Campus News

The SUNY Cortland Institute for Civic Engagement will present a panel discussion, "Is It the End of the University We Know It: Do We Feel Fine?" at noon on Oct. 8 in Brockway Hall Jacobus Lounge. The sandwich seminar is free and open to the public.

President Erik J. Bitterbaum will preside over groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Professional Studies Building at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, on the Studio West lawn. Local dignitaries and College representatives will offer remarks and a reception will follow.

Americans from two SUNY colleges and Europeans from two European universities will soon travel across the Atlantic to study at each other’s universities, thanks to a nearly $400,000 grant awarded by the U.S. government and the European Union (EU). The four-year Atlantis Mobility Project grant provides scholarships to study public administration and public policy.

More than 800 prospective college students are expected to spend a day visiting academic departments, touring the campus and talking to faculty and students during the SUNY Cortland Fall Open House on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 12.

National motivational speaker Reneé Damon will offer a personal account of how her addictions took away her personal choices, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at SUNY Cortland.

A panel of railroad scholars and buffs will give a presentation on “Railroads in Cortland County: Past, Present and Future” during an extended, morning community roundtable on Thursday, Oct. 1, in SUNY Cortland’s Park Center Hall of Fame Room.

Workshop on peer review process set for Sept. 18

Marley S. Barduhn became the interim assistant provost for teacher education on Aug. 24.

The SUNY Cortland College Council will hold its next regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, in Miller Building, Room 405.

Twelve Central New York teachers undertook an intensive, four-week Summer Institute in July at SUNY Cortland during the second year of the Seven Valleys Writing Project (SVWP).