Theatre Professor preps for role as 2018 Winter Olympics sound designer
Sun Hee Kil, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, will serve as associate sound designer for the opening
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The Dorsky Museum announces “Steven Holl: Making Architecture”
The Dorsky Museum’s Hudson Valley Masters series continues in 2018 with “Steven Holl: Making Architecture,” an exhibition examining the work and process of
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Faculty and staff awards, honors and publications
SUNY New Paltz congratulates faculty and staff on their notable awards, honors and publications. Do you have news to share
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Dorsky Museum will open three new exhibitions at Feb. 10 public reception
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to invite community members to a public reception
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The Dorsky Museum announces “Abstract Minded: Works by Six Contemporary African Artists”
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to present “Abstract Minded: Works by Six Contemporary
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Family, friends and faculty gather to recognize fall 2017 Outstanding Graduates
SUNY New Paltz continued its long-standing tradition of honoring the most exemplary members of each semester’s graduating class at the
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Plow ahead! Registration open for fully-online Winter Session
SUNY New Paltz students can register now to earn eight credits in three weeks during the Winter Session between the
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Music students, faculty perform for hikers at Skytop Tower
Assistant Professors Alex Peh and Christiana Reader led students on a musical hike along the trail to Skytop Tower, the
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Faculty and staff awards, honors and publications
SUNY New Paltz congratulates faculty and staff on their notable awards, honors and publications. Do you have news to share
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens Nov. 9 at SUNY New Paltz
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz proudly presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with performances Nov. 9-12 and
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New Paltz earns spot on “Best Music Colleges” list
A recent ranking from data-driven career site Zippia had SUNY New Paltz in the top 10 among New York colleges
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Carrying the Torch: Songs and Tales of Remarkable Women coming to New Paltz Oct. 21
SUNY New Paltz will host a one-time-only music performance honoring influential elder women residents of the Hudson Valley, Oct. 21
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Mainstage Productions’ “To Kill a Mockingbird” opens Oct. 12 at Parker Theatre
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz proudly presents “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the first Mainstage Productions play
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Emmy Award-winning alumna Janus Adams ’67 is fall 2017 Distinguished Speaker
SUNY New Paltz is pleased to welcome National Public Radio broadcaster Janus Adams ’67 (Theatre) to deliver a talk on
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Student Art Alliance’s Visiting Artists Lecture Series will return for fall 2017
The Student Art Alliance at SUNY New Paltz has announced the schedule of its fall 2017 Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
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Art Uncorked benefit for The Dorsky Museum, Oct. 18 at The Century Association
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz will host its premier fundraising event of the year on
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Dorsky Museum appoints Anastasia James curator of exhibitions and programs
SUNY New Paltz and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art are pleased to announce the appointment of Anastasia James as
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College welcomes new faculty members for 2017-18 academic year
SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce the appointment of new full-time faculty in advance of the fall 2017 semester.
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College to welcome more than 2,000 first-year and transfer students
Incoming class will be among largest in New Paltz history Nearly 1,150 first-year students and more than 900 transfer students
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PianoSummer at New Paltz announces the winners of the 2017 Flier Piano Competition
PianoSummer at New Paltz proudly announces the winners of the prestigious 2017 Jacob Flier Piano Competition. The First Prize winner
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Beyond rankings: SUNY New Paltz named a College of Distinction
SUNY New Paltz has earned recognition from Colleges of Distinction, a unique evaluator in the world of higher education that
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New York Silver: Metal faculty, alumni fuel MCNY exhibition
Two SUNY New Paltz faculty members and four alumni are exhibiting original work at the Museum of the City of
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Extraordinary pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy to perform at SUNY New Paltz
PianoSummer at New Paltz is proud to present Ilya Rashkovskiy, the dynamic young Russian pianist, in concert on Saturday, July
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New tuition-free format helps PianoSummer attract more world-class pianists
PianoSummer at SUNY New Paltz will return for its 2017 season from July 10-28, with a new, tuition-free structure designed
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College hosts memorial for beloved professor Benjamin Wigfall
The College Terrace at SUNY New Paltz served as a gathering place for more than 100 guests from around the
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40 Under Forty event celebrates alumni achievements
SUNY New Paltz celebrated the 40 Under Forty awards recognition program on Friday, June 9, at Novella’s in New Paltz. The
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Business, fine & performing arts, science & engineering and education grads receive degrees at Sunday Commencement Ceremony
The newest alumni of the SUNY New Paltz Schools of Business, Education, Fine & Performing Arts and Science & Engineering
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Students receive advanced degrees at 2017 Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Hundreds of SUNY New Paltz graduate students reached new heights of academic and professional mastery at the Graduate Commencement Ceremony,
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Spring 2017 Fine & Performing Arts Exhibitions [Photos]
Each year, the School of Fine & Performing Arts convenes exhibitions of capstone artworks by graduate and undergraduate students. If
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Minds @ Work: Undergraduates’ creativity and research on display at year-end celebration
As the spring 2017 semester wound to a close, students and faculty set aside the afternoon and evening of Friday,
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Exceptional faculty and staff awarded SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
The State University of New York has announced the recipients of the 2016-17 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. The Awards
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Ceramics student earns prestigious Windgate Fellowship
SUNY New Paltz is proud to announce that Breana Hendricks ’17 (Ceramics), from Bronx, N.Y., has become the College’s fourth
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College getting ready to celebrate Commencement
SUNY New Paltz will hold its 2017 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies on Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21, on the
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College announces student speakers for Undergraduate Commencement
Salutatorian Jonathan Baez ’17 (Communication Disorders) will address his peers as the Student Speaker at the Saturday Undergraduate Commencement
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Art History Department honors founder at African Art symposium
The Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz held its marquee spring event, “Studies in African Art: a Symposium Commemorating
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Art History Association Symposium, alumni honor late emeritus professor Hugo Munsterberg
The Art History Association’s spring event, “A Symposium Commemorating Hugo Munsterberg’s Legacy” was held on April 6 in the Coykendall
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Get ahead this summer! Registration open for Summer Session at New Paltz
What are your plans for summer? Summer Session at SUNY New Paltz gives you the chance to accelerate toward your
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Graphic design students come through with poster concepts for Riverkeeper Sweep
SUNY New Paltz students donated their graphic design skills to helping promote an event at which thousands of New York
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Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” opens April 20 at SUNY New Paltz
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz proudly presents a manic and freewheeling presentation of William Shakespeare’s “The
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Colleagues gather in new STL space to honor faculty publications
The Sojourner Truth Library opened the doors of its new Faculty & Staff Quiet Study Room to host its annual
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Alwan Arab Music Ensemble at Studley Theatre on April 29
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents a concert by the famed Alwan Arab Music Ensemble,
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New Paltz student and alumni artists headline Brooklyn exhibition
The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. will open “Press:Pause,” a new exhibition of interdisciplinary works by 50
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Banker Michael Keegan will bring years of executive experience to Sunday Undergraduate Commencement address
Watch Michael’s speech and view the speech transcript SUNY New Paltz Foundation Board chair Michael Keegan will offer words of
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Women’s Leadership Summit brings alumnae, professional leaders to campus
In what was both an inspiring and empowering event, the College welcomed 25 women scholars and business leaders, 19 of
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John Turturro ’79 reflects on New Paltz experience in recent podcast with Alec Baldwin
Award-winning actor, director and writer John Turturro ’79 (Theatre Arts) shared his feelings of appreciation and gratitude toward the SUNY
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Roost on Main: College forging new partnerships with village art gallery
A new artists’ collective in the heart of downtown New Paltz is emerging as a focal point of creative activity
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Shadow of a Gunman, a tragicomedy of Irish Independence, opens March 2 at SUNY New Paltz
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz presents Sean O’Casey’s Shadow of a Gunman, the first in O’Casey’s
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Dorsky Museum spring 2017 public programs
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz announces its spring public programs, which relate to the Museum’s
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Dorsky Museum announces call for Hudson Valley Artists 2017
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz invites artists working in all media to submit proposals for
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SUNY New Paltz artist collective performs in Scandinavian venues
Cave Dogs, a gathering of visual artists, musicians, dancers, storytellers and writers with roots in the SUNY New Paltz School
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Fall 2016 Dean’s List announced
SUNY New Paltz has announced the Dean’s List for the fall 2016 semester, honoring students who excel academically and earn at
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The Dorsky Museum announces Intimately Unfamiliar: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents Intimately Unfamiliar: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art
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Fifth grade class visits HVAMC for up-close look at 3D printing process
Twenty-two students from Lenape Elementary School visited SUNY New Paltz on Jan. 11 as part of a year-long collaboration with
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The Dorsky in spring: four new exhibitions to open at Feb. 4 reception
On Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, from 5–7 p.m., the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz will host
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Now exhibiting at the Library: “Home: Contemporary Indigenous Artists Responding”
The Sojourner Truth Library is an important intellectual and communal hub of activity at SUNY New Paltz, and one way
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BFA and MFA Thesis Exhibitions [Photos]
SUNY New Paltz undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Fine & Performing Arts exhibited their work at the
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Family, friends and faculty gather to recognize fall 2016 Outstanding Graduates
It is a SUNY New Paltz tradition at the close of each semester to honor the efforts of distinguished graduates-to-be
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Metal MFA alumna wins prestigious USA Fellowship
SUNY New Paltz alumna Lauren Fensterstock ’00 (Metal) has been named a 2016 United States Artists (USA) Fellow, one of
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The Dorsky Museum announces Carl Walters and Woodstock Ceramic Arts
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz is delighted to present Carl Walters and Woodstock Ceramic Arts, which
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The Dorsky Museum announces Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Gloves Off
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Gloves Off, an exhibition of recent
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“Augie Goes to the Library”: campus pup’s literary sequel out now
Spend enough time on the SUNY New Paltz campus and you’re sure to meet Augie, the College’s full-time Canadian geese
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Music student Daniel Chiu wins top honors at state-wide competition
Daniel Chiu ’16 (Music – Classical Performance), baritone, won a first place prize at the New York State Music Teachers
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Local playwright and LGBTQ activist will debut new play on transgender identity
The New Paltz Players and the SUNY New Paltz Theatre Department present Raine Grayson’s new play Unmasked!, with performances Dec.
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Painting major leads illustration team for “Augie Goes to the Library”
When SUNY New Paltz student Melanie Berardicelli ’17 (Painting) learned that one student would be chosen to help create the
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Still time to register for ’16-’17 Winter Session
SUNY New Paltz students can now register to earn three credits in three weeks during the Winter Session between the
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Alumni, student film debuts at Woodstock Film Festival
“Liner Notes,” a narrative film with a production crew that includes a number of SUNY New Paltz alumni, has been
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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ground-breaking musical “Oklahoma!” coming to SUNY New Paltz
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz proudly presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Oklahoma!, with performances
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Irish star of stage and screen to perform one-woman show at SUNY New Paltz
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz presents Belfast Blues, a one-woman play written and performed by Geraldine Hughes
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Mad Forest: a story of revolution, secret police, ghosts and vampires
The Department of Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz presents a staging of Caryl Churchill’s thrilling Mad Forest, a gripping
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College announces new changes to the spring Undergraduate Commencement ceremony
Beginning May 2017, SUNY New Paltz will split Undergraduate Commencement into two main ceremonies, with the College of Liberal Arts
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Alumni Viewpoint – What it’s like to work for Broadway
Renee Levine ’10 (Theatre Arts) Sound Designer for National Tours and Broadway What it’s like to… Work for Broadway I
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College welcomes new faculty members for 2016-17 academic year
SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce the appointment of 30 new full-time faculty in advance of the fall 2016
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College to welcome more than 1,900 new students this fall
More than 1,100 first-year students and nearly 800 transfer students will begin their SUNY New Paltz careers in the fall
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Dorsky Museum opens new fall exhibitions
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz announces the opening of its four fall exhibitions: Bradley Walker
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Faculty and staff awards, honors and publications
SUNY New Paltz congratulates faculty and staff on their notable awards, honors and publications. Do you have news to share
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Design students step into the profession as summer Smithsonian interns
SUNY New Paltz Graphic design students Dulcia Halliday ’17, Kelly McInerney ’17, Megan LaCognata ’17 and Victoria Falco ’18 became
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Mohonk-College partnership providing experiential learning opportunities
For more than 15 years, SUNY New Paltz has maintained an Institutional Agreement and partnership with Mohonk Preserve, New York
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In/Animate: Recent Work by Myra Mimlitsch-Gray opens Aug. 31 at the Dorsky
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz presents In/Animate: Recent Work by Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, an exhibition by
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McKenna Productions establishes new endowed scholarship funds to benefit Theatre Arts students at SUNY New Paltz
Thanks to a generous $237,000 contribution from McKenna Productions, six endowed scholarship funds have been established in honor of six extraordinary
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New Paltz students exhibit at New York State Museum as Best of SUNY honorees
Two recent SUNY New Paltz graduates are among the seven awardees of this year’s Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition,
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HVAMC announces first-in-the-nation SMART lab designation and digital design minor
SUNY New Paltz is the first institution of higher education to be designated a Stratasys-MakerBot Additive Research & Teaching or
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PianoSummer presents three weeks of outstanding classical music
The 2016 season of PianoSummer brings exceptional talent and dynamic classical music to SUNY New Paltz, with concerts, recitals, piano
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“A stone of hope”: Art Professor Emeritus honored at sculpture rededication
Professor Emeritus of Art Manuel Bromberg returned to campus on May 21st for a ceremony rededicating the artwork that has
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Faculty and staff awards, honors and publications
SUNY New Paltz congratulates faculty and staff on their notable awards, honors and publications. Do you have news to share
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Students receive advanced degrees at 2016 Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Hundreds of students representing the classes of August 2015, December 2015, May 2016 and August 2016 were presented with graduate
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New grads celebrate with loved ones at 2016 SUNY New Paltz Commencement
The SUNY New Paltz Class of 2016 stood before families, friends, faculty and staff and received their undergraduate degrees at
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Spring semester Outstanding Graduates commended before audience of family and faculty
It is a SUNY New Paltz tradition at the close of each semester to honor the efforts of distinguished graduates-to-be
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College to celebrate Commencement
SUNY New Paltz will hold the 2016 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, on the Old
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Annual series of undergraduate research and scholarship events celebrates “Minds @ Work”
More than 300 students representing all five of SUNY New Paltz’s disciplinary schools presented research and creative projects as part
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Arts collaboration gives 2016 Business Plan Contest a creative edge
The SUNY New Paltz School of Business held its annual Business Plan Contest, the culmination of the spring semester Entrepreneurship
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Minds at Work showcases undergraduate research, student-faculty collaboration
The 22nd installment of Minds at Work, SUNY New Paltz’s yearly celebration of scholarly collaborations between New Paltz students and
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Paul Kassel named dean of NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts
Paul Kassel, professor of theatre arts at SUNY New Paltz, will become dean of the Northern Illinois University (NIU) College
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Return of “Without Limits” series highlighted by live mural painting by renowned street artist PAU
The spring 2016 iteration of “Without Limits,” an ongoing series of interdisciplinary events created by the College of Liberal Arts
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Summer Session registration opens April 11
What are your plans for summer? Summer Session at SUNY New Paltz gives you the chance to accelerate toward your
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Women’s Leadership Career Summit brings success back to New Paltz
SUNY New Paltz welcomed 27 alumnae to campus on April 6, 2016 for the 2nd Women’s Leadership Career Summit, sponsored by
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The Trial of the Century! Tony Award-winning PARADE to be performed at New Paltz
The SUNY New Paltz Department of Theatre Arts proudly presents the Tony Award-winning musical PARADE, with performances April 7 –
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Art Professor installs multimedia exhibition at Washington, D.C. museum
Rimer Cardillo, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz, is opening A Journey to Ombú Bellaumbra at the Art Museum
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Awards for Metal faculty reinforce program’s reputation as national leader
Two faculty members in the SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts, both affiliated with the School’s vaunted
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Art History and FUEL sponsors master class and lecture on ancient figurine puppetry
The SUNY New Paltz School of Fine & Performing Art has launched a new FUEL Guest Artist and Scholar Fund,
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Inaugural New Paltz Design Week launching March 28
The SUNY New Paltz School of Fine & Performing Arts is pleased to announce the launch of New Paltz Design
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