2018 President's Holiday Message Transcript
Transcript
The audio track for the holiday message only contains a piano recording of "Auld Lang Syne." This transcript describes the visual content of the message.
[00:00] As a fire burns in the Jacobus Lounge fireplace, a computer-generated book comes into focus. The SUNY Cortland logo and Sesquicentennial logo are on the book cover. Logo text: “SUNY Cortland Sesquicentennial: 1868 to 2018. Celebrating 150 Years of Excellence.”
The book pages begin to turn.
[00:08] Inside the front cover and page 1:
A video of students walking together outside of a snow-covered Old Main is set beside text: “Celebrating the joy of the season and our sesquicentennial”.
[00:15] Four historical black-and-white photos are laid out with accompanying text “In our 150 years, traditions have been born…”
- The State Normal and Training School building at Cortland
- Six rows of people pose in front of the State Normal and Training School
- Students stand together on the Junior Rock as others stand around them in a large circle for the traditional Rock Ceremony
- Cross-country skiing in front of Old Main Building
[00:22] Four historical black-and-white photos are laid out with accompanying text “lives have been changed…”
- A women’s archery group meets in front of Old Main Building
- Students pose in a group, brandishing speed skis
- Students work together in an Old Main Building lab
- The homecoming king and queen sitting together outside among the crowd at Red Dragon Homecoming
[00:29] Four historical black-and-white photos are laid out with accompanying text “careers have been launched…”
- Students at graduation pose in front of Lusk Field House
- A student takes notes as she looks into a microscope
- A woman plays patty-cake with a school-age boy in a classroom
- A student in athletic attire does a pull-up with guidance from a coach
[00:37] Four historical black-and-white photos are laid out with accompanying text “friendships have been formed…”
- Female students in a residence hall room admire a cheerleading outfit
- Students at an event pose as they hold up their cups
- Students sit together on the quad in front of Moffett Center
- Faculty/staff pose with a banner “Cortland International Programs”
[00:44] Three color photos are laid out with accompanying text “campus life has thrived…”
- Students pose together, centered inside a bus
- Students pose with Blaze the Red Dragon
- An aerial view of the Stadium Complex, with north campus in the background
[00:53] Four color photos are laid out with accompanying text “victories have been achieved…”
- SUNY Cortland fans cheer in the stands of Red Field at a Cortaca home game
- Two SUNY Cortland football players tackle an Ithaca player
- The 2009 SUNY Cortland men’s lacrosse team poses with an NCAA trophy
- The 2009 SUNY Cortland women’s soccer team celebrates together
[00:59] Three color photos are laid out with accompanying text “dreams have come to life…”
- New York Jets players practice at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex
- A wide shot of the interior of the exercise areas of the current Student Life Center
- The Red Dragon sculpture surrounded by dissipating smoke at its unveiling ceremony, sitting in front of the Carl A. “Chugger” Davis Administration Building
[01:07] Three color photos are laid out with accompanying text “passions have been explored…”
- Students work together in a modern chemistry lab
- During a performance of Hair, costumed students hold a “Freedom Now” banner on stage at the Dowd Fine Arts Center Theatre
- Adirondack Trail Blazers prepare to launch a canoe at Raquette Lake
[01:14] Four color photos are laid out with accompanying text “progress has been made…”
- A video presentation is given to a class in the Bowers Hall planetarium
- Students sitting outside Dragon Hall
- Students working together in Moffett Center
- Students studying together in Corey Union
[01:22] An aerial photograph of Old Main Building at dusk is accompanied by text: “and SUNY Cortland has stood the test of time.”
[01:28] Text on the final page: "Happy Holidays from Erik J. Bitterbaum, Ellen Howard Burton and the SUNY Cortland Community."