2008 Woodie Awards
The SUNY Board of Trustees approved a tuition hike Tuesday that will bring a $310 increase in the upcoming spring semester followed by an overall raise of $620 in 2009-10, making the cost of state university attendance an unprecedented $4,970 per year. (1) comment
In a unanimous vote this morning at the SUNY Board of Trustees Finance and Administration Committee's meeting in Albany, representatives elected to return to a rational tuition increase plan similar to the concept endorsed by the SUNY Student Assembly just less than a month ago. (1) comment
In an effort to close a $1.5 billion current-year budget deficit, the Gov. David Paterson proposed increasing SUNY and CUNY undergraduate tuition $300 for the spring semester and $600 for the next academic year. (0) comments
When Josh Weiner first drew a picture of Barack Obama in gun sites with the phrase "Change is in Site" printed underneath, the Plattsburgh State junior thought it was a witty pun. But the joke, seen as a possible threat, brought the secret service to his door. (0) comments
Plattsburgh State students, staff, family discuss coping with the loss of loved ones. (0) comments
Plattsburgh State is taking every step possible to reduce these risks of student's personal information being lost or stolen. (1) comment
With approximately 3.4 million more people under the age of 30 voting this year than in 2004, Barack Obama's "time for change" campaign may have contributed to this overwhelming turnout. (0) comments
The volatile U.S. economy is teetering, and prices for higher education are rising nationwide in both private and public colleges, creating a flood of ambivalent students switching to cheaper public schools, like Plattsburgh State. (0) comments
The Student Committee of Teaching Excellence, an advisory group of the Committee on Teaching Excellence announced its first Teacher of the Month winner this week. (0) comments
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design has become the standard for environmentally friendly buildings, new and old. And Plattsburgh State, as well as other SUNY schools is catching on. (0) comments
Plattsburgh State students are working together to organize Up 'til Dawn - a fundraising program supporting the life-saving treatment and research of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to help childhood cancer. (0) comments
Eleven months after ex-New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer first proposed the idea of turning lottery cash into a major endowment for New York's state-funded institutions of higher education, a significant economic downturn for the state and nation seem to have pulled this endowment plan from the table. (0) comments
When Baldassre "Ben" De Marco Morreale died Oct. 8, 2008, his absence left a void among friends and colleagues that will never be filled. (1) comment
In an October 2008 survey conducted by a entry-level job Web site, collegegrad.com, 51 percent of respondents indicated that it will take at least 10 years to pay off their college loans, a 5 percent increase in this category from three years ago and a rise of over 20 percent over the last decade. (0) comments
Student arrests for underage drinking and possession of marijuana make their way to the police blotter every week, and the results can affect them while in college, and possibly, when they begin looking for a career. (0) comments
The storage building located behind Champlain Valley Hall, once the Champlain Valley Hospital and then the Faculty Office Building, lay in a heap of ruins as the college tears it down to create new parking spaces. (0) comments