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SUNY Plattsburgh to hold winter commencement this December

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 26, 2009) -- SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling announced today that the college will hold its winter commencement this December thanks to the Student Association.

The ceremony had originally been cancelled due to the college's current budget crunch.

Senior at NCCS named recipient of Knapp North Country Scholarship

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 19, 2009) - Alexandria Blake Sisson, of Champlain, N.Y., a senior at Northeastern Clinton Central School, has been named this year's recipient of the Knapp North Country Scholarship.

SUNY Plattsburgh to break ground on new, green science building

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 15, 2009) - State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher will be on hand at the official ground-breaking ceremony for SUNY Plattsburgh's Hudson Hall Renovation Project, July 31.

Built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design silver standards, Phase I of the $37 million project will result in a new and improved, earth-friendly Hudson Hall addition. Phase II will include renovations to existing Hudson Hall. Slated for completion in 2012, all of this construction will result in new opportunities for SUNY Plattsburgh students, especially in the sciences.

Former SUNY Plattsburgh players join professional ranks

ADDISON, TEXAS (June 2009) - Former SUNY Plattsburgh standouts Matt Dahlin and Zack Welch (Merrill, N.Y./Northern Adirondack High School) are spending their summer playing professionally in the Continental Baseball League.

Dedication to roots leads former North Country residents to establish scholarship

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (June 11, 2009) - Paula and Michael Freed may have moved far away from their North Country homeland, but that hasn't kept them from extending a helping hand to its residents.

Although they currently live in Grand Rapids, Mich., the two SUNY Plattsburgh and Granville Central Junior Senior High School alumni have found a way to give back to both alma maters and to help fellow Granville graduates at the same time. They are doing so through a $50,000 gift to the Plattsburgh College Foundation.

Kowalowski selected to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team

SAVANNAH, Ga. (May 2009) - Kyle Kowalowski became the first baseball player at Plattsburgh State to win ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America accolades from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) when it was announced on Tuesday that he made the first team. Kowalowski is a graduate student from Saranac High School who completed his final year of eligibility with the Cardinals in May, and he is the lone representative on the College or University Division teams from a New York state-supported institution.

Plattsburgh students awarded fellowships for study in Canada

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 21, 2009) - Three SUNY Plattsburgh students have been awarded Killam Fellowships for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Alison C. Lutz '10, Emily Rose O'Hara'10, and Daniel Patrick Kiniry'10 will receive the fellowship, which provides students with $5,000 for one semester and $10,000 for a full academic year of study at a Canadian university. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, and selected students must posses at least a 3.5 grade point average.

Special Collections hosts Museum Day film screenings

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 29, 2009) - SUNY Plattsburgh's Special Collections in Feinberg Library will show three local history films as part of the North Country's celebration of Museum Day June 6.

New York's first lady to be on-hand for museum exhibit opening

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 21, 2009) - On June 3, New York's First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson will be the honored guest at the opening of a new exhibition celebrating the lake that Samuel de Champlain first encountered 400 years ago.

The show, "Views of Lake Champlain," will feature 18 new works by internationally acclaimed Canadian artist Samir Sammoun. The collection of oil paintings will be on display in the Burke Gallery, Myers Fine Arts Building, of the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh from May 30 to July 5. The exhibit is free and open to the public, daily from noon to 4 p.m.

College Council to meet Monday, June 1

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 29, 2009) - The SUNY Plattsburgh College Council will hold its next regular meeting Monday, June 1. The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. in the Videoconferencing Room 416, located in Sibley Hall on the college campus.

Contact Information

If you would like more information on any of the following news releases, please contact:

Brendan Kinney, Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations
SUNY Plattsburgh
Phone: (518) 564-2090
E-mail: news@plattsburgh.edu