NEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz campus will come to life Wednesday, Aug. 21, when about 920 new freshmen students move into their new homes in the residence halls. About 650 new transfer students will join them later in the week. The freshmen were selected from a pool of more…
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SUNY New Paltz adds 4 + 1 degree plans leading to bachelor’s and MBA degrees in communication and media and physics
NEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz communication and media and physics students can now earn an MBA with only one additional year of education. Working closely with the School of Business, New Paltz’s Department of Communication and Media and Department of Physics have designed 4 + 1 degree plans leading…
Read moreSUNY New Paltz hires new director of institutional research
NEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz has announced the appointment of Kelli Parmley as the new director of institutional research. Parmley will coordinate research about New Paltz in an effort to provide the best education it can for its students and the campus community. She has served as the associate…
Read moreSojourner Truth Library honors outstanding students with personalized bookplates
NEW PALTZ — Sixteen SUNY New Paltz students (including several from the Hudson Valley, see list on page 2) from 16 different academic departments have been recognized as outstanding graduates through a new initiative called “Honor with Books,” a program that places a personalized bookplate in a newly purchased book…
Read moreSUNY New Paltz appoints L. David Rooney as new vice president for student affairs
NEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz Interim President Steven Poskanzer announced on Tuesday, July 23, the appointment of L. David Rooney to the office of vice president for student affairs. “I am delighted that David has agreed to join us,” said Poskanzer about Dr. Rooney’s appointment. “I believe he is extraordinarily…
Read moreSUNY professor awarded research residency grant to use Albany archive
NEW PALTZ — Rose Rudnitski, Ph.D., associate professor of elementary education at SUNY New Paltz, has been selected as one of 14 Larry J. Hackman Research Residency recipients from the New York State Archives Partnership Trust for the 2002-2003 grant cycle. Rudnitski’s research project is titled, “Extending the Blessings: The Complex…
Read moreAnthropology professor awarded Fulbright Scholar Grant in Lithuania
NEW PALTZ — Victor de Munck, assistant professor of anthropology at SUNY New Paltz, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to lecture at Vilnius University in Lithuania during the 2002-2003 academic year. de Munck, one of 11 SUNY professors within the last 20 years to receive a Fulbright grant, will…
Read more‘On Campus @ SUNY New Paltz’ features Language Immersion Program on July 18 show
NEW PALTZ — “On Campus @ SUNY New Paltz,” a 30-minute television show that airs weekly on Time Warner Cable’s channel 6, will feature the history and politics of the Language Immersion Program in its next episode on Thursday, July 18. Faculty member Abigail Robin will host the show, which airs…
Read moreSUNY New Paltz hosts circus instruction for kids
NEW PALTZ — Flying trapeze, juggling, plate spinning and balancing acts — these are just a few of the events taking place in the Elting Gymnasium on the campus at SUNY New Paltz through July 20. As part of a two-week summer day-camp program that began July 8, the National Circus…
Read moreDepartment of Athletics hires new sports information director
NEW PALTZ — The Department of Athletics at SUNY New Paltz has hired Mike Salerno as its new sports information director. Salerno brings to New Paltz an extensive background in sports information to help expand the coverage of all sports programs on and off campus. During a time of dramatic change…
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