Community values are focus of CRREO research group

December 7, 2009
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Community values are focus of CRREO research group

Through its Regional Well-Being Project, the college’s Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) is seeking to identify shared community values in the Mid-Hudson region. The project, a major effort of the center, is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, obtained with the assistance of New York’s U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. Since January 2009, a research team of CRREO staff, faculty and students – working with a diverse group of community leaders in facilitated meetings – has been determining key measures of the desired economic, environmental and social character of Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and...

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Lawrence Fialkow, noted researcher and scholar, receives Distinguished Professor rank

December 7, 2009
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Lawrence Fialkow, noted researcher and scholar, receives Distinguished Professor rank

With an extensive portfolio of research, Lawrence Fialkow (Mathematics, Computer Science) was recently appointed to the State University of New York’s highest faculty rank – Distinguished Professor. Fialkow, who has taught at the college since 1983, said he is honored by the recognition. “Throughout ects with both faculty colleagues and students,” he said. In addition to being an accomplished mathematics scholar who has achieved worldwide recognition for his seminal research in functional analysis, Fialkow is also known for successful collaboration with other innovative mathematicians, which has expanded the impact of his efforts and served to more effectively advance his...

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Theatrical performance to provide students with facts about food

December 7, 2009
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By Samantha Thomson ’09 (Communication and Media) Public Affairs Intern The Paper Rain Laboratory Theater, a student-run company on campus, is sponsoring a lecture and performance on eating disorders from 8:30 to 9 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 8, in Lecture Center room 102. “The idea is to use theater as a way to reveal the humanity beyond the information, since art can touch people more easily than reality,” said Kristin Dwyer ’10 (Theatre Arts), a member of the theater company. Evelyn Gezo, the college’s dietitian and nutritionist, will open the evening by providing background information on the topic and...

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Hallway connecting Haggerty and Student Union buildings closed during winter break

December 7, 2009
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The lower-level corridor connecting the Haggerty Administration Building and the Student Union will be closed during the winter break, Dec. 19-Jan. 22, 2010. This closing will allow contractors to perform necessary work as part of the Student Union addition while students are away. The offices of Records and Registration, Administrative Services, Telecommunications, and Parking may be accessed from a side entrance in the Records and Registration office, located in the Haggerty Administration Building between the stairs (leading to the Welcome Center above) and the elevators. Access between the Haggerty Administration Building and the Student Union will be available from...

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Faculty and staff holiday gatherings scheduled

December 7, 2009
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The annual Holiday Open House for academic and professional faculty and the Awards Luncheon for classified staff, including Research Foundation grants recipients and University Police, will take place in the coming weeks. The Open House, hosted by President Steven Poskanzer and his wife, Jane, will be held at their home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12. Invitations were sent via e-mail in November signifying what time individuals should attend. The 24th Annual Awards Luncheon, sponsored by Sodexo, will take place at noon on Friday, Dec. 11, in the Athletic and Wellness...

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Campus coat drive to benefit local charities

December 7, 2009
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Facilities Operations Center and Environmental Health and Safety staff are sponsoring a coat drive from Dec. 10 to 18. Members of the campus community can drop off clean winter coats in either department’s office (both located in the Service Building) or at any one of the drop-off boxes located in the lobbies of the Haggerty Administration Building, Student Union, Athletic and Wellness Center or Jacobson Faculty Tower. The donated coats will benefit the college’s Mid-Hudson Migrant Education Outreach Program and the Hudson River Psychiatric Center. For more information, call x3301 or x3310.

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Student marketing association’s wine tasting event rescheduled for February

December 7, 2009
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The New Paltz student chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA) is hosting a wine event at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in February. The date was originally scheduled for Dec. 9. The event, “Marketing Secrets of an Entrepreneur,” is co-sponsored with the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Conference and is open to everyone over the age of 21, including students, faculty, staff and business people. Space is limited, and advanced registration is recommended. Guest speaker Yancy Stanforth-Migliore from Whitecliff Vineyard in Gardiner will discuss entrepreneurship in the wine industry. The keynote will be followed by a wine...

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Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition

December 7, 2009
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Jonathan Raskin (Psychology) was elected a 2009 fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.

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Presentations, Exhibitions

December 7, 2009
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Photographs by Joan Barker (Art) are included in “High and Dry IX,” a photography exhibit of the people and places of the world’s dry lands, at the International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Nov.20-Jan. 15, 2010.

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