School of Science and Engineering’s Colloquium Series hosts a solar energy lecture The next lecture in the School of Science and Engineering’s Colloquium Series is at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium with a reception taking place at 3:30 p.m. in room 110. Richard Perez from the University at Albany will be lecturing on “Making the Case for Solar Energy in New York.” The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (845) 257-3728 or visit www.newpaltz.edu/sse/colloquium_series.html.
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- New Paltz ranked second in list of top 50 affordable colleges
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Provost candidates visit campus this week The final two candidates for the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost will visit the campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and Friday, Feb. 27. The first candidate visited campus on Feb. 18. For details and itineraries for each candidate, check the Faculty/Staff tab in my.newpaltz.edu.
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Peace Corps visit coincides with organization’s anniversary Representatives from the Peace Corps will visit the college on Feb. 24 to meet with interested students, faculty and community members. A table will be set up in front of the Career Resource Center – room 105 in the Humanities Building – from 3 to 5 p.m. The information session will be followed by a panel discussion with Peace Corps volunteers at 6 p.m. in room 100 of the Student Union Building. The volunteers attending the discussion have served in such countries as Ecuador, Mauritania, Madagascar and Guatemala. The college has had...
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Faculty selecting nominees for national graduate scholarship The college is in the process of selecting nominees for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Graduate Scholarship. Accredited U.S. colleges, such as New Paltz, are permitted to nominate two applicants for the prestigious scholarship. Faculty representatives Nancy Kassop (Political Science) and Jeff Miller (Honors Center) are working with qualified candidates in applying for the scholarship, which offers awards totaling as much as $300,000 (up to $50,000 per year for up to six years). Seniors and alumni within the last five years may compete for the scholarships. The Graduate Scholarship Program provides funding...
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College receives grant for collaborative undergraduate biology and chemistry research The Biology and Chemistry departments received a Merck/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2009 Undergraduate Science Research Program Award. The award provides $60,000 ($20,000 per year over three years) for joint use by the biology and chemistry departments in conducting undergraduate research projects. New Paltz was one of 14 institutions from across the country to receive the award this year. Four New Paltz students will receive stipends to work on full-time interdisciplinary projects during the summer under the guidance of two faculty members (one in chemistry and...
