Campus News
- 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
Feature Stories
Campus marks Hudson River’s 400th anniversary with Art and the River Project
In honor of the Hudson River’s 400th anniversary, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art embarks on two major Art and the River events this summer: the annual Hudson Valley Artists show and an exhibition of landscape paintings. The Art and the River Project was made possible with a $143,449 federal grant from Congressman Maurice Hinchey ’68, ’70g and the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This year’s Hudson Valley Artists show is focused on environmental and ecological themes. The works of approximately 20 emerging area artists and artist teams will be on display in the Alice...
College’s solar car team soars in first competition
After three years of development, the college’s solar car club successfully completed its first attempt at competition. Led by faculty adviser Mike Otis (Electrical Engineering) and sponsored by The Solar Energy Consortium, the SUNY Hawk team placed sixth out of the 11 teams competing at the Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas, June 1-5. “As an alumni member and as someone who is committed to solar power as the primary energy source of the future, I am very proud of the extraordinary success that the SUNY New Paltz solar car team achieved at such...
Career Resource Center’s relocation attracts more visitors
The Career Resource Center staff has seen a sharp increase in student drop-in visits since moving to the Humanities Building in January. Tonda Highley, associate dean of student advising and director of the Career Resource Center, attributes the more than 57 percent increase to the new visibility of the center on the academic side of campus. Highley said students pass the new center in Humanities room 105 every day and they are more apt to stop in to speak with a counselor, use the center’s computers or practice their interviewing techniques. “We are so enthusiastic about being among the...
Teach for America is the destination for two recent graduates
The education that Bexis Matos ’09 (Journalism, Public Relations) and Erika Savage ’09 (Sociology – Human Services) received at New Paltz will be shared in classrooms across the East Coast. The recent graduates have been accepted to the highly selective Teach for America program for the 2009-10 academic year. Teach for America is a national organization that places recent college graduates in urban and rural schools. Matos begins a five-week training session on June 23. Come September, she will be teaching secondary-level social studies in Philadelphia. Savage leaves for training in July before moving to Baltimore and working in...
Center for International Programs dean wins prestigious national award
Bruce Sillner, dean of the Center for International Programs, received the Marita Houlihan Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field of International Education from the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs at its annual conference in Los Angeles, May 24-29. Sillner is the second recipient of this award from New Paltz. Former New Paltz President Alice Chandler was also recognized with the Marita Houlihan Award in 1989 for her contributions to the international educational exchange field. As such, New Paltz is the only institution to have twice received this distinction. The award is named for the former State Department...
Celebration honors the hard work of Campus Auxiliary Services employees
Campus Auxiliary Services marked the end of the academic year with a celebration honoring the work of its employees. The 2009 CAS Employee Recognition Awards Celebration was held on May 18 in the Hasbrouck Dining Hall. The event has been a company tradition for more than 25 years. “The employees really look forward to the event,” said Steve Deutsch, executive director of CAS. “It’s a wonderful time to recognize the efforts of our employees and salute them.” The more than 150 full-time employees from the Campus Bookstore, Dining Services and the Office of Auxiliary Support are invited to the...