Interview by Curt Thomas, Graphic Design Major with Montana Kowalczik, Sophomore, Art Education MajorFall 2021 What personal experience or journey brought you into your current role at or connected with SUNY New Paltz? I am pursuing a degree in art, and I have always been told what an amazing art program New Paltz has. Everyone I know… Continue reading Eddy Interview with Montana Kowalczik
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Eddy Interview with Curt Thomas
Interview by Montana Kowalczik, Visual Arts Education Major with Curt Thomas, Junior, Graphic Design Major September 2021 What personal experience our journey brought you into your current role at or connected with SUNY New Paltz? I would say that I ended up coming here mainly for opportunity and financial aid. Originally, I was going to go to SUNY Purchase and that was going to be… Continue reading Eddy Interview with Curt Thomas
Eddy Interview with Jahda Williams
Interview by M D’Alessandro, Graphic Design, Freshman with Jahda Williams, Graphic Design, Junior September 2021 What personal experience or journey brought you into your current role at or connected SUNY New Paltz? After high school, I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life. Instead of wasting money at a school where I didn’t have any purpose, I decided to stay local… Continue reading Eddy Interview with Jahda Williams
Eddy Interview with Mengjiao Huang
Interview by Lily Davidson, Art Education Majorwith Mengjiao Huang, Visual Arts MajorSeptember 21 I interviewed my classmate Mengjiao Huang, who also goes by Fiona. She is an international exchange student from China who is studying jewelry design here at New Paltz in the state of New York. What personal journey brought you to your current role… or… Continue reading Eddy Interview with Mengjiao Huang
Eddy Interview with M D’Alessandro
Eddy Interview by Jahda Williams, Visual Arts Major with M D’Alessandro, Graphic Design Major Fall 2021 What personal experience or journey brought you into your current role at or connected with SUNY New Paltz? I was enrolled as a Syracuse University student before transferring to SUNY New Paltz. I had just graduated high school after spending my last months… Continue reading Eddy Interview with M D’Alessandro
Eddy Interview with Andrea Andalis
Interview by Halle Risko with Andrea Andalis, Junior, Graphic Design, Fall 2021 What personal experience or journey brought you into your current role at or connected with SUNY New Paltz? Andrea went to the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, for graphic design. They used to have a great program but in sophomore year they ended the art… Continue reading Eddy Interview with Andrea Andalis
Listening Session with Brynn McClelland
Interview by Rachael Petruccelli (Freshman, Undecided) with Brynn McClelland (Freshman, Undecided)August 30, 2021 When did you first begin your college search process? I began my college search process the summer before my senior year at high school. What support were you given in selecting a college? I was given a lot of support from my… Continue reading Listening Session with Brynn McClelland
Listening Session with Nicolas Borelli
Interview by Tanya Lindh, Junior, Major in Sociology, Minor in Psychologywith Nicolas Borelli (Undecided, Freshman year)Fall 2021 When did you first begin your college search process? I started last year, so my senior year of high-school, the very beginning of it. I just graduated from Syosset high school in Long Island. Are you a commuter?… Continue reading Listening Session with Nicolas Borelli
Pandemic as Portal: Sept 3 and Wed. Sept 8, 3:00 p.m.
“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas,… Continue reading Pandemic as Portal: Sept 3 and Wed. Sept 8, 3:00 p.m.
Tree Speed – Future Feed Visioning Think Tank
On June 1-3, 2020, we hosted a virtual, immersive, and trans-disciplinary exchange for SUNY New Paltz faculty and staff to initiate an ongoing process of creative collaborative visioning around education. Thematic Framing: The global health pandemic asks us to distance ourselves socially for an indefinite length of time. On a larger time scale, the global… Continue reading Tree Speed – Future Feed Visioning Think Tank