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Reconnect and Celebrate: SUNY Potsdam Gears Up for Reunion 2023
SUNY Potsdam is preparing to welcome back 500 alumni, emeriti and supporters for Reunion 2023, from Wednesday, July 12 to Sunday, July 16. Reunion will feature a diverse lineup of events and activities, including campus tours, engaging discussions, li...
Jun 22, 2023, 1:00pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Honors 23 College Retirees
SUNY Potsdam recently honored 23 longtime employees who retired during the 2022-23 academic year. Together, the faculty and staff members had collectively dedicated an incredible 557 years of service to the institution throughout their careers. "It i...
Jun 15, 2023, 3:06pm EDT
Crane School of Music Hosts America's Big Band, the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music is proud to welcome America's big band, the U.S. Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors, for a free performance on Monday, June 26 at 7 p.m., in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. The Jazz Ambassadors is the official tour...
Jun 7, 2023, 4:21pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Associate Professor Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein Publishes Digital Composition Textbook
Dr. Sharmain van Blommestein, an associate professor and chair of the Department of English and Communication at SUNY Potsdam, has released a digital textbook, "Introduction to Composition, Literature and Critical Thinking." Published by Kendall Hunt...
May 24, 2023, 12:47pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Professor Dr. Claudia Ford Named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University at Buffalo
SUNY Potsdam Professor Dr. Claudia Ford, chair of the College's Department of Environmental Studies, has been selected as a 2023-24 Distinguished Visiting Scholar for the University at Buffalo's School of Arts and Sciences. The Distinguished Visiting ...
May 22, 2023, 3:55pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Celebrates Class of 2023 at Commencement
The State University of New York at Potsdam honored the Class of 2023 in the shadow of the Satterlee Hall clocktower, surrounded by thousands of guests, on Saturday, May 20. A short drizzle of rain prior to the ceremony didn't deter the joyous graduate...
May 20, 2023, 3:09pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Graduates Recognized as Class of 2023 Academic Honorees
Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam graduates have been recognized as the academic honorees for the Class of 2023, earning the 2023 Faculty Awards. The award recipients, Ben Johnson '23 and Cassidy Welsh '23, were chosen by the Faculty Senate and will be spec...
May 11, 2023, 9:49am EDT
SUNY Potsdam Professor of Chemistry Dr. Fadi Bou-Abdallah Receives Cottrell Postbac Award to Strengthen Research
The Research Corporation for Science Advancement has announced that SUNY Potsdam Professor of Chemistry Dr. Fadi Bou-Abdallah is the recipient of a 2023 Cottrell Postbac Award, one of seven awarded nationally. The $50,000 award is given to Cottrell Sch...
May 9, 2023, 2:24pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Students Honored with Chancellor's Awards
Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam seniors were recently among those honored with the 2023 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. Chancellor John B. King, Jr., recognized the recipients in a ceremony in Albany on April 24. The SUNY Potsdam recipients inc...
May 5, 2023, 4:13pm EDT
SUNY Potsdam Celebrates Public Health Day and Renames Degree Offerings, in Line with the Field
SUNY Potsdam's Department of Public Health and Human Performance will host its first Public Health Day on Friday, May 5, as the College welcomes local high schools, partners at non-profit organizations and members of the community to learn more about t...
May 3, 2023, 11:06am EDT