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Invitation for Prospective Students and Families to attend Winter/Spring Info Sessions

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SUNY Ulster Invites Prospective Students and Families to Learn About Programs and Services at Winter/Spring Info Sessions

January 15, 2025 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster invites all community members interested in earning a college degree or gaining career training to attend one or more of our winter and spring Info Sessions.

These Info Sessions are a great way to learn about the many programs offered at the college, financial aid and scholarships, and support services. Participants will also tour the campus and meet faculty and staff. Upcoming events include:

General Admissions Info Sessions run from 4-5 p.m. and will be held on:

  • Wednesday, February 5
  • Wednesday, March 12
  • Wednesday, April 2

Nursing Info Sessions take place at 4 p.m.

  • Thursday, February 20
  • Tuesday, February 25 (Virtual)

Veterinary Technology Info Sessions take place at 4 p.m.

  • Tuesday, January 28
  • Tuesday, March 11

Police Academy will hold a mandatory Info Session from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

  • Saturday, April 26 at the Kingston Center

Physical Agility Test: Tuesday, May 20 from 9:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Dietz Stadium

  • Campus Tour Tuesday: Scheduled on select Tuesdays at 3 p.m.

All info sessions require attendees to sign up. Sign-up forms can be accessed on our website at sunyulster.edu/visit. For more information or questions, please email esc@sunyulster.edu or call (845) 687-5022.

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SUNY Ulster Holds One Day, One Stop Enrollment Event in January to Fast-Track the Registration Process

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Classes Begin Monday, January 27, 2025

January 6, 2025 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster’s Enrollment & Success Center is gearing up for One Day, One Stop on Monday, January 13, and Wednesday, January 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Stone Ridge campus and on Thursday, January 23 from noon to 7 p.m. at the Kingston Center to ensure that all who want to start classes this spring can finalize the admissions process with the guidance of experienced staff. Classes begin Monday, January 27.

No matter where people are in the admissions process, SUNY Ulster staff is mobilizing to help you fill out admissions and FAFSA applications, take the entering assessment exam, and register for classes. For those planning to attend, if you have not submitted your official documents, please bring:

  • Official high school transcript in its original sealed envelope, GED certificate or IHIP Letter of Substantial Equivalency
  • Any official college transcripts in its original sealed envelope

Reservations for January 13, January 15, and January 23 are recommended, but not required. Walk-ins are welcome! There is one snow date on Friday, January 24 in Stone Ridge.

SUNY Ulster remains one of the smartest ways to gain a college degree, certificate, or microcredential. For those concerned about affordability, our Foundation awards $1 million in scholarships annually and many career certifications are grant-funded, covering all or most of the cost of attendance.

For more information, contact the Enrollment & Success Center at esc@sunyulster.edu or 845-687-5022.

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Students Inducted into The Alpha Rho Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

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SUNY Ulster Students Inducted into The Alpha Rho Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for Community College

 December 17, 2024 – Stone Ridge – The Alpha Rho Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa hosted its 2024 Induction Ceremony in the College Lounge at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 16, 2024. SUNY Ulster’s Alpha Rho Delta Chapter is the International honor society for community college students. Membership is lifelong and offers numerous benefits including scholarships, letters of recommendation, and recognition of academic prestige. SUNY Ulster would like to congratulate all newly inducted members listed below.

  • Bearsville:  Navah McElroy.
  • Bloomington:  Joseph Walsh.
  • Boiceville:  Delilah Smith.
  • Cairo:  Mary Casella.
  • Cottekill:  Melissa Frumenti.
  • Fleischmanns:  Linetth Garcia Leal.
  • Gardiner:  Jordan Delano, David Velasquez Sierra.
  • Glasco:  Amilya Bull.
  • High Falls:  Jasmine Maschotta-Edwards.
  • Highland:  Gabriella Acosta, Anastasios Bakatsias, Lawrence Dahowski.
  • Hurley:  Beth Alden, Angie Hernandez, Apollo Liewa.
  • Kerhonkson:  Ella Drouin, Yana Pylypiv, David Santillo, Isabella Shaw.
  • Kingston:  Aina Anjum, Jayden Berard, Elizabeth Chase, Madelyn Chiera, Imari Harris, Helaisha Hernandez Vega, Madelyn Nelson, Camila Ortiz Lopez, Julia Palmer.
  • Lake Katrine:  Takudzwa Muhomba, Chavvah Zietz.
  • Marlboro:  Asif Arakhan.
  • New Paltz:  Luca Acquaviva, Riley Hubler, Ali Khalil, Melissa Nieves.
  • Olivebridge:  John Kurz.
  • Pine Bush:  Jeffrey Lang.
  • Port Ewen:  Mirabella Hannigan, Satin Martin.
  • Red Hook:  Joe Alveira, Lillian Carey.
  • Saugerties:  Sophia Pannitti.
  • Shokan:  Haileyjade Frisenda.
  • Ulster Park:  Paige Richter.
  • Wallkill:  Chloe Canal, Justin Sprankle.
  • Washingtonville:  Kav Sridhar.
  • West Hurley:  Nathan Lonstein.
  • Woodstock:  Justin Klare.
  • Wurtsboro:  Hailey Murphy.

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SUNY Ulster Launches New Microcredential in Digital Storytelling

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Students Learn How to Produce and Distribute Journalistic Content
in Innovative Digital Formats

December 3, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – Registration is open for Spring and Fall 2025 for Digital Storytelling, a new four-course microcredential preparing students for careers in a media-focused world. This microcredential is ideal for students interested in adding media skills to their chosen major or working adults looking to earn more in their current or future employment.

Courses that begin on January 27 include COM 127: Video Content Creation and COM 131: Digital Storytelling. Courses offered in Fall 2025 include COM 124: Media & Society and COM 210: Journalism-Podcasts, Blogs, & Newsletters.

SUNY Ulster’s new Digital Media Lab is equipped with professional cameras, lighting setups, backdrops, and audio recording equipment with which to create and explore using industry-standard software Adobe Creative Cloud and Final Cut Pro.

Upon completion, students are awarded a digital badge that can be added to their resume and LinkedIn profile to pursue employment in Content Creation, Marketing & Social Media Management, Digital Engagement, Production, Broadcast Media, Community Organizing/Politics, Technical Writing, Social Media, Editing, and Producing.

Current students interested in enrolling in Digital Storytelling courses should contact their advisor. New Students can access SUNY Ulster’s Admissions Office, email admissions@sunyulster.edu, or call 845-687-5022.

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Continuing & Professional Education Hosts Info Sessions and Open House with Release of Spring 2025 Brochure

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SUNY Ulster Continuing and Professional Education Hosts Information Sessions and Open House with Release of Spring 2025 Brochure

December 2, 2024 – Kingston, NY – SUNY Ulster recently released the Spring 2025 brochure highlighting both credit and non-credit courses offered starting as early as January 2025. To give the community a chance to find out more about these programs, information sessions will be held on December 12, 2024, from 4-6:30 p.m. Instructors, program coordinators, and enrollment specialists will be on hand to distribute more details on courses as well as discuss scholarships and register students. Attendees will have a chance to listen to live holiday music, enjoy light refreshments, and enter into a drawing for SUNY Ulster swag. Alumni are encouraged to attend and share their success stories.

SUNY Ulster is making a shift to more evening classes in Kingston to address the growing adult population that is returning to school to finish a degree. Programs featured include manufacturing, CNC, business, CASAC, clinical medical, teaching assistant, starting a childcare business, and more. Many of these courses stack into a microcredential which can be completed in a semester or two. Those completing the microcredential are awarded a digital badge to recognize their achievement.

Spring classes start the week of January 20, 2025, and registration is currently in progress. You do not need to register to attend the open house, but we encourage attendees to sign up for an info session.

Specific classes being offered in Kingston include Certified Clinical Medical, Metrology, CNC Programming, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Reiki, Basic ASL for Healthcare, Business Communications, Medical Terminology, Principles of Management, Computer Applications in Business, Leadership, DEISJ in the Workplace, Spreadsheets for Business, English Composition, Algebra, and Fundamental Concepts of Electricity. For a complete listing of available courses, please visit our website at sunyulster.edu.

For more information, visit www.sunyulster.edu/ce or call 845-339-2025.

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SUNY Ulster Names Alumnus Ryan Snair as Athletic Director

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November 22, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster is pleased to announce the hiring of Ryan Snair as Athletic Director. Ryan brings 20 years of administration and coaching experience to the position.

Ryan returned to Ulster early in 2024 as baseball coach, having spent the previous 14 years at SUNY Sullivan as Coordinator of Field House Operations & Equipment and then Head Men’s Baseball Coach.

Ryan graduated from SUNY Ulster in 1996. A pitcher for Ulster’s baseball team while studying here, he was awarded 1st Team All-Region and 1st Team All-American Honors. He then attended Hofstra University on a full athletic scholarship and St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He then returned to SUNY Ulster, where he started his coaching career as Assistant Men’s Baseball Coach. While at SUNY Ulster, Snair coached the team to the College World Series in 2004.

“We are pleased to have SUNY Ulster alumnus and former student-athlete Ryan Snair named as our Athletic Director as he brings his leadership and experience to assist in positioning SUNY Ulster Athletics as we continue our momentum supporting our student-athletes,” stated President Alison Buckley, Ed.D.

“I am happy and honored to be hired as the new Athletic Director at SUNY Ulster. I’m excited to lead the department and help get great coaches hired so we can field competitive teams in all our sports.”

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The SUNY Ulster Music Department Presents the 2024 Fall Concert Series December 3 and 5, 2024

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November 21, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster will host its second and third concerts of our annual fall concert series beginning Tuesday, December 3, with the College/Community Band performance. On Thursday, December 5 the College Chorus, African Music Ensemble, and Best Performances of the Convocation Series will perform.

SUNY Ulster’s ensemble members consist of SUNY Ulster students, faculty, and staff members, area high school students, community members, and area music educators. Both concerts will be held in Quimby Theater in Vanderlyn Hall on the Stone Ridge Campus beginning at 7:30 p.m. The concerts are free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated.

The December 3 College/Community Band concert is co-directed by Victor Izzo and Carla Newsome and will include, but not limited to, the musical selections Be Thou My Vision, Eagle Squadron, Sailing with Whales, and On That Night All Was Silent, conducted by guest conductor Megan Champlain.  

The Fall 2024 Concert Series concludes on December 5 with a concert featuring the College Chorus, directed by Janet Gehres and accompanied by Edward Leavitt. Selections will include Hallelujah, Amen, Scarborough Fair, Deep River, and Waltz of the Flowers. The African Music Ensemble, directed by Paul Chambers will be performing traditional works from Ghana and Guinea. The evening concludes with the best performances of the semester chosen from the Music Department’s “Wednesdays@1:00” Live Music Convocation Series.

For more information, contact Janet Gehres at gehresj@sunyulster.edu.

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SUNY Ulster Holds Instant Admissions Week December 2-6

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A Quick and Easy Way to Go From Application to Accepted & Enrolled on the Spot

November 18, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster is holding an Instant Admissions Week from December 2 through December 6 from 10 am to 4 pm to provide the community with a convenient way to complete all the admissions steps needed for enrollment in just one day.  For anyone interested in attending SUNY Ulster in Spring 2025 or next Fall 2025, this is a good opportunity to benefit from the hands-on experience of admissions representatives and others who can answer questions.

Attendees should bring their official, sealed high school transcript, original GED certificate or original IHIP Letter of Substantial Equivalency, and any official college transcript (if applicable). Participants will be guided through the entire process by admissions counselors. Financial aid reps will also be on hand to assist with the financial aid process.

SUNY Ulster offers students over 60 academic programs that lead to either transfer to a four-year college or entry into the job market. To best help students afford college, the Ulster Community College Foundation awards $1 million in scholarships annually to entering, continuing, and transferring students.

Reservations for an Instant Admissions appointment are preferred but not required. Visit https://delivr.com/2sydc to register.

For more information, contact the Enrollment & Success Center at esc@sunyulster.edu or 845-687-5022.

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SUNY Ulster Fine Art/Visual Art Students Exhibition at Stone Ridge Library Beginning November 4

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November 4, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster Fine Art/Visual Art students will showcase artwork from Drawing & Composition, 2-Dimensional Design, Advanced Studio, Printmaking, Watercolor, Photography, Intro to Design Foundation, and Painting from November 4 to December 30, 2024 at the Stone Ridge Library on Main St. in Stone Ridge. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 9 from 1 – 3 p.m.

 The Fine Art/Visual Art program at SUNY Ulster is a two-year, foundation-based program that prepares students for transfer to complete their four-year degrees at some of the top art schools or to begin their careers.

The students participating in the exhibition are Jon Adair, Dakota Balding, German Barrera, Juneau Beaupre, Lily Bednarz,, Anthony Boughton, Angel Brown, Elizabeth Buley, Bryce Casamento, Lyla Casamento, Lily Comerford, Tessa Delisio, Fiona DiBella, Clara Dietrich, Maya Farhat, Gina Garofolo, Liam Griffin, Shelby Hoffstatter, Mackenzie Mason, Cat Morgiewicz, Hailey Murphy, Skylar Naughton, Hunter Nelson, Gabriella Sorbara, Soledad Salazar, Zara Scanlan, Kaley Slader, Maggie Stone, and David Santillo.

For more information contact Chris Seubert at seubertc@sunyulster.edu.

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Dr. Chuck Ver Straeten lecture: Earth’s Oldest Known Fossil Forests, Catskill Mountains, November 12

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SUNY Ulster Presents Dr. Chuck Ver Straeten as the Fall 2024 John Burroughs Natural Science Lecturer on Tuesday, November 12 at 7 p.m.

October 29, 2024 – Stone Ridge, NY – SUNY Ulster will host a lecture on Earth’s Oldest Known Fossil Forests, Catskill Mountains by Dr. Chuck Ver Straeten on Tuesday, November 12 at 7 p.m. in Burroughs Hall 120 on the Stone Ridge campus.

Dr. Ver Straeten, the Curator of Sedimentary Rocks for the New York State Museum will talk about the 2018 discovery of the world’s oldest known fossil forest in Cairo, at the base of an abandoned quarry. The discovery of this 385-million-year-old forest is helping scientists understand the transition of Earth to a forested planet.

   Involved with the Cairo, NY fossil forest research team, Dr. Ver Straeten focuses on Devonian Period sedimentation and stratigraphy, which includes sea-level history, mountain building, and the preservation of volcanic ash layers in shallow seas and lakes through time.

The John Burroughs Natural Science Lecture Series is named in honor of renowned local naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) and is sponsored by the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Department. The Series seeks to periodically bring speakers to the SUNY Ulster campus to offer free lectures to the academic community and the general public on topics of interest in the natural sciences.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, email Steve Schimmrich at schimmrs@sunyulster.edu.

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