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Aug 28, 2024
SUNY Morrisville Professor Christopher Scalzo has been sharing his business knowledge globally for more than two decades.
Next year, it will take him to India through a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program Award he received from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
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Aug 26, 2024
As vehicles approached the entrance to Mohawk Hall on the SUNY Morrisville campus, there wasn’t a lack of hands reaching out to help.
Members of the Mustangs football team, clad in matching green jerseys, were at the ready to move freshmen into their new residence halls during the college’s Welcome Weekend, which started with freshmen move-in Thursday, Aug. 22.
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Aug 20, 2024
Horses, dairy cows and cockroach composting. What do they have in common with this year’s Great New York State Fair? SUNY Morrisville!
The college can be spotted throughout this year’s fair, which runs Wednesday, Aug. 21-Monday, Sept. 2.
![Rosie Hines and one of the goats in the livestock barn](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/promotional-images/_DSC7413-Enhanced-NR.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=gv0AmsbO)
Aug 02, 2024
It was feeding time at the SUNY Morrisville livestock barn and Ophelia didn’t hesitate to let dairy student Rosie Hines know she wanted her attention.
Poking her head through a stall, the cheerful goat let out a buoyant bleat, begging for a pat on the head before nibbling from a pile of grain.
![Kate Bolen harvests garlic at the organic farm](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/promotional-images/Kate-Bolen-harvesting-garlic-at-SUNY-Morrisville.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=wpVW38OZ)
Jul 26, 2024
Call it a labor of love.
When Kate Bolen traded in her career as an insurance company fraud and abuse investigator for a hands-on education digging in dirt, planting vegetables and caring for grow pods filled with seeds, she unearthed a fulfilling new career.
![Arnold R. Fisher Dairy Complex](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/promotional-images/Arnold%20R.%20Fisher%20Dairy%20Complex%202.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=5bi1JXWe)
Jul 23, 2024
SUNY Morrisville’s Arnold R. Fisher Dairy Complex is among farms throughout Madison County that will open its doors and showcase its facility to the public during Open Farm Day on Saturday, July 27.
Open Farm Day, held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., offers visitors an opportunity to see working farms in Madison County, meet local farmers, enjoy tours and demonstrations, animals and products tastings.
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Jul 03, 2024
SUNY Morrisville has earned a STARS Silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.
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Jun 26, 2024
SUNY Morrisville student Hunter White is already making his mark in the environmental industry.
He is among the State University of New York’s inaugural class of paid student interns from the SUNY Climate Corps Internship Program.
Thirty-six SUNY students from eight campuses were selected for immersive, real-life work experiences in research and policy at state agencies with environmental and sustainability missions and SUNY System Administration.
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Jun 24, 2024
They learned about renewable energy, watched a tower climb demonstration, saw a giant solar array, a dentless auto paint repair, car wrap and detail, and heard how sunflowers can be turned into fuel to run a car.
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Jun 06, 2024
There were more than 100 students and plenty of robots!
SUNY Morrisville’s Science and Technology Entry (STEP) Robotics Team was among 11 schools that put their robots to the test during a Statewide Robotics Competition held May 31 at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.
Jun 05, 2024
SUNY Morrisville is hosting a Human Services Institute Conference: “Strategies for Delivery and Investment in K-12 Mental Health Services,” Friday, June 14, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in STUAC at the SUNY Morrisville Campus.
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Jun 03, 2024
MORRISVILLE, NY — Four SUNY Morrisville faculty and staff members were recently honored with Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence by the State University of New York and SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr.
Receiving the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching is: Julanne Burton, of Earlville, associate professor of social science and coordinator of the SUNY Morrisville Human Services Institute
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May 31, 2024
SUNY Morrisville is offering free training for prospective students, educators, guidance counselors and others interested in exploring opportunities and emerging technologies in automotive, diesel, agricultural technology, agricultural engineering and renewable energy through its Automotive & Clean Energy Summer Institute June 24-27.
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May 14, 2024
Country music bounces non-stop off the concrete bleachers in the cavernous Syracuse Coliseum as the show ring gate swings open and the announcer crackles to life.
“Here’s draw number 20, back number 591, Holy Cannoli Katie and RE Sears.”
The chestnut mare jogs into the center of the ring and, with nearly invisible cues from Sears — a tap on the neck, a touch of the spur — spins four times to the left, four to the right.
![Forest Ranger Chris Pelrah shares his experience fightinf wildfires in Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/background-banners/walk-hero.jpg?h=2e160462&itok=WHW116Px)
May 14, 2024
Chris Pelrah ’06 and his wife were hiking in the Adirondacks when they came upon a forest ranger heading out to check on a complaint.
“There was some bear activity with people camping in the High Peaks area and the bears were getting into people’s food,” Pelrah said. “I remember the feeling I got — of the ranger helping others — and doing so outdoors. It was an interaction that changed my life.”
![Master of Wine Nova Cadamatre appears on the Spring 2024 Cover of Momentum Magazine](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/background-banners/news-cover.jpg?h=b342b868&itok=IWknOlyB)
May 14, 2024
View the latest issue of Momentum
Each issue of Momentum magazine speaks to the energy that moves the college forward, featuring news about alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members who are making a difference in the classroom, community and the world.
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May 14, 2024
When Bret Bossard ’02 and Luke Huysman ’03 were students at SUNY Morrisville, they supplemented their classwork with internships at Barbland Dairy, which began as a potato farm in the 1950s before transitioning to beef and then dairy.
![From left: Brandon Hanks '14, Lemar Johnson '14, Daniel Peckham '16, Greg Carroll, Athletics Director, 2001-19, Ritsuko Sonobe '00, Shelby (Wood) Rosaschi '15, Jordan Anderson '17](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/background-banners/wall-of-fame-hero.jpg?h=a5106660&itok=sz7xvf_s)
May 14, 2024
From a simple knock at the door to knocking on the door of greatness.
From “arriving with nothing” to leaving with everything.
From honoring previous Mustang legends to now becoming one.
Those were just some of the memorable storylines highlighting the SUNY Morrisville Athletics Wall of Fame Class of 2023, which honored seven Mustangs:
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May 14, 2024
Doyen “Dolo” Grant’s past is always present in his professional life.
Hanging on the wall of Dolo’s Fitness — a gym Grant ’09 owns and operates in his hometown of Canarsie, New York — is a dark green SUNY Morrisville football jersey. When his gym opened in 2019, the former Mustangs football captain and star wide receiver had his No. 9 home uniform, flanked by two action photos, mounted in a customized black frame.
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May 14, 2024
Nova Cadamatre’s time at SUNY Morrisville is etched in her memory. She lived on campus with a roommate before moving to a cozy attic apartment in a house off Route 20 and she appeared in musical theater productions of “Cabaret’’ and “Godspell.’’ The South Carolina transplant recalled the connection she instantly felt with her fellow horticulture classmates.
May 14, 2024
As most of you journalism (J-grads) now know, Dan Reeder, 74, former Morrisville journalism professor, died Sept. 20, 2023 from complications of lung cancer. In June, Dan and his wife, Janet, relocated from his beloved Lawrence, Kansas, to Texas, to be closer to their son, Tim.
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May 13, 2024
Malcolm Ivers isn’t wasting any time making his mark on the world. He’s jumping right into the renewable energy field after graduation, working as a wind turbine technician for one of the leading onshore wind companies.
![SUNY Morrisville auto champions](/sites/default/files/styles/giant_square_650_x_650_/public/news/promotional-images/MOPAR%20congrats.jpg?h=5fa4da38&itok=AZR7JIfh)
May 09, 2024
It’s an experience they will never forget. A team of SUNY Morrisville automotive students and their coach set out to win it all. And they did!
SUNY Morrisville’s Mopar Career Automotive Program (MCAP) students were crowned champions in the first-ever Mopar® Career Automotive Program (CAP) Bracket Challenge, a competition that featured 16 schools across the country.
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May 01, 2024
SUNY Morrisville graduates Anastasia Edwards, of Morris, and Steven Frerichs, of Wilson, have been honored by the State University of New York (SUNY) with the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence (CASE).
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Apr 29, 2024
The data Professor Bill Snyder and his environmental science students gather from in-field fish collections gets reported to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for the state database of fish distributions. Their rare bird sightings and the presence of invasive species are uploaded to global databases such as iNaturalist and iMapInvasives.