Campus News

U.S. Army Reserves Major Richard Brown ’90 will be the guest speaker at a Veterans Day Ceremony at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Old Main Brown Auditorium.

Thirty-five members, site supervisors and guests celebrated the contributions of the federally supported AmeriCorps program based at SUNY Cortland on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Main Street SUNY Cortland.

The defending NCAA Division III champion SUNY Cortland men's lacrosse team raised more than $2,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York, Inc., during its 2009 fall tournament Oct. 11 at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.

Area high school students interested in learning more about leadership skills will attend the 14th annual High School Leadership Day Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

SUNY Cortland was the lone Central New York public college or university to receive first round funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) State Energy Program in October. The College received an $80,000 grant and will supply an additional $20,000 from its own funds to replace the lighting in Lusk Field House. The move will save SUNY Cortland an estimated $21,700 annually through reduced electricity costs, explained Jeff Lallas, the College’s director of facilities planning, design and construction.

The New York Jets 2009 Summer Training Camp attracted 34,000 spectators and generated $4.26 million in economic activity in Cortland County, according to a study released today by three SUNY Cortland faculty members. The report, which was prepared by SUNY Cortland Associate Professors of Economics Kathleen Burke and Timothy Phillips along with Assistant Professor of Geography Wendy Miller, involved surveys of training camp visitors as well as local business owners conducted in connection with the July 31-Aug. 20 professional football training camp on the SUNY Cortland campus.

Approximately 700 prospective college students are expected to spend a day visiting academic departments, touring the campus and talking to faculty and students during the second SUNY Cortland Fall Open House on Veteran’s Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.

SUNY Cortland will offer a conference on “Discussions About the Teaching of English (D.A.T.E.)” on Friday, Oct. 30, at the College. The deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 19.

Memorial Library at SUNY Cortland has made two print copies available of the long-awaited Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) draft regulations on natural gas drilling.

A Dowd Gallery exhibit of recent prints and photography by Evan Summer, an internationally known printmaker and 1970 SUNY Cortland graduate, will continue until Feb. 18, 2010.