SUNY College at New Paltz News

The Arts Services Initiative of Western New York will map the economic impact of the arts and culture in the region with help from a new $25,000 grant.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet are hitting the road to push his proposal to create tax-free zones for businesses that set up shop on or near public college campuses in New York.

Graduating from Bryant University this weekend were Oakland residents Michael Cipriani , earning a bachelor's of business administration cum laude in accounting, and William J. Deichmeister , with a bachelor's of business administration in finance.

SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian and professional planner Graham Trelstad are newly appointed members of the Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress board of directors.

New Paltz ranked No. 2 in the Affordable College's Online list of the country's Top 50 affordable colleges with a high return on investment.

Two members of one Hudson Valley family are confident that their trip across the rain-slicked podium Sunday at SUNY New Paltz was a key to helping them stay afloat financially.

Objective The State University of New York at New Paltz needed to expand its 1970 Student Union building by providing informal gathering spaces for students.

She'll be among a legion of mid-Hudsonites marching down the aisle this weekend to fetch college diplomas they hope will do more than decorate a wall.

The Boston Marathon bombings last month have cast an unwelcome if necessary shadow across SUNY New Paltz's upcoming undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies in the form of unprecedented "enhanced" security measures.

"There aren't a lot of remedies that exist," said Alderman Tom Hoffay, a Democrat.

The New York political scene has been shaken up by the revelation that a former New York state senator sentenced to prison Thursday on corruption charges had recorded six of her colleagues as part of her cooperation with the FBI.

Featured in todays Record Newswatch - postal workers and union members protest the proposed closing of the Stewart Airport mail distribution facility; members of the United University Professions union at SUNY New Paltz confront SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher with concerns over low pay and Town of Ulster police hunt for the thieves who made off with ... (more)

The eclectic event showcases the eccentric and creative spirit of this little Hudson Valley town.

Eugen Sandow, photographed circa 1885, was a German-Russian bodybuilder credited with founding the physical culture movement in Europe.

A group of students at the State University of New York at New Paltz is in the process of forming a potential student militia.

The School of Business at SUNY New Paltz has announced the 2013 recipients of its service, teaching and research awards.

The future bride is a costume designer and a graduate of Ulster County Community College, SUNY New Paltz, and Marymount University, with degrees in Graphic Design, Asian Studies, Marketing, and Fashion Merchandising.

Campus protests, once as reliably a part of springtime as daffodils, sunshine and keg parties, may be making a modest comeback at SUNY New Paltz this year.