Students in the News 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...
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- New Paltz selects Interim Dean of the School of Business
- SUNY New Paltz picked as site for Governor Cuomo’s NYS Master Teacher Program
- Dr. Hamilton Stapell Named 2012-13 Teacher of the Year for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- New Paltz ranked second in list of top 50 affordable colleges
- New Paltz names Nicolette Glebatis as class of 2013 valedictorian
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Students in the News 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...
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Students in the News Sean Murphy ’12 (English) had an article, “The Passion of Carl Theodor Dreyer,” appear in the March 27 issue of the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Students in the News 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.
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Students in the News 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...
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STUDENTS IN THE NEWS 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...
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STUDENTS IN THE NEWS Communication and Media Department students Chanel Arias ’10, Adrienne Cichy ’08, Julie-Ann Florio ’10, Brittney Green ’08, Ian Kane ’10, Chris Kehnle ’08, Colleen Kelly ’10, Marlea Liguori ’09, Laura Martel ’10, Emily Myett ’10, Matthew Pachesfsky ’09, Kimberly Plummer ’10, Adam Schwartz ’10, Tevita Toutaiolepo ’10 and Roshanna Wallerson ’10 compiled videos for the Woodstock Film Festival Web site at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com and the festival’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/wffvideo. They worked with professors Gregory Bray and Joseph Vlachos and alumnus Daniel Butler ’07 (Communication and Media).
One Book, One New Paltz features local author
A local author is sharing her story with the New Paltz community for this year’s One Book, One New Paltz program. Ulster County resident Laura Shaine Cunningham’s memoir, “Sleeping Arrangements,” will be the focus of on- and off-campus events from Nov. 16 to 23. Cunningham said she felt “complete joy and amazement” at having her work selected for the community wide project. “The experience of having an entire community reading and discussing my work makes me feel at home,” she said. In addition to attending the on-campus keynote event at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, the author said...
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STUDENTS IN THE NEWS On Sept. 17, 24 students from the college’s Institute for International Business (IIB) visited Fox and Hound Wine and Spirits in New Paltz to participate in an interactive business presentation with owners Tom Edwards and Nick Ciallelo. On Oct. 17, the students head to New York City to complete the second half of the IIB program – an eight-week, full-time internship in New York City. For more information about the program, visit www.newpaltz.edu/iib.