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Morrisville State professor Sheila Marshman will be the keynote speaker during the 2014 New Hampshire Women in Agriculture Conference at the New Hampshire Farm & Forest Expo Feb. 7-8 in Manchester, NH.
Marshman, assistant professor of agricultural business, will discuss the role of women in agriculture and strategies for areas of risk management during her presentation titled, “One Million Strong and Growing.”
Morrisville State has been ranked, by U.S. News and World Report, second among regional colleges nationwide for outperforming its anticipated graduation metric.
Morrisville State College athletic director, Greg Carroll, announced the addition of Lizabeth Aiello, to the department as an assistant athletic trainer and camp medical director.
Aiello comes to Morrisville State from Buffalo State College where she served as a certified athletic trainer, providing training coverage for football, women’s soccer, volleyball, ice hockey and track and field.
The Morrisville State College athletic department has named Jordan Anderson (West Edmeston, N.Y.) and Daniel Morello (Vaughan, ON) it’s Mustang Athletes of the Week for the week ending January 12.
Approximately 900 high school students from 18 schools will have the opportunity to showcase a multitude of skills and talents in the Region II BOCES Skills USA competition being hosted Feb. 13 at Morrisville State.
The annual conference features high school students from technical schools and BOCES programs throughout Central New York competing in a variety of events.
Morrisville State's Financial Aid Office will host a SUNY Financial Aid Day information session on Saturday, Feb. 22.
This free event, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Charlton Hall, Room 002, will offer assistance with questions regarding the financial aid process and completing the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The FAFSA asks for information about the student, student's family, and financial situation. Please be sure to bring the following information to fill out the FAFSA:
What do you get when teams of artists, hobbyists, programmers, designers and musicians throughout the world collaborate to create playable video games in the course of one weekend? An exciting event called the Global Game Jam (GGJ)—a chance to explore creativity, tout inventiveness and to let imaginations roam.
Registration is under way now for the annual event and Morrisville State will again serve as a host site for this year's GGJ which will be held January 24-26.
Four Morrisville State students have been awarded Caterpillar/Milton CAT Scholarships by the Morrisville College Foundation.
The $2,500 scholarships, awarded to students in the diesel technology programs, are based on academic achievement and financial need.
Receiving scholarships were the following diesel equipment technology students:
Jacob Drabolt, of Central Square, NY
Patrick Nash, of Liverpool, NY
Dean Tucker, of Chittenango, NY
Cody Brundage, of Douglas, Mass.
Travelers in LaGuardia International Airport are getting a taste of the ingenuity of Morrisville State, and soon those at John F. Kennedy International Airport will too with the opening of “Taste NY” stores featuring products made by Nelson Farms and MSC students.
The new stores are part of “Taste NY” launched by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to highlight New York's food and beverage industry. The goal is to make the wide variety of foods made and grown in the state readily available and recognizable to New York residents, tourists and the world.
A variety of local goods are being touted at a new indoor farmers market at the Norwich Campus of Morrisville State.