Skidmore College News

Skidmore College's Class of 2012, totaling 627 baccalaureate candidates, participated in the College's 101st Commencement May 19 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Malibu's Lindsay Johnson graduated from Skidmore College earlier this month and is hoping to pursue a career in design.

Congratulations to these students from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow who have recently crossed stages at colleges and universities to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Here's a roundup of recent local accomplishments, from college graduations to mock trial championships.

Skidmore's Class of 2012, totaling 627 baccalaureate candidates, participated in the College's 101st Commencement Saturday, May 19, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

Although Deirdre Osypuk will be new to the area when she starts as director of special education and student services for Darien Public Schools July 1, she is not new to the field.

A Derek Bagley of Lake Forest received a bachelor's degree from Skidmore College.

Mike Geller moved from Manhattan to Greenwich at age 10 and took to a life outdoors, of hunting, fishing, and tending to an endless variety of fruits and vegetables in his very own garden.

Islesboro Central School class of 2012, will graduate at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 10, in the school's Kinnicutt Center.

Barbara A. Bertucio of Albany joined the Glens Falls art museum and historic house as registrar and collections manager.

Featured speakers were Skidmore Spanish Professor Grace Burton, Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Terence Blanchard, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow and Suzanne Corbet Thomas, 1962 Skidmore graduate and member of the college's Board of Trustees.

MUSIC : Butch Hancock @ Caffe Lena , Saratoga Springs. It's a double-barrelled celebration of the Caffe's 52nd anniversary and the Woody Guthrie centennial.

Rand Reeves has been conducting the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society for 22 years. On Sunday, May 20, he will wave his baton a final time at Skidmore College's Zankel Music Center at 3 p.m. for a much anticipated concert event.

Local high school seniors Cody Couture and Tiffany Summers of Cleveland High School each received a $1,000 scholarship from Wacker Polysilicon North America.

Members of the Saratoga Springs Housing Authority board elected a new chairman Thursday, and debated who has oversight over salaries and work contracts.

The Upbeat On the Roof concert series is coming back at Skidmore College's Tang Museum for its 12th summer season with a diverse and impressive line-up of homegrown Nippertown talent and a few others.

My music professor thinks he's found a cure for cancer. And he can't wait to tell you about it.

Georgia Kirkpatrick prepares to launch her retail line for the first time Saturday at a trunk show in Tiffanee Bean's Mabel & Zora boutique , 748 N.W. 11th Ave., Portland.

AlissaA MarieA Belcastro,A a 2008 Yorktown High School graduate and now a senior atA SkidmoreA CollegeA in Saratoga Springs,A NY, has received the Katherine Scranton Rozendaal Citizenship Award.

Top seniors from the Cleveland schools are headed to some of the nation's most prestigious colleges in the fall.