NEW PALTZ — The post-season awards continue to roll in for SUNY New Paltz junior shortstop Brian Clarke, with his most recent selection to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Upstate New York Baseball All-Star Team on Friday. Clarke, a native of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia (Sackville ’94),…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Five May 2000 SUNY New Paltz graduates were presented by State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King the 2000 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. This is the largest number of recipients from any SUNY campus this year except Stony Brook, which had seven. SUNY New Paltz…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Friday, June 9, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, SUNY New Paltz is sponsoring a conference titled “The Economic Outlook for Mid-Hudson Valley 2000.” Events will take place in Lecture Center 102, beginning at 9 a.m. The keynote speaker will be Hugh…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Three SUNY New Paltz baseball players have been named to the NCAA Division III ABCA/Rawlings New York Region All-Star Team. Senior centerfielder Shawn Francis was selected to the First Team – making him eligible for national All-America consideration – while junior shortstop Brian Clarke and sophomore…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz commencement special guest, Mr. Floyd Patterson, cannot attend today’s ceremony to receive the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. He has been called away to be with his brother who is undergoing surgery in Europe. The university hopes to reschedule this honorary degree conferral for…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Heather Mackay, an East Greenbush, NY native and a 1993 Columbia High graduate, has been hired to coach the field hockey and women’s lacrosse teams at SUNY New Paltz. Mackay, who had been the assistant coach in both sports at SUNY Oneonta the past three years,…
Read MoreBRUNSWICK, MAINE — SUNY New Paltz junior Cassandra Quackenbush moved up four places in a driving rainstorm on Saturday to become the heptathlon champion at the 2000 ECAC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Bowdoin College. Quackenbush, a Liverpool, NY native, had a personal-best total of 3,756 points…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Manning Marable, a professor of history and political science and the director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, New York City, will deliver the commencement address at SUNY New Paltz on May 21. The title of his speech is “Public Education in…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Manning Marable, a professor of history and political science and the director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, New York City, will deliver the commencement address at SUNY New Paltz on May 21. The title of his speech is “Public Education in…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — For the first time in SUNY New Paltz history, the university will broadcast its graduation ceremony live via the World Wide Web. The May 21 commencement, which will begin at 11 a.m. on the campus’s Old Main Quadrangle, will be accessible at the university’s web site
BRUNSWICK, MAINE — SUNY New Paltz junior Cassandra Quackenbush is in fifth place in the heptathlon after day one of the 2000 ECAC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Bowdoin College. Quackenbush, a Liverpool, NY native, had personal bests in three of Friday’s four events and narrowly missed…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ, NY — Each summer residents and visitors to the Hudson Valley attend the plays, musicals, and classics produced by New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre on the campus of SUNY New Paltz. The 2000 season includes the musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors,” the American theatre classic “Death of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz closed its men’s tennis season with a decisive 7-2 come-from-behind win over Hartwick on Tuesday afternoon at the Elting Lower Courts. The Hawks, which finish the year with a school-best 8-6 record, won all six singles matches after starting the day by dropping…
Read MoreRobert Miraldi (Communication & Media) has edited an anthology, The Muckrakers: Evangelical Crusaders, which will be published in fall 2000 by Greenwood Press. It is a collection of articles about turn-of-the-century investigative reporting. Miraldi wrote the book’s introduction and also contributed a chapter. Howard Good (Communication & Media) authored the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — For the second consecutive year, SUNY New Paltz has filled its upcoming fall freshman class by the May 1 National Candidates Reply Deadline. With the 2000 freshman class full, the university will return deposits to individuals who missed the deadline. Prospective students whose deposits are returned have…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz professor Howard Good’s latest book, The Drunken Journalist: The Biography of a Film Stereotype, has recently been published by Scarecrow Press. According to Good, who has taught journalism at New Paltz since 1985, there is a long and complicated history to the prevalent…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz announced recently that more than $60,000 has been raised from contributions since the group’s founding in 1996. “We are delighted that so many people have chosen to help the Sojourner Truth Library achieve the margin of excellence…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz professor Howard Good’s latest book, The Drunken Journalist: TheBiography of a Film Stereotype, has recently been published by Scarecrow Press. According to Good, who has taught journalism at New Paltz since 1985, there is a long and complicated history to the prevalent film stereotype of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz lost in men’s tennis for only the third time in its last eight matches on Tuesday, 7-2, to Union College at New Paltz’s university Air Structure. Sophomore Rhode Island University transfer Ed Paulinski and Hawk teammate David Bridglall won at third and sixth…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ, NY — The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz will present a Student Dance Concert, May 5, 6 and 7 in McKenna Theatre. Talented student dancers perform original choreography in tap, Irish step dancing, kickline, ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Faculty members Diana Banks and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ, NY — The SUNY New Paltz Spring Concert Series culminates with a performance by The College-Youth Symphony of the Hudson Valley on Sunday, May 14th in the Julien J. Studley Theatre. Dr. Carole Cowan directs the College-Youth Symphony, which consists of 85 musicians from SUNY New Paltz and…
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