for AmeriCorps in New York Governor George E. Pataki’s Office of National…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Margaret Gilbert, a professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut (Storrs), will speak on “Considerations on Collective Guilt,” at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Thursday, October 8. Gilbert is the author of Living Together: Rationality, Sociality, and Obligation(1996, Rowman and Littlefield) and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — An exhibition of photographs by Kenr Izu, a New York based photographer whose subject matter is Southeast Asia, and sculptural works by Barbara Broughel which explore the 18th and 19th century opium trade, will be on exhibit in the College Art Gallery and are scheduled to run…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — “A Man Who Might Have Existed: E. Herbert Norman,” a 95-minute documentary film for which Roger W. Bowen, president of the State University of New York, served as principal consultant, premiered at the Montreal Film Festival earlier this month. The film will have its U.S. premiere when…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Institute for International Business and the Institute for Professional Development at the State University of New York at New Paltz and Marine Midland Bank will present the second annual International Trade Symposium on Friday, October 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the College Terrace…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The results of the 1998 New York Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) for teacher candidates from the State University of New York at New Paltz were recently released. The results, reported by the National Evaluation System, Inc., included the scores of examinees who reported their affiliation with the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Geoff Ward, a professor of English and head of the department at the University of Dundee (Scotland), will deliver a guest lecture at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Thursday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. His topic is “‘And paintings are one thing…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Irving Weiss, emeritus professor of English at the State University of New York at New Paltz, will have his book and manuscript/typescript, Visual Voices: The Poem as a Print Object, (Runaway Spoon, 1994) included in a soon-to-open exhibition, “The Next Word: Text and/as Design and/as Meaning,” at…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz AmeriCorps Program will kick off its second year on Friday, September 18. Thirty new members will be sworn in at a 2:00 p.m. ceremony to be held in the Purple Lounge located in the Student Union Building on…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The generosity of six individuals has enabled as many students to attend the State University of New York at New Paltz this year as part of an innovative scholarship program titled Adopt-a-Scholar, begun last year. This brings to 11, the total number of students currently being assisted…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — “Update for Educators: Responding to the Needs of Students with Epilepsy” is the title of a evening conference to be held at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Tuesday, September 15. The program is sponsored by the College’s School of Education, the Mid-Hudson…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Sandra L. Landron, a second semester senior at the State University of New York at New Paltz and a student aide in the College’s Financial Aid Office, has been named the first recipient of the SUNY Financial Aid Professionals Scholarship award. Landron, who is from Staten Island,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Roger W. Bowen, president of the State University of New York at New Paltz, has announced the promotion of L. David Eaton to vice president for enrollment management. The promotion is effective immediately. Eaton has reported directly to Bowen since the president’s arrival in the summer of 1996,…
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