NEW PALTZ — NOTE TO EDITORS: Media are invited to cover the commencement ceremony. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 2. Contact Ken Ross at (845)-3245 for additional details. Under the theme “Freeze the Moment,” SUNY New Paltz graduates finishing their requirements in December now have their own ceremony…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On October 29, the SUNY New Paltz Alumni Association hosted in the Terrace Restaurant its 12th Annual Alumni Association Awards Reception. Nominations of the award recipients honored at the reception were made by campus community members and reviewed by the Alumni Association. A Distinguished Alumni Service Award, a…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Voices of Unity, a student gospel choir at SUNY New Paltz, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at its annual fall concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 at Studley Theater. To commemorate this major milestone, the 25-member choir will be joined by about 20 alumni. “This is the ultimate…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz President Roger Bowen’s steadfast support of international education led to special recognition today by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. In a regional conference, which included educators from the Northeast and Canada, the association presented its James O’Driscoll Distinguished Service Award to Bowen. The award…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz’ School of Business will host the annual meeting of the Council of Industry of Southeastern New York on Friday, Nov. 17 at the Terrace Restaurant. The meeting will celebrate 90 years of service to the Hudson Valley and, with a focus on e-business, turn its…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Throughout the next several months, the SUNY New Paltz School of Business will continue offering free information sessions for prospective students of the master of business administration degree program the university began offering last January. Anyone considering pursuing an MBA on a full- or part-time basis is encouraged…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — After an extensive, nationwide search, John P. Harrington was selected as SUNY New Paltz’ dean of Physical Sciences and Engineering. Harrington will come to New Paltz from the University of South Alabama, where he has chaired the chemistry department and served as a professor and the senior scientist…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz’ Career Advising and Fieldwork Center will host a Career and Employer Expo Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the second floor of the campus’ Student Union Building. This event, along with another regional career fair held…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Barbara Adams has joined the University of New York in Prague, The Czech Republic, as its provost. Adams, who retired as the president of Ulster County Community College in August, will oversee the academic functions of the two-year-old campus that operates under the cooperation of SUNY New Paltz,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Sally Ann Drucker (Nassau Community College) will do a dramatic reading about the life and work of Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist agitator, public speaker and activist who was a pioneer advocate for birth control, passionate critic of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — At SUNY New Paltz next week, Distinguished Professor Stanley Aronowitz, who teaches sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, will lecture and lead discussion on values in general education. Aronowitz is the author or editor of 18 books, and will center his lecture, “Higher Education…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz will convene a seminar by the Independent International Commission on Kosovo Dec. 7-8 to review the Commission’s investigation of the Kosovo conflict and examine recommendations for future peace keeping or peace making operations. The Commission was the initiative of the Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — With a stroke of the pen, President Clinton established the “Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship” program to help American undergraduate students of limited financial means to study abroad. In signing the law Tuesday, Clinton said the scholarship program will “better prepare (American undergraduate students) to compete in an…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Federal legislation establishing a scholarship program to help low income students study overseas is on its way to President Bill Clinton after the Senate passed the bill earlier this month. The International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 was drafted and sponsored in the House of Representatives by Rep….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The “conscience clauses” of the First Amendment affirm the right to free speech and religious freedom. Many scholars believe that these rights were understood by the founders to be mutually reinforcing. However, there have been many recent circumstances – often highly publicized — in which they have…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Bernard Stein will visit SUNY New Paltz on Thursday, October 19 to talk with journalism students about the importance of community press. Stein has been visiting various journalism programs in New York state as the first Center for Community Journalism Journalist in Residence. The…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Two recent graduates of SUNY New Paltz will return to their alma mater on Thursday, October 19 for a presentation of their award-winning films. Claudia Amaya, a 1997 graduate, and Yat-Hong Chow, a member of the New Paltz Class of 1996, each earned a bachelor’s degree in radio/television…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Women’s Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz will host its 23rd annual conference on Saturday, Oct. 28. The conference entitled “Through the Looking Glass: Feminism and Popular Culture” will explore the complexity of popular culture’s relationship to female autonomy and power. “While popular culture has often been the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Four SUNY New Paltz political science professors will discuss, debate and analyze this fall’s presidential and U.S. Senate election races in a forum to be held on Wednesday, October 11. The forum will begin at 4 p.m. in the university’s Lecture Center 112. It will be free and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The end of the first U.S. presidential debate between Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush will be the beginning of an influential project for SUNY New Paltz associate professor Mary L. Kahl. The faculty member of the New Paltz Communication & Media Department will conduct…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — “Making Tracks in the New Millennium” is the theme of Homecoming/Alumni Weekend 2000, to be held on the SUNY New Paltz campus October 13 through 15. This year’s event will incorporate Alumni Reunion Weekend and Parents Weekend, and include activities for alumni, students, and the parents and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Stefan Schlüter, Germany’s deputy consul general in New York City, will be speaking October 11 on the SUNY New Paltz campus to commemorate the 10th anniversary of German reunification. This event, which will begin at 7 p.m. in Lecture Center 100, is titled “Germany Ten Years after Unification:…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A need for social change drove muckraking journalists’ efforts in the early years of the 20th century, but SUNY New Paltz Professor Robert Miraldi argues in a new book that these investigative reporters’ eagerness to expose wrongdoing often came from their strong spiritual values. The book, The Muckrakers:…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The election season is in full swing and SUNY New Paltz political science assistant professor Kathleen Dowley is packing her bags for Albania. Dowley is one of 15 Americans selected to be part of the 100-person international team of election observers during October’s local elections in Albania. The…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, September 28, SUNY New Paltz will host Paul Eisenberg, professor of philosophy and director of graduate studies in philosophy at Indiana University. He will give a lecture, “Nietzsche’s Revolution in Ethics,” beginning at 5 p.m. in Room 1010 of the Jacobson Faculty Tower, located on the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz went live to the public this morning with the launch of its new “virtual” tour at the university’s web site, http://www.newpaltz.edu. The electronic tour can be accessed directly at http://www.newpaltz.edu/vtour. This new addition to the web site is the result of a year…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Seven outstanding teachers from Mid-Hudson public schools and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) will be honored with the 2000 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from SUNY New Paltz on September 18. Nominations of outstanding teachers are made by school principals and district superintendents. The awards…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Hudson Valley Forum will host its “Taste of the Forum” reception at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville Tuesday, Sept. 19. Taste of the Forum is an annual event to introduce potential new members to the Hudson Valley Forum and review the Forum’s upcoming events. At…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Nancy Kassop, associate professor in SUNY New Paltz’ Political Science Department, recently completed work on The White House 2001 Project — a program designed to provide new White House staff members information associated with key White House offices, and to ease paperwork for presidential appointees to executive…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Like many of the students who attend SUNY New Paltz, Clara Pankow Miller was one of the top 10 students in her high school graduating class. What is unique about this music major looking forward to graduating from the university with the Class of 2002 is that…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Wednesday, August 23, SUNY New Paltz will welcome its newest campus community members — the Class of 2004! What does the Class of 2004 look like?
NEW PALTZ — Corinna Anne Caracci, formerly associate director of residence life at SUNY New Paltz, has been appointed director of residence life following a national search. She accepted the position August 3. “I’m very excited,” she said. “I think we have wonderful students on our campus and the opportunity…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Joshua Reed, a SUNY New Paltz senior and Broadalbin, New York, native has been selected by the John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation to receive a 2000 Bayliss Radio Scholarship. He is one of only 20 college and graduate-level students selected nationwide for this $5,000 award to help defray…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz will break ground on Tuesday, August 8 for the first of two new residence halls to be built on the southern portion of the 206-acre campus. A ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the building site – just south of the new Child…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The State University of New York at New Paltz is proceeding with design and development plans for a two-court performance gymnasium that will be connected to its existing Elting Gym. The new gymnasium facility will include two full-size basketball courts, an indoor fitness track, a climbing wall and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Throughout the summer, the SUNY New Paltz School of Business is offering free information sessions for prospective students of its new master of business administration degree (MBA) program. Anyone considering pursuing an MBA on a full- or part-time basis is encouraged to attend one of the sessions. Each…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Phyllis R. Freeman, associate professor of psychology at SUNY New Paltz, has been appointed dean of the university’s Graduate School for a three-year term. The appointment became effective July 1. Freeman has been acting dean of the Graduate School since January 1999. She replaced Robert Mumper, who held…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce that James R. Doran of Augusta, Maine, will soon join the university community as the vice president of advancement. He will arrive at the campus the week of July 24. “James is a career higher education professional with a wealth of…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — For the eighth consecutive summer, SUNY New Paltz is granting local school children access to the world of dance. The university is a core residency site of the National Dance Institute — a not-for-profit program that enriches the lives of thousands of children each year. The Institute, with…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A semester of study overseas is becoming an academic necessity in the increasingly global economy. Legislation recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman (R-20th) will start making overseas experience possible for lower income students. Gilman’s legislation, the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, is co-sponsored by U.S….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Distinguished Professor Laurence M. Hauptman, a faculty member of the SUNY New Paltz History Department for 29 years, was recently honored by the Wisconsin State Historical Society for a book he co-edited about the Oneida tribe. Hauptman and L. Gordon McLester III of Oneida, Wisconsin co-edited the paperback…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz Division of Advancement was recently recognized for its excellence in bringing the university to meet the public through its extraordinary web site, alumni programs and motivated staff. The three awards were presented during the annual State University of New York Council of University Affairs…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Kenneth B. Ross of Naperville, Illinois will join the staff of SUNY New Paltz in late June to lead the university’s Office of Public Affairs. A search committee with representatives from the administration, faculty, student body and alumni selected Ross following a national search. He succeeds Karen…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The University at Albany/SUNY Doctorate in Educational Administration and Policy Studies, being offered in collaboration with SUNY New Paltz, will begin on the New Paltz campus on Saturday, June 10, at 8:30 a.m. at the Terrace Restaurant. This innovative program will offer courses on the SUNY New…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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
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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The International Business Network of Greater New York, Inc. (IBN) has selected the School of Business at SUNY New Paltz as the winner of the 2000 Averell Harriman International Award for Education for its international business programs. The award will be presented on Tuesday, May 9th, 2000,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — June Beallor, co-producer of the film which won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation’s The Last Days, will be presenting the documentary at SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday, May 9. The presentation is part of the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Martín Espada, professor of creative writing and Latino poetry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will read his poetry on Thursday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 100 on the SUNY New Paltz campus. This event, featuring the man many consider “the Latin poet…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — C. J. Hooker Middle School (Goshen) finished first out of 34 middle and junior high schools statewide that competed in the B Division New York State Science Olympiad, held at SUNY New Paltz on April 1. At the Olympiad, 510 students competed in 23 events involving biology,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The SUNY New Paltz campus newspaper, The Oracle, won third place honors for overall excellence in a national contest of the Society for Collegiate Journalists the nation’s oldest honor society for students of mass communication, according to Shelly Wright, a lecturer in the university’s Journalism Program. “This is…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, April 13, the Department of Philosophy at SUNY New Paltz will welcome Edward Wierenga, professor of religion and classics at the University of Rochester. He will lecture on the philosophy of religion, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Honors Center, College Hall H-111. Wierenga’s presentation, “Timelessness…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Louis De Vorsey, professor emeritus of geography at the University of Georgia, will speak at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, April 12. His talk, “Applied Geography from the World Court to Death Row,” will be held from 3:30 until 5 p.m. in Lecture Center 112. Ronald Knapp, geography…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Robert E. Funk, author and retired New York state archaeologist, will speak at SUNY New Paltz on Monday, April 10. His talk, “Current Research in Iroquoian Archaeology: the Garoga, Smith and Klock Sites,” will begin at 4 p.m. in the 10th floor lounge of the Jacobson Faculty…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Thursday, the FBI notified the campus that they had received a call reporting that a bomb would go off in a SUNY New Paltz science building on Friday. University Police conducted a search and arranged for a specially trained state police dog to be brought in…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Da Chen, Hudson Valley resident and author of the nationally-acclaimed memoirColors of the Mountain (Random House, 2000), will speak at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, April 5. The presentation, free of charge and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Studley Theatre. Chen will open with…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A panel discussion on political activism and journalism will take place March 29 in SUNY New Paltz’s Parker Theatre from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m. Award-winning journalist and author Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News will highlight a panel which includes journalist and professor Karl Grossman,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz journalism student Tracy Vanstaalduinen has been awarded a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund 12-week summer internship in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She will perform writing, editing and page design for the daily newspaper Plattsburgh Press-Republican, which has a circulation of 23,000 covering the northeastern Clinton, Essex and…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The University at Albany/SUNY Doctorate in Educational Administration & Policy Studies, being offered in collaboration with the State University of New York at New Paltz, is scheduled to begin in New Paltz this summer. Students must apply to the University at Albany by April 15, 2000 to be…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Ronald Welburn, associate professor of English and director of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will speak at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, March 15. A Cherokee-Assateague Indian, Welburn will discuss Cherokee literature at a forum in the Jacobson Faculty Tower (JFT)…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — On Wednesday, March 15, SUNY New Paltz will host an international panel of government officials and scholars to discuss the controversial new Austrian center-right coalition government, as well as reactions of other governments in Europe, Israel and the United States. The forum, “Austria 2000: Return to Fascism?”…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Fleet Services Corporation has donated $20,000 to the SUNY New Paltz Foundation to establish the Fleet Bank Endowed Scholarship Fund at the university. Beginning in fall 2000, a scholarship in the amount of the annual interest earned will be awarded by the New Paltz Admissions Office to…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — College Auxiliary Services (CAS) and the SUNY New Paltz Foundation are committed to providing SUNY New Paltz students with increased scholarship support. The Jim Fredericks Student Employee Scholarship previously granted to student employees by CAS will now be awarded by the Foundation, according to Bill Long, executive…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — An educational grant awarded to SUNY New Paltz by the United States Information Agency’s (USIA) College and University Partnership Program is enabling New Paltz to host four faculty members from one of the most respected universities in Central Asia, Tashkent State Economic University (TSEU) in Uzbekistan. According…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz education students scored higher on average in the 1999 New York Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTE) than students from other SUNY colleges and from colleges statewide. Robert J. Michael, dean of the School of Education, said that passage of the exams is required and preliminary…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Baggerman Family Scholarship Fund, memorializing the lives of William and Susanna Baggerman, parents of William Jr. and Susan M. Baggerman, has been established at the State University of New York at New Paltz. The scholarship will be awarded for the first time this fall. The deadline…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The College Council at SUNY New Paltz will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 27, in the 9th floor conference room of the Haggerty Administration Building. The 3:00 p.m. meeting will include reports by College Council chairman Harry Sherr, and SUNY New Paltz president Roget Bowen,…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The United States Department of the Treasury has granted State University of New York at New Paltz a permit which will allow the state university campus to negotiate with officials at the University of Havana about possible student and faculty exchanges. A New Paltz delegation traveled to Cuba…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz has received approval and registration from the State Education Department (SED) to offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA). SUNY New Paltz is the only public institution between Albany and New York City to offer the MBA. The University will begin to offer the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz is holding a used book sale in the library through December 3. The sale hours are concurrent with those of the library. “There are books on every imaginable subject for incredibly low prices,” said Barbara Petruzzelli, assistant to the director….
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and author Colman McCarthy, who is also well known as an educator and pacifist, will speak on the topic, “How to be an Effective Peacemaker,” at SUNY New Paltz on December 1 at 7 p.m. in LC 102. McCarthy is a Washington journalist who…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — The College Council at SUNY New Paltz will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 17 in the 9th floor Conference Room of Haggerty Administration Building. The meeting will include reports by College Council chairman, Harry Scherr; and SUNY New Paltz president, Roger Bowen; a presentation on…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Actor Ted Koch, a 1986 graduate of SUNY New Paltz, will visit the university on Thursday, November 11. Koch is currently appearing in Tony award- winning production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. This much-acclaimed Broadway revival features Brian Dennehy in the role of Willie Loman. Koch…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz President Roger W. Bowen has been invited to speak at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Council on International Educational Exchange to be held in Chicago, November 10 – 13. He will be leading a session on “Globalizing International Education: ACE, AASCU, ERASMUS, FIPSE.”…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — A ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a new 6,000 square foot Child Care Center at SUNY New Paltz will take place on Tuesday, November 9. Former State Senator Charles Cook, who sponsored legislation that provided the construction funds for the Child Care project, will be…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Judith Greene, former director of the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum and a noted Seneca Indian artist, will speak at SUNY New Paltz on November 17. She will talk about her pottery and Iroquoian pottery traditions. Greene, who has exhibited throughout the United States, earned her master of fine arts…
Read MoreNEW 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…
Read MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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 MoreNEW 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?…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — SUNY New Paltz has moved one step closer to offering a master of business administration degree (MBA). The SUNY Board of Trustees approved the new program at their September 22 meeting, clearing the way for anticipated final approval by the State Education Department (SED). The MBA degree has…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Singer, songwriter Janis Ian will headline a fund-raising concert at SUNY New Paltz on Friday, September 24. The evening program, titled “Remembering Hick,” recognizes the mostly forgotten achievements of former Hyde Park resident and first female AP reporter, Lorena “Hick” Hickok. Chronicler of Depression-era America and long time…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Beginning in the fall of 2000, a doctoral degree in educational administration and policy studies will be offered on the SUNY New Paltz campus in collaboration with the University at Albany. The program will draw upon the strengths of the faculty at both institutions, and students will…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Two of the leading authorities on Native Americans of the Hudson Valley and the surrounding areas will speak at SUNY New Paltz later this month as part of a fall lecture series on the history of Native Americans in the region. Steve Comer, the official representative of the…
Read MoreNEW PALTZ — Actor Michael Williams, star of “The Blair Witch Project” and a former SUNY New Paltz student, will make an appearance on the McKenna Theatre stage on Sunday, September 12. He will share the platform with his former teacher, theatre professor Beverly Brumm, who has kept in touch…
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