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 […]
The 2018 Commencement Ceremony is quickly approaching! As the semester is rapidly coming to a close, OW seniors impatiently await the ceremony that will make them college graduates. OW’s 52nd Commencement is different than any of its predecessors. Unlike previous Commencements, this year’s ceremony will be held at the Nassau […]
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2018 MAC Awards! Join us at the Maguire Theater on Wednesday, May 2, to find out the winners. Check out all the #OWMAC nominees on MACAWARDS.ORG
The eleventh annual SUNY Old Westbury Student Media Arts Celebration will be held in the Maguire Theater on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018. In 2007, communications professor Joseph Manfredi had an idea for a student competition to promote the talents of SUNY Old Westbury students. He called it the MAC Awards […]
What is a safe space? College students across the nation are asking for “safe spaces” especially at elite, liberal institutions. Simply put it’s a physical space where you can feel free from any menace of bias, any intellectual or physical threat to your identity or well-being. College has typically been […]
Everyone is talking about “Black Panther.” It is an enormous box-office smash breaking all the records and receiving rave reviews. Especially at Old Westbury. After the death of his father, T’Chaka, King of Wakanda, Prince T’Challa returns to his home to claim his rightful place to the throne. He finds […]
SUNY Old Westbury kicked off the first day of Black History Month with “Let’s talk about Colin Kaepernick.” Students and some interested staff members slowly came into Multipurpose Room B in the Student Union to listen to a panel of five lead a discussion about Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the […]
