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
Author: Andrea Frank
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
Listening Session with Melissa Paniagua
What personal journey brought you to your current role? I came to New Paltz from the Bronx, where I grew up. My parents immigrated to New York from the Dominican Republic. While in High School, I was introduced to race studies by an inspiring teacher, a white woman who understood her privilege. I realized how… Continue reading Listening Session with Melissa Paniagua