The SUNY Old Westbury Student Government Association deeply cares about ensuring all members of the campus community take hold of their civic duty and vote this upcoming November. This important civic duty allows all citizens to make their voice heard and impact our nation. On Election Day, November 6th, 2018 […]
Madelyn G. Bowen passed away on October 6, 2018 at just twenty-one years old due to synovial sarcoma. She had battled this rare type of cancer that affects the arms and legs since she was diagnosed in April 2017. She was an active member of the SUNY OW Panthers women’s […]
In case you missed it: Catch a glimpse of Black’s visit to campus. Author Daniel Black visited SUNY OW to discuss his novel The Coming as part of the First-Year Experience’s (FYE) Common Reading Program during Panther Pride Homecoming Week. Dr. Black is a professor of African-American Studies at Clark Atlanta University […]
A new series from the Media Innovation Center asks members of the SUNY OW community about current events and hot topics on campus. In this episode, Jenna Barbone asks students about how they prepare for and de-stress from midterms. Be sure to look out for future episodes on the MIC […]
From August 12 to 25, 2018, I accompanied twenty-nine students from Old Westbury and other SUNY campuses on a service-learning trip to Puerto Rico, as part of the NY governor’s initiative “New York Stands with Puerto Rico.” This initiative involved massive coordination between SUNY and CUNY systems, individual campuses, the […]
Watch OWTV’s coverage of Coffee with a Cop! The University Police Department hosted its 3rd annual “Coffee with a Cop” day on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in the Campus Center atrium. The National Coffee with a Cop Day is held on the first Wednesday of October every year. This day is”dedicated to encourage communication and positive […]
Old Westbury recently received $20,000 from SUNY for a grant written by Drs. Jacqueline Emery, Margaret Rose Torrell, and Linda Camarasana of the English Department. This grant will fund the development of “co-requisite” courses and workshops as a part of an “Accelerated Learning Program” approach to improving student writing skills at Old […]
In an effort to bring officers and the OW community together, University Police hosted a Coffee with a Cop event on April 2nd, 2018 at SUNY College at Old Westbury. “The students don’t really interact with [University Police] because our first thought is that they’re trying to ruin our fun, […]
Before Rod Stephan led his baseball teams to victories as a coach at SUNY Old Westbury and the collegiate level, he spent 20 years as a correction officer at Rikers Island. At 27 years old, Stephan took a civil services test following college. He was married and had three children, […]
Karl Grossman has pioneered the combination of investigative reporting and environmental journalism in many different forms of media for more than 50 years and continues to do so today. Grossman got his start in 1962 when he was in college. He did an internship at the Cleveland Press in Ohio, where he was a copy boy and was inspired […]
