Old Westbury students report! Watch this new short video produced at the Media Innovation Center (OWTV) about the Blood Drive. The New York Blood Center visits Old Westbury twice a year. This year the first visit was on September 14th in the Campus Center Atrium. Where and when can you […]
There is an essential need for more diversity in the booming makeup industry. The majority of makeup brands have a history of excluding women of color in their makeup lines. From drugstore brands to high-end luxury, makeup has a color problem. There are some makeup brands that are starting to realize this is an issue. Women […]
What should you do if someone is feeling really sick on campus? If they can walk, go to the Student Health Center in the I-Wing of Campus Center (down the hall from the Registrar.) If you can’t walk: call the University Police! Officers are trained to help students in distress. A […]
Professor William A. Knack, PhD/Lohud.com On March 17, 2017, a Westchester civil jury found Dr. William A. Knack, an associate professor of psychology at SUNY Old Westbury, guilty of rape. Noelle Feldman, 58, of Pound Ridge, had accused the 65-year-old psychologist of sexual assault at his home-office in 2013. […]
By Bobby Reilly In 2008, Hofstra hosted its first Presidential Debate between then-Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, and I began my first semester as a college student at the university. Four years later, though no longer a student, I made my way back to Hofstra University to attend […]
By Bobby Reilly Cologne, Germany – An estimated 400 Germans took to the cobblestoned streets in the historic city of Cologne as the results of their national election became frighteningly clear. These highly organized and passionate protesters were an eclectic bunch. Most were young, some were old; not all shared […]
As of the 2016 fall semester, classroom student capacity was increased from twenty-five to thirty-five for general education courses throughout the four schools at SUNY Old Westbury and their respective departments. Handed down by the administration led by the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Patrick O’Sullivan, […]
The year 2015 gave birth to #OscarsSoWhite. If you haven’t heard of it, this was the backlash the Academy Awards received for not having any black actors in their categories. In 2016, history repeated itself and the hashtag resurfaced. In 2016, there was an extreme lack of any minority actors […]
Chief of Police Steven Siena is now having SUNY Old Westbury university police arrest students on campus if an officer finds someone smoking marijuana. “I told my staff that I expect an arrest to be made,” Chief Siena said. Although not documented anywhere in the Code of Student Conduct, Chief […]
In honor of the 50th anniversary of SUNY Old Westbury, the School of Arts and Sciences made a time capsule that is meant to be opened in 2065. The time capsule has contributions from all twelve departments in the Arts and Sciences. “The capsule contains objects that represent the departments and […]
