Update: Unfortunately, Lily D. McNair, Ph.D., is unable to travel to be with us at Commencement this year. The College will be awarding her honorary doctorate at a later date. […]
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Category: People of SUNY New Paltz
Bringing Disability Studies into the classroom: Two critical approaches from Honors Program students
Given the importance of addressing issues related to race, gender, sexuality and culture in educational settings, it can sometimes feel like other aspects of identity, including disability status, get crowded […]
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We are not built for this: Interdisciplinary Honors Program thesis delves into the modern mind
The world is changing faster than ever before. Are our brains able to keep pace? That’s the question that New Paltz student Brianna McQuade ’22 (Psychology) of East Northport, New […]
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School leadership runs in the family: Three New Windsor sisters pursue careers in education administration together
Growing up in a home where both parents worked in education didn’t guarantee that the Herrera sisters would all become teachers, but it probably explains why they all […]
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Nov. 26 is Sojourner Truth Day in Ulster County. These SUNY New Paltz students helped make that happen.
SUNY New Paltz students Briana Gary ’23 (Geography) and Anayathsyn Castillo ’24 (Sociology) are part of a small team of Ulster County youth leaders who have been working for more […]
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Ceramics students take on history of Huguenot Street for Nov. 20 exhibition
Students in the SUNY New Paltz Ceramics Program will partner with Historic Huguenot Street for its “Insight on Site” exhibition on Nov. 20, 2021. The exhibition, which will be on […]
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Two from New Paltz selected as SUNY Hispanic Leadership Institute fellows
Two SUNY New Paltz administrators will join eight other SUNY faculty and staff from six campuses as newly named 2022 fellows in SUNY’s Hispanic Leadership Institute (HLI). Dante Cantú, Executive […]
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Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) alumna named ‘Teacher of the Year’
SUNY New Paltz alumna Elsa Batista ’00 (Spanish) ’03g (Multicultural Education) was recently named Newington’s Teacher of the Year for her ability to inspire student learning as well as her commitment, enthusiasm […]
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Producing presidents: Alumna coordinates high-profile segments for ABC News
If you’ve seen a former U.S. president interviewed on ABC News this year then chances are SUNY New Paltz alumna Erin Brady ’05 (Communication and Media – Radio and TV […]
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Alumna activist and midwife finds healing at New Paltz
Carmen Mojica’s ’07 (Black Studies; Communication) interest in social justice was planted in high school, when she participated in an after-school program focused on social justice in the South Bronx, […]
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