Recent News from SUNY Potsdam

Recent News

Campus and community members gather at Marshall Park to enjoy live music during Madfest, the student-led festival hosted by Madstop Records. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Madfest will take place on Saturday, May 2, from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Marshall Park Bandshell, featuring folk and Americana artists from the North Country and across New York State as part of the LoKo Arts spring events lineup.

Arts for All Ages: LoKo Spring Events Bring Creativity and Community to SUNY Potsdam from April 27 to May 2

SUNY Potsdam is pleased to present its LoKo Arts spring events lineup, a campus-wide celebration of creativity-bringing together students, visiting artists and the broader community, from April 27 to May 2. This year's events highlight the work of SUN...

Apr 23, 2026, 2:14pm EDT

Thomas Burns ’92 & ’97 of Norwood, N.Y., has been appointed to the SUNY Potsdam College Council.

Thomas Burns '92 & '97 and John Finnegan Appointed to SUNY Potsdam College Council

Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed two new members to join the SUNY Potsdam College Council, including Thomas Burns '92 & '97 of Norwood, N.Y., and John Finnegan of Massena, N.Y. Both will undertake four-year terms, filling two open seats on the board...

Apr 21, 2026, 2:00pm EDT

Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya will visit SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music for a residency and a special Spring Festival Concert on Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m., in Hosmer Hall. To view the livestream and program, visit www.potsdam.edu/cranelive (Photo credit: Michal Novak).

Crane School of Music Hosts Maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya for Spring Festival Concert at 2026 LoKo Arts Festival

SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will welcome a distinguished visiting conductor and present a special Spring Festival Concert during the 2026 LoKo Arts Festival. The renowned choral composer and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya will lead the Crane C...

Apr 21, 2026, 9:26am EDT

Trent Griffin-Braaf, a nationally recognized entrepreneur and workforce development leader, leads a workshop at SUNY Potsdam on the challenges that incarcerated individuals face as they re-enter society.

SUNY Potsdam Workshop Gives Participants Hands-On Insight into Re-Entry Challenges

SUNY Potsdam recently hosted a Re-Entry Simulation Workshop for faculty, staff, students and community partners, offering participants a firsthand look at the obstacles formerly incarcerated individuals face when returning to communities. The high-imp...

Apr 20, 2026, 9:39am EDT

The poster for the Potsdam Pitches invitational at SUNY Potsdam can be seen here.

Potsdam Pitches Host 19th A Cappella Invitational at SUNY Potsdam

The Potsdam Pitches will host its 19th invitational event next weekend at SUNY Potsdam. The co-ed student a cappella group will bring together three other campus singing ensembles, along with a guest group from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for a c...

Apr 17, 2026, 3:43pm EDT

David Fluhr (Hon. ’79) will lead a free surround-sound experience, “The Sound of Disney Animation,” at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music on Thursday, April 23 at 6 p.m., in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall.

SUNY Potsdam to Host 'The Sound of Disney Animation' with Re-Recording Mixer David Fluhr '79 on April 23

SUNY Potsdam is set to welcome acclaimed sound mixer David E. Fluhr (Hon. '79) back to campus next week for a free, immersive surround-sound event featuring highlights from his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. "The Sound of Disney Animation" wil...

Apr 15, 2026, 10:56am EDT

SUNY Potsdam College Council to Meet on April 17

The SUNY Potsdam College Council will hold its final meeting of the 2025-26 academic year on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m., in the Raymond Hall seventh floor board room. The meeting will be open to the public, and will stream live online via Teams. A li...

Apr 13, 2026, 4:45pm EDT

From row (from left): Emma Locklin, Adella Duval, Allison Carvel, Karrie Streeter, Jenna Switzer, Em O’Donnell. Middle row (from left): Zachariah Morehouse, Eli Siracusa, Hellen Howard, Daijah Velez, Liv Claus, Alex Cullum. Top row (from left): Evelyn Klein, Josef Kaufman.

SUNY Potsdam Creative Writing Students to Host Public Readings

Creative writing students from SUNY Potsdam's Department of English will share their original poetry, fiction and non-fiction during two upcoming public reading events sponsored by LoKo Arts. Fourteen students in the creative writing capstone course t...

Apr 10, 2026, 4:48pm EDT

SUNY Potsdam Professor Dr. Robert Hinckley leads a lecture in one of his political science classes in Satterlee Hall. He and his colleagues have helped to develop a partnership with the New York Association of Towns to incorporate public service competencies into coursework, efforts that will be further enhanced thanks to support from the SUNY Embedding Industry Credentials into Academic Coursework (EICAC) initiative.

SUNY Potsdam School of Arts & Sciences Awarded $50,000 through SUNY Initiative to Embed Industry Credentials in Curricula

SUNY Potsdam has been awarded funding to support the integration of industry-recognized credentials into coursework within the arts, humanities and social sciences, as part of the SUNY Embedding Industry Credentials into Academic Coursework (EICAC) ini...

Apr 10, 2026, 2:00pm EDT

SUNY Potsdam Professor of English Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein has been selected to complete an upcoming Rare Book School course focused on the material foundations of map history.

SUNY Potsdam English Professor Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein Accepted to Prestigious Rare Book School

SUNY Potsdam Professor of English Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein has been accepted to attend an upcoming session, "Material Foundations of Map History, 1450-1900," at the Rare Book School, an internationally recognized program based at the University of ...

Apr 10, 2026, 8:00am EDT

About SUNY Potsdam

Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America’s first 50 colleges -- and the oldest institution within SUNY. Now in its third century, SUNY Potsdam is distinguished by a legacy of pioneering programs and educational excellence. The College currently enrolls approximately 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its challenging liberal arts and sciences core, distinction in teacher training and culture of creativity. To learn more, visit www.potsdam.edu.