Category: News Releases

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz is collaborating with the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK) to bring Turkish students to the New Paltz campus next summer to study business and economics. Students participating in the YÖK-SUNY Dual Diploma Program will complete their undergraduate degree at…

NEW PALTZ — The Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library at the State University of New York at New Paltz will hold a used book sale from Dec. 1-12 during all library hours. Hardcover books will sell for $1 and paperbacks are priced at 50 cents each. All proceeds benefit…

NEW PALTZ — The Management Association of the State University of New York at New Paltz is hosting the Student Development Day Conference from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 14, in the Student Union Building on the New Paltz campus. This conference is an all-day educational event…

NEW PALTZ — The School of Science and Engineering at the State University of New York at New Paltz will continue the 2003-04 colloquium series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium with a lecture titled “Acid Rain: an Unfinished Environmental Problem.” Acid rain, primarily…

NEW PALTZ — Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Maya Angelou’s Nov. 13 visit to the State University of New York at New Paltz campus has been rescheduled to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the Elting Gymnasium. All tickets are transferable. Refund requests must be received before Nov. 21. If refunds…

NEW PALTZ — The Celebrating New Paltz Gala scheduled for Sunday evening, Nov. 23, at the Mohonk Mountain House, has completely sold out. This was announced by Karl Rodman, chair of the event, who wishes to thank everyone in the community — ticket and table purchasers, journal sponsors, auction donors and…

NEW PALTZ — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison will be at the State University of New York at New Paltz at 7 p.m. (admission at 6:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Julien J. Studley Theatre. Morrison will be reading from her new book, “Love,” will answer questions from the…

NEW PALTZ — Professor Hamid Dabashi, professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University, will give a lecture titled “Counter-Imagining the Empire: Iran and the Contemporary Middle East,” at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, in Lecture Center 102 at the State University of New York at New Paltz campus. Dabashi is…

NEW PALTZ — Author Roger Kahn, who is often described as the best sportswriter in America, has been named the fourth James H. Ottaway Sr. journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz. In making the announcement, college President Steven G. Poskanzer described Kahn as a “national treasure,” citing especially Kahn’s 1972 book,…

NEW PALTZ — Dr. Maya Angelou — poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director — will speak at the State University of New York at New Paltz at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Elting Gymnasium. Angelou has authored 12 best-selling books, including I…