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September 1, 2020
Today, SUNY Old Westbury received the 2020 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 third consecutive year SUNY Old Westbury has been named as a HEED Award…
August 27, 2020
State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced today the appointments of officers-in-charge at SUNY’s Old Westbury and Empire State College campuses. Dr. Teresa A. Miller, SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives and Chief Diversity Officer, will begin as officer-in-…
August 5, 2020
Three members of the academic team at the State University of New York at Old Westbury have been recognized by the State University of New York Board of Trustees with 2020 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence  in their respective fields.  The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching…
June 11, 2020
March 2021... Continuing to prove its high-quality education at an affordable tuition, SUNY Old Westbury was ranked at number 32 in College Consensus’ Top 100 Best Value Colleges. The website reviewed rankings from various media outlets including Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, and the Wall…
June 9, 2020
Dr. Jasmine Mitchell, an assistant professor in the American Studies/Media & Communications Department, has released her first book "Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media." , the 288-page book was published by the University of Illinois Press.In "Imagining the Mulatta,"…
May 18, 2020
SUNY Old Westbury seniors Amelia Cariddi and Priscila Ortega were recognized as 2020 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence recipients, the highest honor bestowed upon students in the system. They were among the 213 students statewide, out of more than 415,000 total…
May 17, 2020
During a traditional academic year, the graduates of fall 2019 and spring 2020 would have gathered on the morning of May 17th to participate in the 54th Commencement Ceremony of SUNY Old Westbury. The 2019-2020 academic year, however, ended far from traditionally.The spread of COVID-19 forced SUNY…
May 6, 2020
SUNY Old Westbury student Ajón Crump is helping those who are helping others during the COVID-19 pandemic by creating a campaign to provide new sneakers to nurses. Since her campaign started in April, she has raised more than $11,500 for local health professionals.“This idea was largely inspired by…