Tag: alumni
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Curator of New Paltz Alumni Exhibition Shares a Snapshot of the Times
Written by Kenny Wood Edited and packaged by Meg Tohill Students in Professor Lindsay Lennon’s Feature Writing class were assigned interviews with SUNY New Paltz alumni who were featured in Wired Gallery’s “Golden Age of New Paltz” exhibition. Here’s what they found: Jack Murphy offers a snapshot of what it was like to be an…
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New Paltz Alumnus and Artist Sevan Melikyan Journeyed from Turkey to America With a Dream to Become an Artist
Written by Jesse Dillon Edited and Packaged by The Little Rebellion Students in Professor Lindsay Lennon’s Feature Writing class were assigned interviews with New Paltz artists who were featured in Wired Gallery’s “Golden Age of New Paltz” exhibition. Here’s what they found: Sevan Melikyan is a native from Turkey who journeyed with the dream of…
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Charcoal and Pastels Grant Bruce Pileggi Artistic Freedom
Written by Marin Davidson Edited and packaged by RJ Smith Students in Professor Lindsay Lennon’s Feature Writing class were assigned interviews with SUNY New Paltz alumni who were featured in Wired Gallery’s “Golden Age of New Paltz” exhibition. This is what they found: Marin Davidson interviews Bruce Pileggi, a Golden Age artist featured in the…
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Paintings and Patients: Alumnus, Psychologist Win Bottum-Morgan Pursues Artistic Passion Despite Career Change
Written by Anthony Lebron Edited and packaged by Katie Donlevy Students in Professor Lindsay Lennon’s Feature Writing class were assigned interviews with SUNY New Paltz alumni who were featured in Wired Gallery’s “Golden Age of New Paltz” exhibition. This is what they found: Win Bottum-Morgan contemplated multiple career paths before deciding on clinical psychology, one…
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Artist and Alumna Rosalie Rossi Teaches Art on All Levels and Encourages Others to Express Themselves
Written by Bridget Peschel Edited and packaged by Alicia McGowan Students in Professor Lindsay Lennon’s Feature Writing class were assigned interviews with SUNY New Paltz alumni who were featured in Wired Gallery’s “Golden Age of New Paltz” exhibition. This is what they found: Artist and SUNY New Paltz alumna, Rosalie Rossi has taught art to…
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Hauntings and History Meet at Huguenot Street
Story edited by 2017 Multimedia Editing class Historic stone houses, candlelit tours and centuries-old ghostly tales will converge for a final time this weekend at Haunted Huguenot Street in New Paltz. Mortals are brought on an hour-long evening tour that not only frightens but educates visitors on the history of the first settlers of New…
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Comedian Brian Scolaro of Comedy Central Performs on Campus
By Ella Graffin with contributions by Alex Prawdzik On April 28 the New Paltz College Terrace was graced with the comedic presence of the alumni pair Brian Scolaro and Paul Schembri for Media and Journalism Week. The audience consisted of a mix of students, faculty, and their older alumni. This audience set a peculiar scene…
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SUNY New Paltz Boosts Efforts to Support Soon-to-be Alumni
New efforts to engage SUNY New alumni Paltz are being led by a panel of volunteers who know graduates of the college very well – their peers. The SUNY New Paltz Alumni Advisory Council was established in May 2014 to improve alumni engagement and connection with the campus. They came up with an alumni structure…
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Building Blocks for the Future
Wedging a foot in the door of a career requires constant focus on each step taken toward that ideal job. Every day is an interview. Confidence, open-mindedness and passion reap success. At the College Terrace on Nov. 13, the annual “Brilliantly Creative and Gainfully Employed: SUNY New Paltz Alumni Speak From Experience” panel was held…
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Alumni Weekend Brings SUNY New Paltz Community Together
Moving out of their eight-people-to-a-room “Quonset hut” known as Women’s Hall and into a nicer Victorian house used as the Women’s Hall Annex in 1952 meant many interesting nights for Norma Holzer, SUNY New Paltz class of ‘54. She shared a room with two other students– one from Norway and one from Puerto Rico.…
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Entertaining Pioneer: Lara Hope
Most people are busy working a few jobs in the current economic climate. This is especially true for recently graduated college students. For one SUNY New Paltz alumni, busyness is an afterthought. Lara Hope is more concerned with entertaining, while also helping people along the way. Lara Hope, 25, a 2006 SUNY New Paltz graduate…