Twenty-five students from New Paltz, including members of the American Marketing Association, visited Donald Trump’s multi-million dollar golf course in Westchester County on Oct. 9. The Trump National Golf Course, which covers more than 75,000 square feet, provides membership to more than 250 at an initial fee of $300,000. The students received a tour and attended a workshop on marketing to the affluent.
Tina Antonucci ’10 (History) was named this year’s scholarship recipient of the New Paltz Lifetime Learning Institute. Antonucci is a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard and plans to become an elementary school teacher. This is the second year that the organization awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a non-traditional student to assist with the purchase of books. The SUNY New Paltz Lifetime Learning Institute (LLI) is an all-volunteer educational and social organization for adults 55 and over.
A number of Communication and Media students created media for the Woodstock Film Festival Web site and for their YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/woodstockfilmfestiva. The students created more than 30 videos over the course of five days. The videos include interviews with Academy Award Winning director Jonathan Demme, actor Ben Foster, filmmaker Barbara Hammer, and many others. They also created media featuring Uma Thurman, Woody Harrelson, Lucy Liu, and Richard Linklater among many others. Students working on this production include Chanel Arias ’10, Dan Barry ’10, Stefan Beaumont ’10, Deanna DiBenedetto ’11, Chelsea Feil ’11, Julie-Ann Florio ’10, Spencer Hood ’11, Ian Kane ’10, Colleen Kelly ’10, Yuriy Leschuck ’10, Laura Martel ’10, Randy Moses ’11, Marc Schreibman ’11, Morgan Smith ’11, Lakendra Stith ’10, Cat Tosiello ’10, Tevita Toutaiolepo ’10, Katherine Vidal ’11, Roshanna Wallerson ’10, Mark Walsh ’11, Tina Warren ’10 and Matthew Wright ’11. Communication and Media instructors Gregory Bray and Joseph Vlachos supervised the production.
Alexandra Curiale ‘10 (Management) was selected as the recipient of the 2009-2010 Human Resources Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship. This $750 scholarship was established in 2006 by Mid-Hudson Human Resources Association (MHHRA) to recognize and encourage New Paltz students interested in pursuing a career in the profession of human resource management. An active executive board member of the Management Association (MA) and a national student chapter member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Curiale has also spearheaded a number of initiatives, including organizing a student chapter company visit to Vassar Brothers Medical Center and an on-campus blood drive with the American Red Cross. She will serve as the Management Association president for the 2009-2010 year.
Rachael Bisceglie (School Counseling) received the 2009 Dr. Edward Shea Memorial Scholarship at the Ulster County Mental Health Association’s 50th Anniversary Reception and Awards Presentation on May 19. Photo submitted
Dana Burke ‘09 (Geography) has been awarded a valuable and competitive summer student internship from the Mohonk Preserve. Through the Thom Scheuer Land Management Internship, Burke will be working with Mohonk staff on easements, fires and other exciting land issues. She is currently completing a geography internship at the Nature Conservancy.
Jessie Ostrow ‘09 (Spanish, Speech Communication) was nominated by College President Steven Poskanzer for the Undergraduate Student Fellowship from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She was one of only five recipients in the nation to receive the fellowship, which aims to advance leadership skills and knowledge bases of recipients so they can enhance and encourage first-year student development on their respective campuses. The fellowship included support to attend the 2009 national conference, where a recognition ceremony took place. Jessie was the first New Paltz student to receive this award, recognizing her leadership in student life and her mentorship of first-year students.
Tia Shepard ‘09 (Geography) recently attended the Federation of New York Solid Waste Associations’ Solid Waste and Recycling Conference where work from her current internship was presented in “Impact of Historic Fill on Recycling of Processed C&D Debris in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York State” by Steven Parisio of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Colin Mills ‘08 (Geography).
Seven CSTEP (Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program) students belonging to the college’s AC2 (AMP/CSTEP Community) program accompanied the director, Stacie Nunes, (Physics) and assistant director, Reena DePaolo, to the 17th Annual CSTEP Statewide Student Conference at the Sagamore Hotel and Conference Center in Bolton Landing, N.Y., April 3-5. The centerpiece of the conference is student research showcased during a poster presentation competition and oral presentations. The work presented at the conference took place as part of the 2008 AC2 Summer Research Program and the 2008-09 academic year. Christopher Cahn ’09 (Biology), who worked with Jeffrey Reinking (Biology), presented the poster, titled “Adopting Nuclear Receptors in C. intestinalis.” Cahn won second prize in the Natural Sciences group. Destiny Rivera ’09 (Biology) and Maria Rodolis ’10 (Chemistry), who worked with Preeti Dhar (Chemistry), presented “Synthesis and Testing of Antimicrobial Activity of Monobactams.”
In March, three members of the Management Association, the college’s student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), competed at the 2009 Northeast Regional HR Games held at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. Shaina Miller ’09 (Management), Stacey Smiel ’09 (Management) and Alexandra Curiale ’10 (Management) placed sixth out of the 20 teams participating. Kristin Backhaus (Business) coached the students prior to the competition.
Sean Murphy ‘12 (English) had an article, “The Passion of Carl Theodor Dreyer,” appear in the March 27 issue of the Brooklyn Eagle.
Allison Duarte ‘09 (Journalism), Jessica Golian ‘09 (Childhood Education 1-6 – Spanish), Bexis Matos ‘09 (Journalism – Public Relations) and Benjamin Olsen ‘09 (Business Economics) will each receive a 2009 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence on April 7 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The students are presented with a framed certificate and medallion, which is traditionally worn at commencement. Award recipients have an overall GPA of 3.78 or higher and have demonstrated academic distinction in leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts or career achievement.
The following students each received a $575 Jim Fredericks Student Employee Scholarship from Campus Auxiliary Services:
Julie Caputo ‘09 (Childhood Education, 1-6 English)
Cynthia Carangelo ‘09g (Music Therapy)
Chris Cirincione ‘09g (Business Administration)
Paula Clay ‘10 (Childhood Education, 1-6 English)
Vixon Johns ‘09 (Journalism)
Melissa Mizerak ‘10 (Pre-Art Education)
Sriharsha Neelamraju ‘11 (Electrical Engineering)
Amber Orsino ‘11 (Pre-Art)
Viviana Quinones ‘09 (Psychology)
Allison Zaleznick ‘09 (Childhood Education, 1-6 English)
Each applicant had to write a statement about why working in auxiliary services has been a positive experience. All full-time, New Paltz students who receive paychecks from Campus Auxiliary Services, Sodexo Dining Services or Follett Higher Education Group were eligible for the annual scholarship.
Brandon Berte ’09 (Communication and Media) presented a paper, “Rudolph Giuliani’s July 2007 Foreign Policy Address: The Spectre of 9-11 in the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign,” at the New York State Communication Association Convention in October in Kerhonkson. Also at the convention, Denise Martin ’09 (Communication and Media) presented a paper, “The Structure and Function of Implied Moral Argument in Anita Hill’s Senate Testimony: A Close Textual Analysis.”
Devin Kaminski ’09 (Communication and Media) won the Speaker Sheldon Silver Certificate of Recognition from the New York State Assembly. Kaminski interned at the Assembly last spring and was honored for his work debating a bill on microstamping at the mock Assembly session in May.
Thomas Schramm ’09 (Geology) and C. J. Hartwell ’09 (Geology) attended the Joint Meeting of the Geological Society in October in Houston with co-authors Alex Bartholomew (Geology) and Shafiul Chowdhury (Geology).
Absolute A Cappella, a co-ed student singing group on campus, competed and won first place in the Long Island A Cappella Challenge at Oyster Bay High School on Nov. 6. The group competed against six schools: University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Yale University and Harvard University. The group of 15 students is led by musical director Matthew Strebel ’09 (Music – Performance, Theory/Composition); president Emily Gnacik ’10 (Journalism – Public Relations); and Michael McGullam ’09 (Childhood Education, English).
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