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 […]
On August 8, 2019, Nicole Sasu-Twum was appointed sports information director at SUNY Old Westbury by athletics director Lenore J. Walsh. As sports information director, Sasu-Twum is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Sports Information department. The operations include sports communications, multimedia content, compiling statistics, and managing […]
While serving orders of curly fries and chicken tenders at Diner 223, Maria Grande Jimenez, tells about how she has been working for 13 years for the Chartwells Company. She found this job through the union. Her regular schedule is 8:30am-4:30pm four days a week and she works at […]
After complaints of mold in the dorms, a protest led by SGA President Kalief Metellus took place on October 15th outside the Woodlands Residence Halls. Students marched from the courtyards of the Residence Halls to the Campus Center, holding posters and chanting “pay what you owe cause we have mold,” […]
If there is one thing students at SUNY Old Westbury share, it’s their Panther Pride. However, students have quickly noticed that the panther mascot has been missing this semester. Early reports of the missing mascot came after the SUNY OW homecoming 2019 shirt distribution. The panther did not appear […]
After Dr. Calvin O. Butts III announced in March his intention to retire as president of SUNY Old Westbury, the school set up a committee to find his successor. Thomas DelGiudice, associate professor of Politics, Economics and Law at SUNY OW, is a member of the search committee that is […]
Micro-credentials are now available at SUNY Old Westbury and are available for non-degree students. Micro-credentials are a digital form of certification that indicates competency in a specific skill or set of skills, according to the National Education Association (NEA). To earn micro-credentials, educators identify competencies they want mastered and students […]
