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The State University of New York at Old Westbury today received the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. This marks the sixth consecutive year the campus has…
Student-athletes and coaches from the athletic program at SUNY Old Westbury joined with hundreds of others on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at Jones Beach State Park for the annual Lustgarten Foundation Walk.The Old Westbury students and employees were part of a throng of supporters who laced up to…
The SUNY Old Westbury School of Education recently welcomed a nationally recognized speaker on issues of race, culturally responsive pedagogy, and diversity to discuss with its students, alumni and partnering school districts how to move towards more equitable school experiences for Black and…
National recognition for the positive role SUNY Old Westbury plays in improving the social and economic mobility of its students continues as the University was again ranked among the highest in the category in the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.SUNY Old Westbury ranked…
SUNY Old Westbury is celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop as part of its annual Panther Pride Homecoming festivities and will feature two of its graduates at the same time: Kool Moe Dee (Class of ’87) – A charter member of hip-hop’s old school, Moel Dewesei (aka Kool Moe…
Memorial ceremonies large and small take place around the nation each year to mark and remember the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that took place on September 11, 2001.SUNY Old Westbury annually commemorates the tragic events of that day with a ceremony timed to begin at 8:46 a.m., the exact time…
Dr. Robert Hoyte, distinguished teaching professor emeritus of the Chemistry and Physics Department, was recognized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) at its national meeting on August 14, 2023, in San Francisco for his selection as an ACS Fellow.Dr. Hoyte was one of only 42 chemists…
A recent national ranking of colleges and universities that increase economic mobility for low- and moderate-income students has found that SUNY Old Westbury outpaces many traditional academic powerhouses nationwide.SUNY Old Westbury was placed in Tier 1 of the 2023 Third Way Social Mobility Index…
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