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MORRISVILLE, NY—Roberta H. Sloan, of Utica, has been named Morrisville State College’s 2015 Distinguished Faculty Award winner. The award is presented annually to a faculty member who displays professional growth, personal and professional achievement, and has provided outstanding service to the college. She will be recognized during the college’s 104th commencement ceremony on May 9 at 1 p.m. in the recreation center. 

DATE: Saturday, May 9 TIME: 1 p.m. LOCATION: Morrisville State College Recreation Center  APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF GRADUATION CANDIDATES: 725 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ithaca Mayor Svante L. Myrick 

MORRISVILLE, NY— Morrisville State College will host Ag Day on April 30. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Most events will be held in the academic quad (in front of Marshall Hall).  Participants can see horses and dairy cows, learn more about agriculture and maple syrup, take a hay ride around campus and sample Morrisville State’s homemade ice cream during the annual event. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College, recently named a Tree Campus USA, will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 24.  The campus and community are invited to join two plantings that will occur on campus from noon-3 p.m. Eastern redbud ‘Rising Sun,’ tulip tree ‘Aureao-marginata,’ and scarlet oak trees will be planted in the Pond Quad portion of campus by horticulture students.

MORRISVILLE, NY—Five days a week, Morrisville State College students clad in boots wielding chainsaws and axes, meet in an open field behind the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building in Morrisville.

MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College will host a fun Milk Run to benefit the experiential learning activities of the agricultural business and dairy science programs on Saturday, May 2.  The event, a 5k run, walk or crawl, will begin at 10 a.m. at Bailey Hall. There will also be a fun run for kids at 10:30 a.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. in the parking lot of the MSC football stadium. The registration fee is $10. 

MORRISVILLE, NY— Ithaca Mayor Svante L. Myrick will be the keynote speaker at Morrisville State College’s commencement, which will be held Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m., in the college’s Recreation Center.  Born and raised in Earlville, Myrick was sworn into office in January 2012 and became, at 24, the City of Ithaca’s youngest mayor and first mayor of color. He was first elected to the Common Council at the age of 20 while still a junior at Cornell University. He is one of the youngest mayors in US history and one of the few to be popularly elected by city-wide vote. 

MORRISVILLE, NY—Five students from Morrisville State College were among those selected to present at the first SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) held recently at the College at Brockport. The conference brought together undergraduate researchers and visual and performing artists as well as their faculty mentors throughout the SUNY system for a full day of activities, including sessions devoted to student presentations, a SUNY Graduate School Fair, and professional development workshops for students and faculty. 

MORRISVILLE, NY— The Morrisville State College Council announced today that four finalists are vying for the top position at the college. The Presidential Search Committee has received nationwide interest from more than 40 qualified candidates.

MORRISVILLE, NY— The work of three artists from Morrisville State College is on display now through May 9 at the Earlville Opera House.  The exhibit, “Changing Landscapes” is a multi-artist installation featuring the work of seven Upstate New York women artists. The exhibit is part of Climates of Change, a Central New York Art Poetry and Theater Festival, in collaboration with the college, which will be held April 13-20 at various venues. The festival will explore the meanings and impacts of climate change within Central New York and beyond.