Month: November 2009

Athletics

Hawks Fall to SUNY IT

UTICA, NY-The SUNY New Paltz men’s basketball team traveled to SUNY IT Tuesday night for a non-conference game. The Wildcats defeated the Hawks 97-82 (Box Score). Jayquan Anderson led the Hawks with 18 points and Ryan Sawyer chipped in 15. Shereef Taylor had 14 points, three assists, three blocks and three steals…

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Farmingdale Slips Past Hawks

NEW PALTZ, NY- The SUNY New Paltz women’s basketball team fell to Farmingdale State College in the championship game in the Rino’s Pizza Tip-Off Tournament by the score of 69-63 (Box Score). Senior Maggie Farrell was named to the All-Tournament Team after netting 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals….

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Hawks defeat Vassar

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY- The New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming team defeated Vassar Saturday afternoon. The women defeated the Brewers 128-102 and the men won 126-101. The women’s team won eight events and finished second in seven. The relay team of Megan Gordon, Amanda Cloer, Katina Lown, and Allie Moorhead won the 200…

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St. Joseph’s Clip Hawks

NEW PALTZ, NY– The SUNY New Paltz men’s basketball team fell to St. Joseph’s at the Hawks Center by a score of 84-80 in the Rino’s Pizza Tip-Off Tournament. New Paltz showed their presence early in the contest executing up and down the floor capitalizing on the fast breaks. Sophomores Jayquan Anderson…

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2009 Cross Country Season Recap

The SUNY New Paltz cross country team had a successful season having two runners break school records and winning the Bard Invitational and finishing second at the Vassar Invitational. On the men’s side, Joe Gentsch (Staten Island/Curtis) established the Hawks presence as he won the Mount St. Mary College 5K dual meet…

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Collaboration of discovery

Someday Megan Ferguson, assistant chemistry professor at New Paltz, hopes that her student-assisted research could greatly benefit the health of the world’s agricultural industry. With the help of a three-year, $430,500 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and two other colleagues, Ferguson can now further her study of a bacterium that…

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Transforming the stage

The Theatre Arts department is traveling back to the ancient world for its next Mainstage theatrical production. “Metamorphoses,” a contemporary re-imagining of Ovid’s text, will run on the McKenna Theatre stage from Nov. 12 to 22. Nine ancient tales, including “Midas,” “Alcyone and Cexy,” “Myrrha,” and “Orpheus and Eurydice,” make up…

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Three Players Named to AVCA All-Region Team

LEXINGT0N, KY- The New Paltz State women’s volleyball team had three players named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in the New York Region. Senior setter Stephanie Bova (Central Square/Paul V. Moore), senior outside hitter Brittany Coyle (Middletown/Minisink Valley) and senior right side hitter Alison Kiernan (New Hyde Park/Herricks) earned the…

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Women’s Soccer Recap

NEW PALTZ, NY- The SUNY New Paltz women’s soccer team finished the season with a 5-8-5 overall record and 1-6-2 in the SUNYAC. The hawks were 2-3-2 at home, 1-5-3 on the road and 2-0-0 at neutral sites. The Hawks won a share of the Wellesley Tournament after beating King’s College 2-0…

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2009 Men’s Soccer Recap

NEW PALTZ, NY- The SUNY New Paltz men’s soccer team finished the season with an overall record of 7-10-2 and 2-7-0 in the SUNYAC. New Paltz was 3-5-1 at home, 3-4-0 on the road and 1-1-1 on neutral sites. James Altadonna (Massapequa Park/Massapequa) led the team in points last season and continued…

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Swimming Sweeps Oneonta

ONEONTA, NY- The New Paltz men’s and women’s swimming team swept Oneonta Friday evening in the SUNYAC opener for the Hawks. The men defeated the Red Dragons 152-108 and the women won 154-102 for the team’s first win of the season. The women’s team won 10 events and finished second in eight….

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2009 SUNYAC Championship Results

NEW PALTZ, NY-The 2009 SUNYAC Women’s Volleyball Championships start Thrusday, November 5. Please continue to check back after each game for results. Thursday, November 5: Game 1: #2 Brockport vs #3 Oneonta Game 2: #2 Cortland vs #3 Geneseo Friday, November 6: Game 3: #1 New Paltz vs Winner of Game 1 Game 4: #1 Fredonia vs…

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2009 Women’s Tennis Recap

NEW PALTZ, NY-The SUNY New Paltz women’s tennis team had another successful season this fall, coming in second place at SUNYACs and finishing the season with an impressive 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the SUNYAC. After coming back into the season without last year’s number one player, the team proved to still…

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The center of it all

Seeing an opportunity to improve upon its commitment to offer students career support, the college recently relocated its Career Resource Center to a more heavily trafficked location in the Humanities Building on campus. Since the move less than a year ago the center has had a 57 percent increase in the number…

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Mapping our future

After two years of planning and broad campus discussion, New Paltz is poised to begin the first phase of a comprehensive, 15-year Site & Landscape Master Plan that includes building and landscape guidelines. Divided into three phases, the plan ensures that the physical elements of our campus best support institutional values and…

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