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Karl Grossman, a professor of journalism in the American Studies/Media & Communications Department at SUNY Old Westbury, has been named “Environmentalist of the Year” by the Long Island Sierra Club. The award, which recognizes a person who strives to make Long Island a better and greener place…
SUNY Old Westbury recently received a State University of New York grant of $20,000 to support the development of co-requisite courses in writing utilizing the “Accelerated Learning Program” approach. The College was one of fifteen state institutions to be awarded a grant to participate in the SUNY…
Writings by boarding school students and Native American public intellectuals in 19th and 20th century boarding school newspapers have lacked critical attention and remain unavailable to most scholars and students of Native American literature. Dr. Jacqueline Emery, assistant professor in SUNY Old…
The conversation on the personal lives of priests, and whether they should marry, is not a new debate, but has been ongoing for centuries. Dr. Xavier Marechaux, chair of the SUNY Old Westbury Adolescence Education Department and associate professor of history, recently explored this topic during…
SUNY Old Westbury celebrated its transfer students at an afternoon reception on November 1, 2017. Joined by faculty and staff from the campus community, almost 150 transfer students received lunch and a special gift of appreciation.The College saw an entering transfer class of more than 900…
Six students from the Graduate Adolescence Spanish Education Program at SUNY Old Westbury presented at the 2017 New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference, held in Niagara Falls, New York, in October.Accompanied by Professor Carolina Bustamante, the students from the College…
SUNY Old Westbury senior Ishmael Moya was recently awarded for his outstanding oral presentation at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), held in Phoenix, Arizona. Moya worked closely with Professor Youngjoo Kim, Chemistry and Physics Department, on a …
More than 70 students and staff from SUNY Old Westbury participated in the PGA Tour and the State University of New York’s sponsorship of the "SUNY’s Got Your Back" program at The Northern Trust tournament in Old Westbury. In total, the volunteers assembled 5,000 comfort bags containing…
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