Professor Frantz Folmer-Andersen (Chemistry) has received a $21,204 grant from Trixogenesis LLC for his project titled, “Investigation of active components of Drimia Maritima.”
Campus News
- Ulster County Emergency Response Team active shooter training
- State University of New York at New Paltz Business Plan Contest results
- New Paltz Professor Michael Vargas awarded Fulbright grant
- Dean of Fine and Performing Arts steps down; interim dean appointed
- New Paltz selects Interim Dean of the School of Business
Presentations, Exhibitions
Professor L.H. Roper (History) presented a paper, “The Fall of New Netherland and Seventeenth-Century Anglo-American Imperial Formation,” at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the British Group in Early American History. The meeting was co-hosted by the Universities of Dundee (with whom SUNY New Paltz has an international exchange program) and St. Andrews in Scotland. The paper was part of a session “Translatio Imperii: Anglo-Dutch Competition and Cooperation in North America, 1600-1700,” which is part of a larger collaborative project, involving Dr. Jaap Jacobs (independent scholar) and Dr. Martine van Ittersum (University of Dundee) that considers seventeenth-century Anglo-Dutch relations from...
Conferences and lectures
New York Conference on Asian Studies 2012. September 28 – 29. This conference will feature panel discussions featuring new interdisciplinary and comparative scholarship on Asia, a special exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, a cultural performance in McKenna Theatre, a book exhibit featuring new publications on Asia, and a plenary session with author Ha Jin. For registration and schedule information, click here. Louis and Mildred Resnick Lecture Series: Jews and Modernism. October 3, 10, 17, and 24. The Fall 2012 Louis and Mildred Resnick Lecture Series, directed by Emeritus Professor Gerald Sorin (History), continues through October with...
A new year at New Paltz
The 2012-13 academic year is off to an exciting start, with 1,850 new first-year and transfer students and approximately 1,200 graduate students joining the campus community. Students arrived on campus on Thursday, Aug. 23. They were greeted by President Christian, his wife, Sandy, and members of the College’s athletics teams and other clubs and organizations who assisted them as they moved into the residence halls. “The freshman class is academically very strong and diverse ethnically, geographically, and by the wide variety of academic interests they represent. Our transfer class is equally impressive, having been admitted through a highly selective...
State of the College address
Faculty, staff, and administrators gathered in LC 100 on Friday, Aug. 24, to hear President Christian’s State of the College address, his first since his inauguration as New Paltz’s eighth president—and also the first presented to all faculty and staff, together, as a single community. Christian expressed his gratitude for the dedication and care of all present in a year that brought significant budget cuts, flooding, and other challenges. “I am glad to be in this leadership role, at this institution, and that is primarily because of the caliber and character of the people who are this College.” he...
Meet our new faculty
New faculty were greeted by President Christian, Provost Mauceri, the College’s deans, and other administrators at an all-day orientation on Wednesday, Aug. 22. Shown here, new faculty members include, from top to bottom and left to right: Erika Chin (Geography), Huanglin Wang (Business), Eric Keeling (Biology), Alexandra Cox (Sociology), Yuan Wen (Business), Michael Machczynski (Chemistry), Cesar Barros (Languages, Literatures & Cultures), Nkeiru Okoye (Music), Nataly Chesky (Elementary Education), Michael Sheridan (Business), Andrea Frank (Art), Kerianne Quick (Art), Jannett Dinsmore (Biology), Karla Vermeulen (Psychology/Institute for Disaster Mental Health), Chris Albi (History), Michael Chuang (Business), Lisa Barker (Secondary Education), Rajeev Narayanan...
President Christian joins AAC&U leadership group
President Christian has accepted an invitation to join the Presidents’ Trust, a leadership group within the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) that is committed to and advocates for liberal education within the nation’s higher education system. The Presidents’ Trust is a select network of about 100 AAC&U member college presidents who support the organization’s Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP). This initiative promotes liberal education as the best preparation for today’s students as they begin work and citizenship in an ever-changing world. According to the AAC&U website, “The Presidents’ Trust consists of people who believe in liberal...
SUNY New Paltz recognized with three SUNYCUAD Awards
New Paltz’s Office of Communication and Marketing was recognized by The State University of New York Council for University Advancement (SUNYCUAD) with three Awards for Excellence. The recognition included two Best of Category awards: one in the Media Relations category for its 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Events and one in the Student Recruitment Package category for its admissions package that incorporated the elements of print, video and the web. It also received a Judges’ Citation in the Internal Communications Vehicle category for its Middle States Accreditation Marketing Campaign which integrated design, print, video and the web. Shelly Wright, associate...
Under Construction
You may have—okay, you likely have—noticed a construction project or two upon your return to campus. Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to stroll down the new Mohonk Walk, a beautiful pathway that provides pedestrian access along the College’s eastern edge (between the Excelsior Concourse and the site of the future new science building near the campus’s main entrance). Take note: beautification of the surrounding landscape is continuing. The walk was lined recently with oak trees and stone benches are being installed. The beautification will be completed by December 2012. The renovation of the Sojourner Truth Library has been temporarily...