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EOP recognizes student achievement at Chi Alpha Epsilon Induction Ceremony

May 7, 2012
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10th Annual Chi Alpha Epsilon Induction Ceremony

The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) hosted the 10th Annual Chi Alpha Epsilon Induction Ceremony on Friday, April 27.  The public recognition and pinning ceremony recognized the academic achievements of 44 EOP undergraduates. An additional 24 students were recognized for earning an upgrade distinction. SUNY New Paltz Director of Advising for the School of Business and former EOP Advisor, Rendesia Scott ’96, delivered the keynote address. Scott was instrumental in bringing a Chi Alpha Epsilon chapter to New Paltz and is a charter member.  Her remarks centered around the theme, “…and they said you couldn’t do it.” Chi Alpha Epsilon...

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Students Perform New Work in New York City Directors Salon

May 7, 2012
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Students perform at The Working Theatre in NYC

Students from the Department of Theatre Arts participated in a performance of a new work devised by Professor Anita Gonzalez (Theatre Arts) at The Working Theatre in Manhattan in April. The Working Theatre sponsors the Directors Salon, an organization that provides directors a chance to showcase their work. The Salon selected the play Liverpool Trading <—> New York by Gonzalez, author and playwright Richard Aellen, and Annette Storckman ’12 (Creative Writing) to present in their annual season. Stage Manager Sarah Appelbaum ’12 (Theatre Arts) helped to coordinate performances of the play with students Paul Boothroyd ’15 (Theatre Arts), Genevieve...

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Students organize Relay For Life on campus

May 7, 2012
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SUNY New Paltz Relay For Life Student Committee 2012

Approximately 500 people attended the New Paltz American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, an event held over a 12-hour period on April 21.  According to event organizers, David Manis ’13 (Business) and Sarah Sobel ’13 (Organizational Communication), a total of $24,000 was raised through a series of fundraising events, online outreach for donations to family and friends, Relay For Life teams, raffles, and money that was contributed during the event.  The festivities included performances by several student vocal groups; music provided by DJs from WFNP “The Edge,” the campus radio station; a celebrity look-alike contest; and games. Manis, who...

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Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition

May 7, 2012
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Dr. E. Jerry Persaud (Communication and Media) received the Harry Shaw Award in Recognition of Outstanding Scholarly Contributions in Popular Culture Research at the National Popular Culture Association meeting in Boston, MA.  The 42nd annual national conference of the Popular Culture/American Culture Associations met from April 11-14, 2012.  The Award was given by the African American Culture Area of the PCA and is listed in the Conference Program.   Professor Anita Gonzalez (Theatre Arts) was accepted to participate in a 2012 Munson Institute/National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar “The American Maritime People” in Mystic Seaport, Conn.

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Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition

April 23, 2012
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Professor Lindsey Russo (Elementary Education) was featured in an article in the New York Times on Friday, April 13. Russo is the director of curriculum documentation and research at the Blue School, a private school in Manhattan that integrates cognitive neuroscience and scientific research about childhood development into its curriculum. Read the article here. Professor Mona Ali (Economics) has been selected to receive The Edith Henry Johnson Memorial Award in Economics, Civil Affairs, and Education for her dissertation, “Asymmetric Returns to U.S. Assets – American Superiority or Accounting Fiction: Essays on U.S. Foreign Direct Investment.” Ali is one of...

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Student art on view in “Sustainable World: Bamako/New York”

March 26, 2012
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Students at opening reception for "Sustainable World: Bamako/New York”

With the support of a Senior Research Fulbright grant, Professor Francois Deschamps (Art) spent the academic year 2010-11 teaching in Bamako, Mali—one of Africa’s fastest growing cities. “Sustainable World: Bamako/New York,” on view through March 30 at the Calumet Gallery in New York City, features photographs by his students from the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers Multimédia in Bamako and their counterparts from SUNY New Paltz. The exhibition aims to serve as a visual record, presenting issues relative to the search for a sustainable world. These issues are addressed photographically in a variety of means and styles, including metaphorical and documentary....

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Recent graduate presents paper at leading scholarly conference

March 26, 2012
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Emily I. Sobel ’11 (Asian Studies) presented a paper, “Little Brother and Sister are Watching: Youth-Directed Media Tools and Thought Work in Post-1989 Chinese News Media,” on March 15 at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies held in Toronto, Canada. AAS is the premier conference in North America for the field of Asian Studies, attracting scholars from around the world. Sobel’s paper grew out of her senior thesis for the Honors Program. It was developed as an independent study project in Asian Studies under the supervision of Professor Jonathan Schwartz (Political Science) as lead reader...

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Publications

March 26, 2012
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Professor Giordana Grossi (Psychology), in collaboration with Cordelia Fine (University of Melbourne), has recently published the chapter “The role of fetal testosterone in the development of ‘the essential difference’ between the sexes: Some essential issues.” The chapter, a critique of the fetal testosterone hypothesis aimed at explaining purported sex differences in cognition, is in the recently published book Neurofeminism: Issues at the Intersection of Feminist Theory and Cognitive Science, edited by R. Bluhm, A. Jacobson, and H. Maibom and published by Palgrave-Macmillan.

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Awards, Honors, Appointments and Recognition

March 26, 2012
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Interim Dean of the Library William Connors has received a $9,755 grant from the NYS Education Department for his project titled, “Coordinated Collection Development Aid 11-12.” Joshua Simons ’08 (Political Science), research associate at the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), has received a $9,000 grant from the Town of New Paltz Historic Commission for his project titled, “Town of New Paltz Historic Property Mapping Project – Promotional Instructional Video.” Professor James Halpern (Psychology) has received a $7,500 grant from the United Nations for his project titled, “Managing your staff members and office in times of crisis.”

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