Category: Institutional

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…

[link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/crreo/]The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach[/link] (CRREO) has released the [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/crreo/regional_well-being_2010.pdf]Regional Well-Being Index[/link], a single measure of “Well-Being” in Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties and the Mid-Hudson region as a whole, based upon selected economic, environmental and social indicators, combined in accord with rigorous statistical standards. According…

State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher has nominated [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/publicaffairs/admins/provost.html]Donald P. Christian[/link] to be interim president of SUNY New Paltz. Christian has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the college since August 2009, and will assume his new duties on July 1. “I am delighted…

New Paltz will recognize two Valedictorians on the Old Main Quadrangle during the 2010 Commencement Ceremony this Sunday, May 23. Nicole Hitner (Carmel, N.Y.), an English major with an environmental studies minor, and Darian Pucciarelli (Staten Island, N.Y.), who double-majored in political science and sociology, both achieved a perfect overall grade…

New Paltz has been selected as one of the country’s most environmentally-responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review, an education services company, and has been included in a new guidebook titled, [link=http://www.princetonreview.com/green-guide.aspx]“The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.” [/link] Developed by The Princeton Review in partnership with the U.S. Green…

New Paltz unveiled a new logo on April 21 as the first part of a larger college-wide integrated marketing initiative that has been developed through several years of research. The new official New Paltz logo is a mark consisting of a customized icon, typography and orange and blue. The strength of the…

This April, students participated in a mascot naming competition as part of the [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/styleguide/athletics/]Athletic department’s new logo identity[/link], which included implementing [link=http://www.newpaltz.edu/styleguide/athletics/logosystem.html]a new rendition of the Hawk[/link], the College mascot. In a landslide victory, Hugo – which was suggested by 12 students who saw the name’s historic connection to…