Intellectual Cornerstone

The goal of the Common Summer Reading Program is to engage all first-year students in a shared experience; one that Pauline Uchmanowicz, coordinator of the [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/english/page4.html]Composition Program[/link], says enhances participation in the intellectual life of the entire campus. “By encouraging first-year students to engage in critical reading, discussion and thinking about…

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Documentaries Dominate

Six [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/ugc/las/comm_media/major_elec.html]Media Production[/link] students will be recognized with top awards for their documentary films at the annual [link=http://beafestival2010.wordpress.com/]Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas[/link], Nevada, on April 15-17. The documentary, [link=http://vimeo.com/8046974]“Patchwork,”[/link] produced by Kim Plummer, Julie-Ann Florio and Tevita Toutaiolepo, will receive the BEA Best…

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Student Union Taking Shape

“I would call the Student Union Addition the ‘Aerie,’ after the mountaintop perch where hawks make their home. This edifice symbolizes both the College’s enduring link to its geographic setting and our shared aspiration to reach bold new vistas.” -President Steven Poskanzer The College began construction of the “Aerie,” a 14,000-squarefoot addition to…

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