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MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College has numerous events planned to commemorate Founders’ Day.  Each year, the college celebrates community service on or around Oct. 26, Founders’ Day, which coincides with the first day of classes at Morrisville in 1910. Activities this year will be held on Oct. 25.  Faculty, staff, students and the community are encouraged to join in the celebration which includes a reception and tree-lighting in the academic quad. The hundreds of tree lights represent countless community service endeavors. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College’s annual Autumn Review Sale grossed $206,025 with 106 live lots, 43 milking lots, five embryo lots and one semen lot. The average per live lot was $1,897. The high lot went for $6,100.  Run by Morrisville State College’s faculty and students in dairy, agricultural business, agricultural science and agricultural engineering programs, proceeds from the sale support dairy club trips, the dairy judging team, academic programs and various activities and events. More than 100 students participated in this year’s sale.

MORRISVILLE, NY—There was something special about the 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix Matt Heckerman was eyeing at the dealership where he once worked. Despite its doors touched up with Wite-Out and in need of some TLC, it piqued his interest enough to buy it.  Years later, with an improved look and faster engine, the car is turning heads. Recently, Heckerman’s car was featured in the October issue of Car Craft, a national automotive performance magazine.

MORRISVILLE, NY—The Morrisville State College Theater Department and Student Government Organization (SGO) will present Neil Simon’s comic classic “The Odd Couple Female Version,” Oct. 21-22 at 8 p.m., Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 27-29 at 8 p.m. in the STUAC theatre. The female version of “The Odd Couple” is an adaptation of Simon’s 1965 Broadway play based on the same storyline and lead characters, now Florence Ungar and Olive Madison. The poker game becomes Trivial Pursuit and the Pigeon sisters are replaced by the Costazuela brothers, Manolo and Jesus.

MORRISVILLE, NY—Butter making and a pedal tractor pull for kids are some of the attractions lined up for Ag Day at Morrisville State College Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. More than 1,000 students from area schools are expected to attend the event which is free and open to the public. Throughout the day, area dairy princesses will be making butter in Marshall Hall. Additionally, attendees will be able to sample MSC’s homemade ice cream, milk a mechanical cow and learn about farm animals, the college’s livestock program and agriculture.

MORRISVILLE, NY—Assemblymember Donna A. Lupardo visited the Morrisville State College campus where she hosted a forum on the enormous economic potential of industrial hemp for New York State.  “The crop can become a full-scale industry with agricultural, processing and economic potential in our own backyard,” said Lupardo, who sponsored legislation to allow hemp to be grown in the state. 

MORRISVILLE, NY— Morrisville State College’s annual Autumn Review Sale will be held on Sept. 24.  The sale, run by the Morrisville State Dairy Club, will start at 11 a.m. at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building on Eaton Street in Morrisville.  It will be one the largest in the 34-year history of the sale, with 113 lots up for consignment. The majority for sale are Holstein (calves, cows and embryos), in addition to one Jersey and one Brown Swiss. For the first time, two of Morrisville's own dairy heifers are in the sale. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—It was the perfect setting—festive flowers, succulent fare—even a harvest moon.  Hundreds gathered at Morrisville State College’s inaugural Harvest Dinner, “Food for Thought,” held at the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton, in Cazenovia, to recognize the achievements and contributions of six community members who share the college’s values and mission. Honored during the event were:  Morrisville Lifetime Achievement Award:

MORRISVILLE, NY— Another successful annual yearling sale is in the books.  Morrisville State College held its annual yearling sale Sept. 17 at the college’s Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road.  Once again, the highly anticipated event drew a crowd of potential buyers, sellers, trainers and owners from across the Northeast. MSC’s sale is the only one of its kind in New York State held on a college campus. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Reunions, a 5k run, walk, and a carnival are some of the featured events during Mustang Weekend at Morrisville State College Sept. 30-Oct. 2.  Activities begin Friday night, Sept. 30, with a 50-year reunion dinner for the class of 1966 and a men’s alumni lacrosse game at 8 p.m.