Category: Institutional

In recent weeks and months, there has been a disturbing increase in teen and college student suicide. Through a variety of social media outlets, you may have seen a It Gets Better campaign to educate on suicide prevention, directed at for those in the LGBTQ community and for victims of bullying…

Students, faculty and staff at the State University of New York at New Paltz will dedicate themselves to the local community on Friday, Oct. 22 and Sunday, Oct. 24 in honor of Make a Difference Day 2010. For the sixth consecutive year, the college is taking part in the national day of…

The State University of New York at New Paltz women’s tennis team won the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title for the fourth time in program history Sunday afternoon at the Eastside Racquet Club, competing at the 2010 SUNYAC Tennis Championships. The Hawks scored 42 points throughout the…

The Department of Theatre Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz kicks off its Mainstage 2010-2011 season with Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identities, bewildering desires, practical jokes, and bawdy revelry. Twelfth Night will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on October 7, 8, 9, 14, 15,…

Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today announced he has secured a key House panel’s approval of a major investment that will allow the State University of New York at New Paltz to develop a test lab for solar energy research and development on behalf of the Department of Defense. Hinchey, a senior…

» [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/speakerseries/wideman.html]Purchase Tickets and More Information[/link] John Edgar Wideman will read from work in progress and also offer his reflections on the African Diaspora. Wideman is also best known for Philadelphia Fire, Sent for You Yesterday, Brothers and Keepers and Fatheralong: A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race and Society. Wideman will…

The legend is putting you on notice. Return to campus this October 15-17, 2010 for the Reunion of a lifetime. Come join your friends, your classmates and your professors for a celebration of everything you love about New Paltz. Events over the weekend include class dinners, departmental gatherings, performances, a hike…

The campus will host a Grand Opening of the new $13.4 million, 15,000-square-foot expansion to the Student Union at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13. The Student Union Atrium will officially open and will feature new dining venues, an enhanced bookstore, student lounge areas and an elevated seating area designed for…

The State University of New York at New Paltz will welcome an academically talented and diverse group of 1,120 first-year students to the College community when it opens its residence hall doors for its annual Moving In Day at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19. L. David Eaton, vice president for enrollment…

The solar car racing team at New Paltz returned home elated last month after receiving the Teamwork Award in their first 1,100-mile [link=http://americansolarchallenge.org/events/asc2010/]American Solar Challenge[/link]. The race began in Cresson, Texas, on June 20 and finished in Chicago, on June 26. The competition included designing, building and driving solar-powered cars…