Campus News

In Cortland the college and community are teaming up to host a day of community service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday, Jan. 17.

For a fifth consecutive year, the College was ranked by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine among its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges, a list of national institutions that combine “outstanding economic value with top-notch education.”

Thirteen senior physical education majors were recognized with Lenore K. Alway/Anthony P. Tesori Awards for their outstanding work in student teaching in New York state schools during the Fall 2010 semester.

The Recreation, Parks and Leisure Studies Department was reaccredited for five years by the national organization that governs the fields of recreation, park resources and leisure services.

Keith Smith of Ithaca, N.Y., who has directed SUNY Cortland’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) for 18 years, will retire on Dec. 30. He has been designated as director emeritus of the program.

Former SUNY Cortland student-athlete and 1975 alumna Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody received the 2011 Theodore Roosevelt award, the NCAA’s highest honor.

Senior Tara A. Evans will give a gallery talk at her Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, “Down to Science,” Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Cortland Corset Company Factory.

About 1,000 students, faculty and staff members raised more than $45,000 for the American Cancer Society in the sixth annual SUNY Cortland Relay For Life on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the College's Lusk Field House.

When junior Margaret Murphy thinks about the scholarship that supports her and 16 other promising future math and science teachers who are mastering their skills, she recalls the high school science teacher who inspired her.

Members of the SUNY Cortland and Ithaca College campus communities compared the environmental impact of both campuses in a contest called the Cortaca Climate Challenge.