NEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz Career Advising and Fieldwork Center will host a one-day regional career fair in the Student Union Building on Thursday., October 28. The event is co-sponsored by the Mid-Hudson Career Consortium, an organization of career development professionals from the mid-Hudson area colleges and universities. The…
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER TO VISIT NEW PALTZ
NEW PALTZ — Alex Storozynski, a SUNY New Paltz graduate who won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism last April, will visit the New Paltz campus and speak with students on Monday, October 25, at 3:30 p.m. in the Faculty Tower Room 1000. Storozynski, who graduated in 1983, won journalism’s top prize…
Read moreTop Soccer Player to Speak at SUNY New Paltz
NEW PALTZ — Saskia Webber, back-up goalkeeper for the 1999 Women’s World Cup Champion Team (soccer), will be a featured speaker at the 25th annual Women’s Studies conference on Saturday, November 6 at SUNY New Paltz. Webber’s topic will be “Ode to Title IX: Lessons from the Field.” A graduate of…
Read moreSUNY New Paltz Professor Earns AP Award for Newspaper Column
NEW PALTZ — Rob Miraldi, who teaches journalism in the Communication and Media Department at SUNY New Paltz, has received the second place award from the Associated Press for his monthly newspaper column on freedom of speech and the First Amendment. His work was entered in the column writing category. During…
Read morePreventing Youth Violence is Topic of SUNY New Paltz Workshop
NEW PALTZ — Allan Creighton, co-author of Making the Peace: A Violence Prevention Curriculum for Young People, will conduct a one-day workshop, “Making the Peace,” at SUNY New Paltz on November 12. The training program is designed to address the causes of violence among adolescents. Creighton is co-founder, with Paul Kivel,…
Read moreSUNY New Paltz College Council schedules executive session
NEW PALTZ — The College Council at SUNY New Paltz will meet in executive session on Tuesday, October 19 at the College Terrace Conference Center. The 6:00 p.m. meeting will provide an opportunity for College Council members to meet with Frank Horton, president emeritus of the University of Toledo, who…
Read moreSUNY New Paltz Plans Homecoming Weekend
NEW PALTZ — “Where the Memories Last a Lifetime” is the theme of Homecoming 1999 at SUNY New Paltz on October 15 through 17. This year’s Homecoming will incorporate the 110th alumni reunion and include activities for alumni, students, parents and families. One of many highlights of the weekend will be…
Read moreComedian John Witherspoon is Featured at SUNY New Paltz Homecoming
NEW PALTZ — John Witherspoon, who co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the Paramount Pictures release, Vampire in Brooklyn, and can be seen weekly in the role of “Pops” on WB Network’s The Wayans Brothers, will appear on the SUNY New Paltz campus, Saturday, October 16, at 8 p.m. in Julien…
Read moreSUNY Trustees Appoint Laurence M. Hauptman Distinguished Professor
NEW PALTZ — The SUNY Board of Trustees has appointed SUNY New Paltz professor of history Laurence M. Hauptman to the highest rank that can be achieved by a State University educator, that of distinguished professor. The rank is above that of full professor. The action took place at the…
Read moreWriter, Educator to Discuss Educational Standards
NEW PALTZ — Susan Ohanian, longtime teacher and writer, author of One Size Fits a Few: The Folly of Educational Standards, will recount her quest to make sense of the standards movement when she speaks at a mini-conference at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, September 29. “Can One Size Fit All?…
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