For two decades professor Amanda Frisken has been a member of the SUNY Old Westbury College, with a long-standing track record of service to OW and its students. She was recently promoted to acting dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Even though Dr. Frisken enjoyed being a faculty […]
The defining talent of working within a college’s administration is being able to juggle the multiple jobs thrown at you, in addition to your already established responsibilities. Newly promoted assistant vice president for institutional effectiveness and administration Dr. Jacob Heller does both. Institutional Effectiveness is the research and assessment Heller […]
Recently, a new coronavirus – 2019 Novel (New) Coronavirus – was detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China that has not been previously found in humans. This coronavirus can lead to fever, cough and shortness of breath. There are hundreds of confirmed cases in China, including cases outside of Wuhan and […]
For the fourth consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation has honored SUNY Old Westbury the Tree Campus USA® 2019 recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management. SUNY Old Westbury achieved the title by meeting Tree Campus USA’s five standards, which include maintaining a Campus Tree Advisory Committee, Campus […]
During the common hour on February 18th, students at SUNY Old Westbury crowded the Campus Center atrium to protest against the ban of parties on campus. Roughly thirty students stormed the fourth floor of the campus center repeatedly chanting, “We want parties!” and “What do we want? Parties! When do […]
Every semester SUNY Old Westbury media and communications students gain valuable work experience through internships. They learn new and appropriate skills and gain knowledge, preparing them for jobs. But the reality for many is far away from what they were expecting, as for many students finding a job after graduating is […]
Earlier this month, University Police released its annual security report displaying information and statistics from 2018. “This has been a safe campus and continues to be a very safe campus,” said Police Chief Steven Siena. According to the report, there were forty-nine drug-law violations including nineteen liquor-law violations, three cases […]
SUNY Old Westbury men’s and women’s swimming returned to the pool Wednesday evening on the road against the Lehman College Lightning (M: 1-0; W: 1-0) inside APEX Swimming Pool in Bronx, New York. Lehman swept Old Westbury (M: 0-3; W: 0-4) with a 93-60 men’s score and an 83-55 women’s […]
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a film that has become ingrained in pop culture and is considered to be one of the greatest horror films ever made. However, Stephen King, who wrote the novel that the film is based off of, has expressed his distaste for the film, calling it […]
In a career that spans over five decades, Stephen King has been terrifying his readers with his writing. He has created some of the most nefarious characters in literature, from the demonic clown of It to the psychotic nurse in Misery. He has been described by many as the “King of […]
