Category: News Releases

NEW PALTZ — Three exhibitions offer perspective on Hudson Valley Three exhibitions highlighting historic and contemporary art of special significance to the Hudson River Valley and Catskill regions will greet visitors at the dedication and grand opening celebration of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz on Saturday,…

NEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz will host a debate on the United States’ response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The debate will be coordinated by the university’s political science and international relations department and will feature department chair Lew…

NEW PALTZ — Faculty Wives and Women is a service organization whose roots go back to 1946 when William Haggerty was president of SUNY New Paltz. Originally, the organization was comprised of the wives of male faculty members, but has recently grown to include female faculty as well. The main activity…

NEW PALTZ — The Alumni Association of the State University of New York at New Paltz named community and public education advocate Robert Jackson its Alumnus of the Year. Jackson will be formally recognized at the SUNY New Paltz annual Alumni Association awards and scholarship ceremony and reception on Saturday, Oct….

NEW PALTZ — “Building Multicultural Learning Communities in an Age of New Standards” will be the topic of a day-long conference at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Oct. 19. The conference will include two keynote addresses and 12 workshops focusing on diversity issues and the…

NEW PALTZ — Have you ever wondered what the early universe might have looked like? Wish you could see it all laid out on a detailed map? SUNY New Paltz’ newest school, the School of Physical Sciences & Engineering, will provide the opportunity to explore these notions at an upcoming…

NEW PALTZ — Ancient anger, as detailed in Homer’s “Iliad,” Sophocles’ “Women of Trachis,” Euripides’ “Medea” and Aristotle’s “Rhetoric,” will be topic of a lecture at the State University of New York at New Paltz on Tuesday, Oct. 2. David Konstan, the John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics at Brown…

NEW PALTZ — In the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the State University of New York at New Paltz is sponsoring several programs addressing violence and terrorism. Wednesday, Sept. 19 through Saturday, Sept. 22, the School of Fine & Performing Arts will hold its bi-annual “Arts Now”…

NEW PALTZ — Nine outstanding teachers from mid-Hudson public schools and the Board of Cooperative Education Services have been selected to receive the 2001 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York at New Paltz. The nine teachers will be honored at a Sept. 20 ceremony…

NEW PALTZ — Sally J. Cross will join Advancement Division of the State University of New York at New Paltz as the director of major gifts. Cross selection culminated a national search. The director of major gifts is responsible for identifying individuals, corporations and foundations who may have an interest in…