College President Steven Poskanzer will deliver the State of the College address to academic and professional faculty at 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, in Lecture Center 102.
In addition to outlining the college’s major accomplishments over the past year and discussing plans for the future at the first Academic and Profession Faculty Meeting of the year, Poskanzer will review the college’s eight major goals:
• Continue to raise the academic quality and selectivity of New Paltz students;
• Hire and retain faculty serious about their scholarship and teaching;
• Teach a curriculum that prepares students for their careers and lives;
• Link student intellectual growth with faculty scholarship;
• Residential character must reinforce educational goals;
• Meeting students needs;
• Address regional economic and schooling needs;
• Be a cultural and intellectual hub for the mid-Hudson region.
New academic and professional faculty members hired over the last year will be formally introduced following the presentation. A reception in the Lecture Center lobby will follow.
Classified Staff presentation
On Friday, Oct. 9, at 1:30 p.m., the president will also share the State of the College with members of the Classified Staff in Lecture Center 102.
New Classified Staff members who have joined the campus community during the past 12 months will be introduced at the meeting, as well. A reception will be held in the Lecture Center lobby following the president’s presentation.
