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MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College will have a strong presence again this year at the Great New York State Fair, featuring a handcrafted scale-model canoe, a student-built hot rod, horses and renewable energy and hemp displays. The fair runs Aug. 23-Sept. 4.  Fairgoers can learn about renewable energy, horses and horsepower inside the MSC building (Bartlett Barn), located near Gate 4 by the Coca-Cola Coliseum and the Iroquois Indian Village. Horses from various equine programs will be housed in the building throughout the duration of the fair. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Two staff members from the Children’s Center at Morrisville State College were recently honored with statewide awards as the center also claimed national reaccreditation. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—As part of Morrisville State College’s annual celebration of academic excellence, students from the School of Science, Technology and Health Studies were honored for their outstanding achievements. More than 175 students were recognized on the school’s academic honors list during the annual awards dinner, where 22 awards and scholarships were also presented. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Jenna Doktor, of Corfu, and Savannah Short, of Coram, have received the 2017-18 Bridget Kate Publicover Scholarship, awarded annually by the Morrisville College Foundation to students majoring in an equine program. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College partner Good Nature Farm Brewery is officially open for business. New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced its official grand opening in Hamilton, Madison County.  Good Nature Farm Brewery, a homegrown and family-owned craft brewery and tap room founded in 2010, has partnered with Morrisville State College through the START-UP NY program, which creates tax-free areas associated with colleges and universities across the state in order to spur economic growth. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—The Children’s Center at Morrisville State College will host its ninth annual Race for ChildRUN on Saturday, July 15, to benefit students.    Proceeds from the ChildRUN benefit the Sheila Johnson Child Care Scholarship, awarded to an MSC student who has a child enrolled at the Children’s Center. The event will feature a 5K (five-kilometer) run, as well as a one-mile fun run for younger children and their friends and family. 

MORRISVILLE, NY— Morrisville State College will host more than 1,000 high school boys at this year’s American Legion Boys State government camp June 25-July 1.  Attendees were chosen based on their exceptional qualities of leadership, character, scholarship, loyalty and service to their schools. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College students Mailynn Amos, of Brewerton, and Zipporah Oparebea Opare, of Ghana, West Africa, are the recipients of this year’s Beverly McKay Office Technology Award, an annual scholarship presented to selected students majoring in office technology programs. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Future agricultural leaders honed their skills on the Morrisville State College campus during this year’s New York State FFA Convention May 11-13.  More than 1,000 of the best and brightest high school students from across New York flocked to campus to gain hands-on experience in their future agricultural career fields during the event, which showcased some of the best MSC has to offer.

MORRISVILLE, NY—Shelby Scholefield lined up diagrams that illustrate the relationships between a male murder victim and people he may have known.  “The ones close to the center, the closer they are to the victim,” said Scholefield, one of seven criminal justice students from Morrisville State College who recently assisted the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office with a cold case murder investigation.