Shweta Sawant thinks often about the responsibility that comes with expertise. “In any profession, when you go to get your degree you take a pledge: that we are going to […]
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Category: People of SUNY New Paltz
Education majors lead movement to unlock the potential of new k-12 technology
Liz Brennan ’19 remembers when she really started to see the potential of technology as a teaching tool. “In one of my classes, instead of writing a book report, we […]
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Senior’s thesis on Afro-Latinx trauma earns top prize in national essay contest
Not long after Justine Veras ’19 (Black Studies; Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies) began researching transgenerational trauma, she realized that the field seemed to have a blind spot for the […]
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Class of 2019 Salutatorian: Reuben Slater
One of the most valuable lessons Class of 2019 Salutatorian Reuben Slater ’19 (History; Anthropology) learned at SUNY New Paltz is that it’s okay to turn to your community for […]
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Class of 2019 Valedictorian: Nicholas Piaquadio
Class of 2019 Valedictorian Nicholas Piaquadio ’19 (Electrical Engineering; Physics) was no stranger to SUNY New Paltz even before he made the decision to enroll. The son of alumni Eugene […]
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Seventeen and graduating: Youngest member of SUNY New Paltz’s Class of 2019 preparing for neuroscience Ph.D. program
One of the toughest aspects of beginning college at age 12 is just getting people to believe you’re up for the challenge. That’s according to Simone Evans ’19 (Biochemistry; Mathematics) […]
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Ph.D.-bound biology alumna conducted research from day one at SUNY New Paltz
Heather Wander ’18 (Biology) of Sugar Loaf, New York, got off to a good start at SUNY New Paltz, landing a job in the General Biology Lab during her first […]
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Music Therapy major thriving as international student community leader
Jue “Niki” Zhang ’19g (Music Therapy) knew that her passion for music therapy would likely lead her to leave her hometown in Luzhou, China, but it wasn’t until she started […]
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Donor support propels finance major at global leadership summit
Walker Cacciatore ’18 (Finance) capped his career at SUNY New Paltz with a trip to the 2018 Beta Gamma Sigma Global Leadership Summit, a networking and professional development conference held […]
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SUNY New Paltz welcomes first Kyncl Scholarship recipients to campus
The Robert Kyncl ’95 and Luz Avila Kyncl ’96 STEM Scholarship Fund, a new gift designed to offset tuition costs for students entering New Paltz to study Computer Science or […]
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