New Paltz is planning to launch the SUNY Global Engagement Program, which has been designed to provide students with interests in global issues with field experience through internships along with a rigorous academic program. The program will be carried out at the SUNY Global Center in New York City every fall starting in 2013. The semester-long program will carry a course load of 12-15 credit hours. With assistance from Program Director and Associate Professor Ş. İlgü Özler (Political Science), students are expected to secure an internship of 20-25 hours per week. The internships are expected to be relevant to...
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Feature Stories
New digital projector to be unveiled at John R. Kirk Planetarium
The John R. Kirk Planetarium will unveil a new digital projector at a public showing on April 11 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be preceded by a V.I.P. reception and showing, to which the College’s cabinet, deans, chairs of the School of Science and Engineering, members of the School’s advisory committee, and members of the local community with ties to the planetarium have been invited. The new projector, which is completely digital and runs using software called Stellarium, provides a more immersive, transformative experience and creates a more dynamic atmosphere for viewers. The digital projector will allow for...
Student hears Supreme Court oral arguments
Nineteen students participated in the Political Science and International Relations Club trip to Washington, D.C., March 24-26. One of those students, Darienn Powers ’14 (Political Science), who is the club’s secretary and took a lead role in planning the trip, also planned an extraordinary journey of her own. With the goal of hearing the oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case about Proposition 8, the law banning same-sex marriage in California, Powers made sure she arrived sufficiently early to get one of the 50-60 seats available to members of the public. She set off on a bus...
Cast your vote for Hugo the Hawk!
The First Annual Generation SUNY Mascot Madness competition is underway—and the New Paltz mascot, Hugo the Hawk, has made it into the semi-finals! In round one, Hugo advanced over SUNY Purchase’s Perseus the Panther by a margin of 928 votes. Round two saw Hugo emerge over Cortland’s Red Dragon, and in Round three Hugo beat Maritime’s Pete the Privateer with 56 percent of the vote. The online contest includes 30 SUNY campuses representing 472 athletic teams and more than 220,000 students. Read more about it, and cast your vote for Hugo here!
New Paltz Athletics hosts Special Olympics Unified Basketball Tournament
The SUNY New Paltz Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) organized the first-ever New York Special Olympics Unified Basketball Tournament in March. The term “unified basketball” describes teams that consist of Special Olympians and “partners,” who are able-bodied players. Twelve teams from throughout the state came to compete in a full day of basketball on Sunday, March 10. Student athletes from every New Paltz team helped with the event. New Paltz Athletics entered two teams. For a month before the tournament the student athletes traveled to Kingston once a week to practice with their Special Olympian teammates. “Our athletes made...
Jamie Seward named Russell Athletic/WBCA National Coach of the Year finalist
Head coach Jamie Seward of the New Paltz women’s basketball team has been named a finalist for the 2013 Russell Athletic/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year award. He earns a finalist position after being named the 2013 Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division III Region 2 Coach of the Year. WBCA CEO Beth Bass commented, “The finalists were selected by their peers and have proved themselves deserving of the honor after leading their team to a tremendous season.” The 2013 Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year will be named during...
University of North Florida delegation visits campus
A delegation from the University of North Florida visited campus on March 20. The group, which included UNF President John Delaney, seven members of UNF’s executive staff, and two members of their Board of Trustees, met with President Donald Christian, Provost Philip Mauceri, Vice President for Student Affairs David Rooney, Vice President for Enrollment Management David Eaton, Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration Michele Halstead, Interim Director of Development and Executive Director of the SUNY New Paltz Foundation David Ferguson, New Paltz Foundation Chief Financial Officer Shannon Roddy, Chief of Staff/Associate Vice President for Communication Shelly Wright, and...