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Morrisville State's thirty-first annual Autumn Review Sale will be held on Sept. 28. 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. Eighty-two lots will be sold on consignment at the sale. All are Holstein (calves, cows, embryos, and picks). The sale catalog can be viewed at www.holsteinworld.com/saleslist.php. There will also be a silent auction that will include dairy supplies, baked goods and homemade canned products.

Morrisville State students Renee Hill, of Canastota and Amanda Watkins, of Cazenovia, recently attended the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Institute for Leaders (IFL) training, and the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) National Leadership Conference (NLC), held in Anaheim, Calif. Held in conjunction with the NLC, the IFL is an intensive, two-day seminar that focuses on leadership skills for state and local chapter officers, as well as members and advisers. Hill and Watkins are both members of the Morrisville State PBL chapter.

Morrisville State's dairy judging team recently competed in the All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pa., taking home multiple honors. The team placed first for Guernsey Breed, while Colleen Cargile, of Skaneateles, took first place individual for Jersey Breed. Top individual scores overall were: Cargile, eighth, Brandon Perna, of Broadalbin, eighth, and Jessica Currie, of Tully, ninth. Also competing on the team was Nicole Achtyl, of Lawtons. All of the students are animal science—dairy majors.

High school seniors in Madison or Chenango counties interested in Morrisville State may now have a chance to attend with free tuition. The Local Campus Award is a new scholarship being offered in the fall of 2014 to incoming freshmen ranked in the top 10% of their graduating high school class. This award provides free tuition and fees. “If a student receives Pell or Tap Awards, the scholarship will make up the difference that these grants do not cover,” said Lindsey Graham, senior admissions advisor at Morrisville State.

The Morrisville College Equine Institute will hold its twenty-fourth annual Fall Yearling Sale Sept. 22 at noon at the college's Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road. The preview day for the sale, the largest of its kind in New York State, is Sept. 21. A total of 133 yearlings are up for sale. Fifteen of them are being sold by the Morrisville Equine Institute: two yearlings of Conway Hall; three yearlings of Cash Hall; six yearlings of RC Royalty; three yearlings of Kenneth J, and one yearling of American Ideal.

Morrisville State has been ranked among the Best Regional Colleges in the North in the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2014 issue. The publication is renowned for its higher education rankings. The USNWR rankings are released annually and rely on data provided by universities to produce college rankings on a variety of factors reflecting academic quality.

Caitlin McPhillips of Horseheads, a senior at Morrisville State College, attended the annual New York Farm Day in Washington on Tuesday. Read more about Caitlin's trip in the Star Gazette: NY college students look to agricultural sector for jobs

Potential college students can get a preview of all that Morrisville State has to offer during open houses on Oct. 5 and Nov. 2 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Students can get answers to questions about admissions, academics, financial aid, the Norwich campus and more at the open houses, which start with a welcome at 9 a.m. in the Student Activities Center (STUAC) gym, followed by academic sessions at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. An information session on the equine programs will be held at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided at Seneca Dining Hall from 12-2 p.m.

Reunions, a car cruise-in and a carnival will be among the events during Mustang Weekend at Morrisville State Sept. 20-22. Festivities kick off Friday night with a 50-year anniversary dinner for the class of 1963. “I think what is interesting about the 1963 graduates is that, for some, this will be the first time they've been back since they graduated,” said Kelly Gardner, coordinator of alumni relations. “It brings back a lot of emotions, old memories, and amazement when they realize how much Morrisville has grown.”

A Morrisville Mustang is making a spectacular debut. The jaunty college icon is the theme of this year's famed corn maze at the popular Critz Farms in Cazenovia. Critz Farms and Morrisville State partnered to design the giant Mustang Madness Corn Maze which features more than eight acres of challenging twists. The maze opens Sept. 14 and also marks the beginning of the Critz Farms Fall Harvest Celebration which runs through Oct. 27.