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SUNY ULSTER ALUMNI FAMILY FEST

September 14 @ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Activities open for the entire event:

• Gallery
• Pop-up bookstore
• Library – archives and faculty book showcase
• Self-guided tour of the grounds (Master Gardener space)
• Photo Booth
• Alumni Hall of Fame posters debut
• Art workshop
• Children’s activities (face painting, sand art)
• Sandwiches and snacks

Schedule

• 2:30 p.m. Daniel Palladino’s alumni band “Pour La Terre”
• 3:00 p.m. Choice of:
  • Professor Mark Stewart: Robot simulation task (python simulator) 
Mark Stewart has been teaching at SUNY Ulster for about 10 years. He has a background in electrical engineering and is really interested in pretty much everything. For this activity,
you will be part of a team to write some code to control a simulated robot cart. Your robot will have a clear goal and your job is to provide a set of commands that will cause your simulated robot to achieve the goal in the shortest amount of time. The in-house graphics are low-grade, but it is usually fun. Professor Stewart has used this activity or something similar to introduce Python programming syntax to his students. No experience is required.  Ages 12 +.

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  • Take a guided tour of the Xeriscape Garden at SUNY Ulster with Master Gardeners Marge Bonner and Richard Kilberg!
Started in 2000, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Master Gardeners designed and installed this
water-wise xeriscape garden, in conjunction with SUNY Ulster, to promote water protection and water quality through fundamental gardening practices.

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  • 4:00 p.m. Story time with Crystal Schachter, SUNY Ulster alumna and the college’s Director of Institutional Effectiveness, reading her inspiring children’s book, “Woody and the Candle Mountain”.

The story takes us on an adventure through the Town of Woodstock where Woody wanders around looking hopelessly for something worth doing. She meets many local characters along the way, who all manage to offer the same peace, love and granola advice, and small tokens of inspiration, which she gloomily accepts and moves on. Eventually, she visits the candle shop to admire the legendary Candle Mountain, a massive wax sculpture created over many years from thousands of melted candles. But even this awe-inspiring monument and the kind wisdom of the candle maker and his wife, can’t budge Woody’s mood. But, just when she’s convinced her day’s search has been completely useless, she finds herself in a place where her little bits of knowledge make a world of difference.

  • 6:00 p.m. SUNY Ulster Senators v Monroe College-Bronx at Rondout HS (offsite)

Details

Date:
September 14
Time:
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Venue

SUNY Ulster Campus
491 Cottekill Rd
Stone Ridge, NY 12484 United States
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Phone
(845) 687-5000
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