Category: News Releases

NEW PALTZ — Five May 2000 SUNY New Paltz graduates were presented by State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King the 2000 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. This is the largest number of recipients from any SUNY campus this year except Stony Brook, which had seven. SUNY New Paltz…

NEW PALTZ — On Friday, June 9, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, SUNY New Paltz is sponsoring a conference titled “The Economic Outlook for Mid-Hudson Valley 2000.” Events will take place in Lecture Center 102, beginning at 9 a.m. The keynote speaker will be Hugh…

NEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz commencement special guest, Mr. Floyd Patterson, cannot attend today’s ceremony to receive the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. He has been called away to be with his brother who is undergoing surgery in Europe. The university hopes to reschedule this honorary degree conferral for…

NEW PALTZ — Manning Marable, a professor of history and political science and the director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, New York City, will deliver the commencement address at SUNY New Paltz on May 21. The title of his speech is “Public Education in…

NEW PALTZ — Manning Marable, a professor of history and political science and the director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, New York City, will deliver the commencement address at SUNY New Paltz on May 21. The title of his speech is “Public Education in…

NEW PALTZ — For the first time in SUNY New Paltz history, the university will broadcast its graduation ceremony live via the World Wide Web. The May 21 commencement, which will begin at 11 a.m. on the campus’s Old Main Quadrangle, will be accessible at the university’s web site Read more

NEW PALTZ — For the second consecutive year, SUNY New Paltz has filled its upcoming fall freshman class by the May 1 National Candidates Reply Deadline. With the 2000 freshman class full, the university will return deposits to individuals who missed the deadline. Prospective students whose deposits are returned have…

NEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz professor Howard Good’s latest book, The Drunken Journalist: TheBiography of a Film Stereotype, has recently been published by Scarecrow Press. According to Good, who has taught journalism at New Paltz since 1985, there is a long and complicated history to the prevalent film stereotype of…

NEW PALTZ — The Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz announced recently that more than $60,000 has been raised from contributions since the group’s founding in 1996. “We are delighted that so many people have chosen to help the Sojourner Truth Library achieve the margin of excellence…

NEW PALTZ — Anne Moss of Warwick, New York will serve as Interim Vice President for Advancement at SUNY New Paltz beginning May 1. Advancement includes the offices of Development, Alumni Affairs, Printing and Publications, Public Affairs, and the SUNY New Paltz Foundation. She succeeds Richard S. Podgorski who has…