Tag: dr. margaret wade-lewis
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Poetry Slam Draws Crowds, Acclaimed Poets
New Paltz Students Flock to Collegiate Poetry Slam, Making it the Second Largest in the Country By Irene Corvinus The 6th annual Wade-Lewis Poetry Slam was held on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7. This event that housed almost 300 people in Lecture Center 100 was the second largest collegiate poetry slam in the…
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Cougars vs. Cubs: Me-yow!
If you were to look up the word “cougar” on Merriam-Webster.com, the result would be, “a large, powerful, tawny-brown cat.” But over the last few decades, the meaning of the term “cougar” has gone through a bit of a transition. Urbandictionary.com’s interpretation of the word is very different. The first definition that comes up is…
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Mentoring Transforms Freshmen
So you’re going away for college. You take your acceptance letter, school supplies and dorm key as you say goodbye. What happens next? For some freshmen, this experience starts with little to no direction of campus life. That is, unless they are accepted into the Scholar’s Mentorship Program (SMP) at the State University of New…