SUNY Plattsburgh Calling Card March 2013
College Receives National Notice for Eliminating Black/White Achievement Gap
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. Read more.
View complete or alumni event listings.
- Holocaust Commemoration
April 11
Holocaust Memorial Gallery, Feinberg Library - ChoralFest 2013
April 19
E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins - Semmler ’68 Service Day
April 20
Burlington, Vt.; Herndon, Va.; and New York City - Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale”
April 25- 28
Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building - Karen Becker and Friends Concert
April 27
E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins - JazzFest
May 3
E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins
Alumni Service Day Named for
Philanthropic Alumnus
Alumni will raise hammers, rakes and paint brushes once again this spring during the newly renamed Dr. Richard Semmler ’68 Alumni Service Day.
The second annual day of community service Saturday, April 20, will feature teams of alumni volunteering at nonprofit sites in New York City, Vermont and Virginia. Read more.
Rallying Forces:
The Pep Band and Hard Hattians
If you hear a rowdy bunch screaming, “SUNY Plattsburgh! SUNY Plattsburgh! SUNY Plattsburgh!” until you can’t understand the words anymore, you will know you have run into the pep band crew.
Combine the band and its music with the Hard Hattians — students on a mission to provide spirit to all Cardinal sports — and fans say they know they will have an especially good time at the men’s hockey game. Read more.
Campus Pays Tribute to ‘Mr. Plattsburgh’
After 43 years of service, Vice President for Student Affairs William D. “Bill” Laundry took one last curtain call at a farewell dinner Feb. 23, in honor of his recent retirement. Read more.
Contact Information
For more information about the SUNY Plattsburgh alumni newsletter, please contact:
Michelle Marasch Ouellette
Director of Public Relations and Publications
Phone: (518) 564-3095
Email: michelle.ouellette@plattsburgh.edu
Alumni can subscribe to Calling Card by joining the Plattsburgh Alumni Community (PAC).
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