Category: News Releases

NEW PALTZ — The School of Education at the State University of New York at New Paltz will award eight of the region’s teachers with the 2004 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching at 4:30 p.m., Sept. 21, at a ceremony to be held at The Terrace Restaurant on the…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz has received a ranking of 10th among best public universities in the North with master’s degree programs in the recent U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for America’s Best Colleges 2005. New Paltz also ranked 50th among public…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz will hold its 18th annual convocation at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 24, in Julien J. Studley Theatre, located in the Old Main Building. Convocation is a formal welcoming ceremony for incoming first-year students and transfer students, with a focus…

NEW PALTZ — More than 850 first-year students will move into their new homes on the State University of New York at New Paltz campus on Friday, Aug. 20, during annual Move-in Day. They will be joined by about 770 new transfer students throughout the weekend. “The continued high demand for…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz will hold a grand opening ceremony for Lenape Hall, a new 238-bed residence hall, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10. President Steven G. Poskanzer will begin the ceremony with opening remarks, followed by comments from Corinna Caracci, director…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) was one of only four institutions to recently receive the 2004 Noel-Levitz Retention Excellence Award for its Freshman Year Experience retention program. “The EOP Freshman Year Program has reaped significant retention benefits for SUNY New…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz has received a $100,000 gift from Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation to help renovate the historic van den Berg Learning Center — the future home of the college’s School of Business and its nursing program. The gift, which will be…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz has appointed Dian Bustillo to the position of assistant vice president of Human Resources. Bustillo’s comes to New Paltz with a wealth of higher education human resource experience, having most recently served as director of human resources at Pratt…

NEW PALTZ — Journalism professor Robert Miraldi’s biography of a forgotten turn-of-the-20th-century investigative reporter has been named the best journalism and mass communication book in the country for the year 2003. The award is for Dr. Miraldi’s book, “The Pen is Mightier: The Muckraking Life of Charles Edward Russell” (New York:…

NEW PALTZ — Three professors from the State University of New York at New Paltz have received Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence this year. Elaine Hofstetter, an associate professor of Secondary Mathematics Education, has received a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. Hofstetter’s selection for this honor recognizes her effectiveness and…