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SUNY Plattsburgh Students Earn Top Honors in Research Competitions

03:08pm EDT, 16 May 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 16, 2013) — Three SUNY Plattsburgh students recently received top awards in two scientific research competitions.

The students — Michael Haynes, Justin Andrews and Mackenzie Kilkeary '12 — entered the competitions under the guidance of Professor Nancy Elwess and Lecturer Sandra Latourelle, both in the college’s biology department.

Haynes, a junior biology major from Brooklyn, N.Y., placed second in the ecology and evolutionary biology division of the international Sigma Xi Research Society’s 2013 Student Research Showcase, a competition for virtual presentations that was held in March.

Meanwhile, Andrews and Kilkeary placed first and second, respectively, in the Society of College Science Teachers’ poster contest in San Antonio April 12.

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Guynup Hired to Support Vets, Military Personnel at Two Colleges

01:11pm EDT, 16 May 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May16, 2013) — A SUNY Plattsburgh alumnus is standing at attention, ready to aid student veterans and service personnel with their unique needs at two colleges.

Tracy Guynup now serves as SUNY Plattsburgh's new veterans support coordinator and Clinton Community College's assistant registrar and veteran affairs coordinator.

The positions were created as a result of rising veteran enrollment numbers and the prediction of continued increases.

As support coordinator, Guynup’s role is to help students navigate through unusual situations that may arise, like being called up for active duty in the reserves.

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English Department Awards Essay Prize to Kym Taylor

01:48pm EDT, 15 May 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 14, 2013) — Turning a ghost story into a theme about psychology and writing an essay about it could win you a contest, or at least it did for one SUNY Plattsburgh student.

Kym Taylor, an English literature major, entered her department’s annual Literary Essay Contest after professors encouraged her.

Her paper was about “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James, a story commonly interpreted to be a ghost story, but not by Taylor.

“The author, Henry James, was well-acquainted with psychology, so I wanted to focus on the idea of the governess unraveling because of a shift in her circumstances and environment rather than as a result of living in a haunted house,” she said.

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SUNY Plattsburgh Geologist named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor

12:00am EDT, 15 May 2013 (Updated 01:07pm EDT, 15 May 2013)

PLATTSBURGH (May 15, 2013) — The State University of New York Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of SUNY Plattsburgh faculty member Dr. Mary Roden-Tice to the rank of distinguished teaching professor.

Roden-Tice was one of only five faculty members from the 64 campuses in the SUNY system to be appointed to this rank this year.

 

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Commencement Ceremonies to Be Streamed Live

11:16am EDT, 15 May 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 15, 2013) — Those unable to attend SUNY Plattsburgh’s spring commencement ceremonies will now be able to view them live via the Internet.

Both the 9 a.m. ceremony for graduates in the School of Business and Economics and the Division of Education, Health and Human Services and the 2 p.m. ceremony for those in the Division of Arts and Science may be viewed at http://www.nsnsports.net/plattsburgh.

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Business Graduate to Speak at SUNY Plattsburgh Commencement

09:09am EDT, 13 May 2013

Ceremony to Honor Grads, Former Dean of Students and Newly Retired Vice President for Student Affairs

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 13, 2013) — A senior graduating with four majors and one minor will serve as the speaker when SUNY Plattsburgh hosts its annual spring commencement ceremonies at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the college’s Field House.

Accounting, finance, business and hotel, restaurant and tourism major and economics minor Emma Puglisi will apply the language of the business field when she takes the stage and discusses the value of an education in both personal and financial terms. She will speak at both the a.m. ceremony honoring the graduates in education, health and human services and the School of Business and Economics and the p.m. ceremony, honoring arts and science graduates.

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Scholarships Aid Graduate Students

09:54am EDT, 9 May 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (May 9, 2013) — Financing graduate school can be much harder than financing baccalaureate degrees because there is less financial aid available, according to graduate admissions experts.

The SUNY Plattsburgh Office of Graduate Admissions is aware of the burden placed upon graduate students. Director Marguerite Adelman said many need help funding their success, and she is happy to offer aid through programs like the Keybank Foundation and the Graduate Excellence scholarships.

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Poem, Research Paper Chosen for Skopp Prize on Holocaust

09:21am EDT, 29 Apr 2013

PLATTSBURGH (April 29, 2013) — A graduate student in SUNY Plattsburgh’s Master of Science for Teachers program and an undergraduate history major were this year’s winners of the Douglas R. Skopp Creative Competition on the Theme of the Holocaust.

Deborah Katz, who is working toward her master’s in teaching, was awarded the prize for her poem, “A Granddaughter’s Onus.”

“I wrote the poem one night after I needed to interview both my grandparents for an assignment on oppression,” Katz said. “It was a catharsis of a confusing tangle of emotions: sadness, fear, hope and love.”

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Student's Anti-Hazing Efforts Receives National Recognition

09:32am EDT, 26 Apr 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (April 26, 2013) — SUNY Plattsburgh graduate student Sarah Wild recently received the national Hank Nuwer Anti-Hazing Hero Award from HazingPrevention.Org.

Wild, who is working toward a master’s degree in student affairs counseling, joined the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority in the fall of 2009. She said the sorority psychologically hazed her and other pledges. Dressing up in embarrassing apparel and performing song and dances for older sisters were some of the smaller incidents that made a big impact on Wild.

“It made me feel belittled and small,” she said.

After she was initiated, Wild decided to take a stand against hazing. She started with her own sorority by running for president the following year.

“There were definitely sisters who supported me, but the loud, select few who were really determined to continue the behavior often overshadowed previous efforts to discontinue the behavior,” Wild said.

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Platty Slack to Host Spring Slackfest May 3

09:19am EDT, 26 Apr 2013

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (April 26, 2013) — As the weather warms up, groups of students have been seen bouncing and balancing between trees around campus.

These students are members of Platty Slack, a new club at SUNY Plattsburgh dedicated to slacklining, an activity similar to tightrope walking. The club will host a Spring Slackfest for campus and community members Friday, May 3, outside of Hawkins Hall.

Slacklining involves balancing on a one to two inch-wide strip of webbing that is attached to anchor points, which are usually trees. Participants can also perform tricks and practice poses.

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

Michelle Ouellette, Associate Director, Public Relations and Publications
SUNY Plattsburgh
Phone: (518) 564-2090
E-mail: news@plattsburgh.edu