NEW PALTZ – State University of New York at New Paltz students made a significant impact on the successful Make A Difference Day, Friday, Oct. 21. Mike Patterson, director of the Office of Student Activities and Union Services, and Erica Wagner, service learning coordinator at the Career Resource Center co-organized New Paltz’s…
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Senior Caitlin Langone featured in NBC documentary
Caitlin Langone ’11 (English) will be featured in a two-hour documentary titled "Children of 9/11," Monday Sept. 5 at 10 p.m. on NBC. Langone became connected with a British production company while traveling abroad. The production company followed her progress on the New Paltz campus throughout her spring semester to graduation. Langone…
Read more2011-2012 HR Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship Recipient Announced
The Mid-Hudson Human Resources Association (MHHRA) and the State University of New York at New Paltz are pleased to announce that Emma Lynch has been selected as the recipient of the 2011-2012 HR Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2006 by MHHRA to recognize and encourage New Paltz…
Read moreTwo at the top
New Paltz will recognize two valedictorians this year. Sallie McPherson, (Rifton, N.Y.) who is a cellular/molecular biology major with minors in Black studies and chemistry, and Ghady Al Rahhal, (New Paltz) who is a molecular biology major with minors in philosophy and chemistry. Both biology majors and chemistry minors, McPherson and Rahhal…
Read moreThe New Paltz Oracle Online Edition secures second place in national journalism competition
NEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz’s independent student newspaper, The New Paltz Oracle Online Edition, secured an impressive National Finalist title in the 2010 Mark of Excellence for “Best Affiliated Web site." This annual national competition is organized by the Society of Professional…
Read moreFour New Paltz seniors receive Chancellor’s Award for academic and extracurricular excellence
NEW PALTZ – SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher honored New Paltz seniors, Hope Dobrzynski, Alyssa Finck, Jennifer Sánchez and Robb Webb with 2011 Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence at a ceremony on April 5 held in the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The [link=http://www.suny.edu/communications/awards/StudentExcellence.cfm]Chancellor’s Awards[/link], inaugurated in 1997, highlight students…
Read more“The New Paltz Oracle” wins prestigious journalism award
NEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz’s independent student newspaper, “The New Paltz Oracle,” secured a major award, the 2010 Mark of Excellence, from the Society of Professional Journalists, overcoming competition from Harvard University, Syracuse University, New York University and Vassar College. On Saturday, April 9, former…
Read moreStudent curates Hank Virgona exhibit as part of annual thesis exhibitions at the Dorsky
The State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to announce an exhibition of satirical prints by artist Hank Virgona, on view from April 29 to June 5, 2011 in the Seminar Room of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art.
Read moreHigh praise by Forbes for SUNY New Paltz’s solar car: the Sunhawk.
New Paltz’s electrical and computer engineering students showcased their ingenuity, vision and sense of adventure last year when the solar car team finished eighth out of 17 in the [link=http://americansolarchallenge.org/events/asc2010/category/media/]American Solar Challenge’s[/link] road race of 1,200 miles. They raced from the grassy plains of Cresson, Texas to the lofty skyscrapers…
Read moreNew Paltz launches interactive town and village map
NEW PALTZ – In 2009 the Town of New Paltz Historic Preservation Commission applied for and received a grant from the New York State Historic Preservation Office to develop an online interactive map that displays information collected from prior surveys about the properties of historic significance in the Town and Village…
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