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New SUNY Plattsburgh Distinguished Fulbright Chair in Quebec Studies
12:00am EST, 6 Mar 2013PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (March 6, 2013) – The Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Québec Studies is hosting its first-ever distinguished Fulbright chair in Québec studies.
Dr. Stephane Paquin, a professor and Canada research chair in the Department of International and Comparative Economy at the National School for Public Administration in Québec City, has served as secretary-general of the International Political Association. He is the author of several books on Québec international relations including U.S./Canadian relations and North American integration. He was selected in 2008 to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program.
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SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre to Present 'Red Death' March 7-10
01:42pm EST, 25 Feb 2013PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (February 25, 2013) -The SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre will present "Red Death” written by Lisa D’Amour, March 7-10, in Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building.
“Red Death” is a modern stage noir loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe’s “Mask of the Red Death,” said Kim Hartshorn, director. “It is a thriller, filled with suspense and satire.”
In it, Jane Whithers, a kindergarten teacher and lifeguard is on a self-imposed existential quest to find childhood acquaintance, Prospero Albright. She is searching for the origin of hate, the root of denial and the basic human weakness that causes a person to fear death. She suspects the source might lie in Albright. Withers travels around the world in seven scenes filled with life rafts, spiked cocktails, underground dance clubs and childhood secrets as she searches for the one man who understands why her life has gone down such a perilous path.
more...College Hosts Celebration of 800 Scholarly Works by SUNY Plattsburgh Faculty
05:14pm EST, 21 Feb 2013
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 21, 2013) — Teaching is only one part of a professor’s job and SUNY Plattsburgh’s Celebration of Scholarship is designed to showcase that fact.
The 11th annual event, held Friday, Feb. 15, celebrated the more than 800 works created by the college’s faculty during the 2011-2012 academic year.
Speaking at the event, College President John Ettling said he was impressed by this scholarly output, especially since the college is a teaching rather than a research institution.
more...Volunteer Partners Needed for International Students
02:18pm EST, 21 Feb 2013
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 21, 2013) — SUNY Plattsburgh’s Partners in Cross-cultural Learning is looking for local volunteers.
Each year, more than 50 new international students come to study at SUNY Plattsburgh. PICL allows community members to bring the world into their home as they partner with those students.
Michelle St. Onge, program coordinator, said there is an application process for the program designed to match similar personalities.
“We want to make sure they have things in common,” she said.
more...SUNY Plattsburgh to Co-Host Business Plan Competition
04:26pm EST, 20 Feb 2013More Than $225,000 Available in Prizes
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 20, 2013) — The Marketing and Entrepreneurship Department at SUNY Plattsburgh will be teaming up with Clarkson University's Reh Center for Entrepreneurship to host the North Country Regional Business Plan Competition at Clarkson University's Student Center March 29.
The contest is open to all students who are enrolled in North Country colleges or universities during the current academic year.
The top teams from each of the 10 regional competitions will be awarded $20,000 in funding and will be invited to compete for the grand prize at the statewide 2013 New York Business Plan Competition April 26 in Albany, N.Y.
more...SUNY Plattsburgh Receives National Notice for Eliminating Black/White Graduation Gap Over Six Years
05:14pm EST, 19 Feb 2013PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) — A national organization has ranked SUNY Plattsburgh among the top 25 public colleges across the nation for closing the graduation-rate gap between African American and white students.
The 2012 study by The Education Trust — a non-profit striving to close academic gaps — examined public and private four-year colleges that successfully improved minority graduation rates.
To indicate the importance of closing these gaps, the report cited an increasing need for highly skilled laborers in the workforce, noting that by 2018, 63 percent of all jobs are expected to require a college degree.
more...Department of Music to Present Concert by the Key Winds Trio
01:35pm EST, 19 Feb 2013PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) – The SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Music will present clarinetist Janine Scherline in a faculty recital with the Key Winds Trio 2 p.m. March 3 in Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
Other members of the trio are oboist Janice Kyle and pianist David Carpenter. The concert program, “Romancing the Tone,” will feature works by Aram Khachaturian, Wilhelm Berger, Paul Gilson, Astor Piazzolla and José Bragato.
more...SUNY Plattsburgh Adopts State University's Standardized Financial Aid Award Letter
09:33am EST, 19 Feb 2013PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) — SUNY Plattsburgh announced today that it will put in place a new, standardized Financial Aid Letter from the State University of New York this fall.
In fact, all of the SUNY system’s 64 campuses will use the letter for the 2013-2014 academic year, as part of the SUNY Smart Track™ campaign, a commitment to transparency in college financing.
The new letter will allow students and their families to see clearly the cost of attendance and financial aid offerings at each campus, including campus-specific information such as graduation rate, median borrowing and loan default rate.
more...Feinberg Library Presents "Dead Talks" Debate Series
12:38pm EST, 18 Feb 2013
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 18, 2012) — SUNY Plattsburgh’s Feinberg Library is sponsoring a new series of point-counterpoint debates, “The Dead Talks.”
Free and open to the public, these will take place in the library’s third-floor reading room.
- “Is Peace Among Religions Dead?” by Dr. Becky Kasper with world religions students, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19.
- “Is Feminism Dead?” by Dr. Simona Sharoni with gender and women’s studies students, 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 26.
- “Is the Public Good Dead?” by Dr. Tom Moran and Dr. Richard Schaffer, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 16.
more...SUNY Plattsburgh College Council to Meet Feb. 19
04:55pm EST, 13 Feb 2013PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Feb. 13, 2013) — The SUNY Plattsburgh College Council will hold its next regular meeting 1p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Alumni Conference Room of the Angell College Center.
At that time the College Council will consider a resolution honoring recently retired Vice President of Student Affairs William Laundry for more than four decades of service to the college. It will also consider resolutions honoring former Student Association President Charles Sanchez for his service and the college’s Women’s Rugby Club for winning its conference title.
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