Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency is looking for interns to create several videos, varying in length, for use in their public relations, social media, and recycling education program. Continue reading
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Student Assistant/Internship Opportunity for Logo Design, Short Video Segments and Other Digital Media
Stephanie Segal is a Special Education teacher who through these 2 COVID years taught online and connected with parents through online means. One of her career objectives is to support young adults where she can through digital media. Continue reading
Spring 2022 Advising Season is Underway
The Spring 2022 Schedule of Classes is live on newpaltz.edu!
Communication Studies schedule click here
Don’t delay: Schedule a meeting NOW to meet with your advisor BEFORE November 8.
Meet with your advisor to go over your Spring schedule and discuss your progress toward graduation. Don’t forget to use My Schedule Planner to design your preferred schedule for next semester.
2021 Woodstock Film Festival Makes a Strong Comeback
Last weekend students from the Digital Media and Journalism departments celebrated their hard work helping out at the Woodstock Film Festival. Continue reading
Take Notice of Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
Here are some important dates that are coming up.
Oct. 25 – Nov. 19 – Declaration Moratorium. Students cannot declare a major or minor during this time. This is a campus-wide policy. If you need to declare your major in order to register for spring ’21 courses, you must declare before Oct. 25.
Oct. 29 – Last day for course withdrawal.
Dec. 6 – Last day to elect Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option
Remember to always check the Academic Calendar for important dates and deadlines.
Fall 2021 Equipment Borrowing Sign In and Out Schedule
Equipment borrowing for the Fall 2021 semester has begun and concludes on Friday, December 3rd, 2021. Equipment borrowed must be returned at the designated time and day. Signing in and signing out equipment is by reservation only.
The booking link is: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/DepartmentofDigitalMediaandJournalismSUNYNewPaltz@sunynp.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/ *To access this site, you must use your New Paltz ID. Use the same username and passcode used when logging into campus computers. If prompted for an email address, use your New Paltz ID@newpaltz.edu and passcode.*
Career and Internship Fair Slated for Oct. 20
The Career Resource Center will host its semi-annual Jobs & Internship Fair on October 20, 2021 from 11-3 in the SUB Multi-Purpose Room.
Students are encouraged to prepare their resume, research the exhibitors, and come dressed to impress. Leading up to the event, the career resource center has scheduled or drop in hours to look over resumes and help prepare for the fair. That day, there will also be a LinkedIn photo booth, where a photographer will take your portrait photo for you to upload to your LinkedIn profile. Over 75 employers are looking to fill full-time, part-time, and internships positions. Be sure to RSVP for this event through Handshake to increase your visibility to potential employers.
Nature Culture & History Storyteller Evan Pritchard To Present Live Storytelling Event on Campus Oct. 5
Save the Date: Tuesday, October 5 from 4-5pm or 5:15-6:15 p.m.
Location: SUNY New Paltz, College Terrace
Topic: Bundling Humans and Nature Together: An Autumn Blanket of Stories
The Department of Communication will host author/storyteller Evan Pritchard on Tuesday, Oct. 5 for an evening of storytelling entitled, “Bundling Humans and Nature Together: An Autumn Blanket of Stories.” The event will take place in the College Terrace.
Communication faculty and students and those enrolled in Storytelling and Culture are invited to attend one of two identical sessions: the first from 4-5 p.m., and the second from 5:15-6:15 p.m., which will allow for social distancing. The college reminds all attendees of its mandatory indoor face covering policy. Please wear a mask.
Evan Pritchard, a descendant of the MI’kmaq, one of the Algonquin nations, is the director of the Center for Algonquin Culture in Rosendale, New York. www.algonquinculture.org.
He has been interviewing traditional native elders for over thirty years. He has lectured on native studies at colleges including Vassar, Pace, Marist, Columbia University, SUNY, and several others. He is the author of over fifty books on native culture and history, including Native New Yorkers; Henry Hudson and the Algonquins (Chicago Review Press); Bird Medicine (Inner Traditions/Simon and Schuster); Native American Stories of the Sacred (Turner Books) and No Word for Time (Millichap). Evan Pritchard has published original maps of Native American settlements in the Hudson Valley, some of which have been included in an online history exhibition at CONTACT: The Dutch Meet the Wappinger Confederacy at Hell Gate, 1645
-1646 | Gracie Mansion funded by The government of the Netherlands. He frequently appears on radio stations including WBAI and WNYC, and has been a featured guest on CNN, ABC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and on Roger Hernandez’s 90-minute special “Touring Native New York” on Manhattan Cable.