News
Apr 25, 2019
MORRISVILLE, NY—SUNY Morrisville students Zainab Jimoh, of Staten Island, and Layne Martin, of Cazenovia, have been honored with the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Apr 22, 2019
MORRISVILLE, NY—Did you know that the average Holstein dairy cow drinks 25-30 gallons of water per day? Or that cows can smell something up to six miles away?
Learn more about cows, agriculture and SUNY Morrisville’s programs and dairy complex during Spring on the Farm, Saturday, April 27.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is from noon-4 p.m. at the SUNY Morrisville Arnold R. Fisher Dairy Complex, located off of Eaton Street.
Mar 19, 2019
MORRISVILLE, NY— Gilligan’s Ice Cream loves its fans so much, they are letting them choose a new SUNY Morrisville indulgence through a Mustang Ice Cream Contest.
SUNY Morrisville alumni Andy Lagoe ’92 and Gil Hodges ’92 along with partner Mike Lagoe, owners of Gilligan’s Ice Cream, (www.gilliganssherburne.com), located in Sherburne, devised the contest, which lauds their Mustang pride.
Mar 19, 2019
NORWICH, NY—The SUNY Morrisville Norwich Campus and Human Services Institute will present a community forum on the opioid crisis Thursday, March 28, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the community room, #132A & B of Follett Hall on the Norwich Campus. Light refreshments will be served at 1 p.m.
Feb 28, 2019
MORRISVILLE, NY—Winter’s harsh elements don’t stop SUNY Morrisville’s woods sports team.
Behind the college’s aquaculture center, amid frigid temperatures, snow and ice, they shovel snow off of the practice field and swing axes and fire up chainsaws until dark.
Feb 01, 2019
MORRISVILLE, NY—The newest member of the New York State University Police at SUNY Morrisville is headed to the police academy.
For the next 20 weeks, Bruin, a year-old black German Shepherd, and his new partner, New York State University Police Officer Nicole Wright, will undergo intense training at the New York State Police Canine Training Facility in Cooperstown.
Dec 21, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—After helping bring joy to children in need of care, the SUNY Morrisville Campus Activities Board (CAB) was recently honored with the 2018 Northeast Community Service Event of the Year award by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA).
Dec 17, 2018
Beyond a tattoo on her left forearm, nursing student Shana Prosser doesn’t advertise her military service. She spends her days in class or clocking in clinical hours at
the hospital, then returns home to her husband and two children in rural Chenango County.
Dec 17, 2018
Dual-sport student-athlete Jordan Anderson turns competitive fire into a career
A chance attendance of a lacrosse game changed the course of Jordan Anderson’s life.
Anderson ’17 had just wrapped up a very successful freshman year on the Mustang women’s basketball team, earning Rookie of the Year status in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) for her performance as the team’s starting point guard.
Dec 17, 2018
Sibell pops her head over the stall door, flattens her nose and pins back her ears. If horses could hand out grades, right now her rider would be receiving a C-minus in
treats.
Message received.
Marcus Livermore, the mare’s obedient servant, rummages through the brushes, combs and hoof picks in his grooming kit and fishes out a peppermint. Sibell nickers at the sound of crumpling candy wrapper.
Dec 17, 2018
Mike ’79 and Stephanie Battisti ’79 have lived their lives in tandem since meeting as undergraduate students at SUNY Morrisville in the 1970s.
The couple graduated in 1979 and grew their lives together on a maple and dairy farm outside of Morrisville. They shifted gears after their children were grown, starting a new chapter in the Adirondacks.
Dec 17, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—SUNY Morrisville has been recognized by The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics as an educational community partner supporting its goals and mission.
Dec 17, 2018
With love and care, Jerome “Jay” Caretti tends to SUNY Morrisville’s portal to the stars.
Painted silver and capped with a domed top resembling a silo, the Observatory stands atop a hill off Skyline Drive, on the east side of campus, overlooking Route 20. It is owned by the college and available to both students and the public.
Dec 17, 2018
From her post as a waterfowl researcher at the Forbes Biological Station in Havana, Illinois, Cheyenne Beach ’16 sees the whole country.
She can look east and recall her time as an AmeriCorps volunteer on Chincoteague Island off the coast of Virginia.
She can look west to the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge along the Colorado River in Arizona, where she worked with endangered species in the fall of 2016.
Dec 17, 2018
As the temperature soared into the mid-90s during this year’s Great New York State Fair, patrons lined up in front of Gilligan’s Ice Cream stand.
A large sign touting premium handcrafted hard ice cream enticed fairgoers as they wiped their brows with napkins and fanned themselves to the beat of music emanating from a nearby booth.
Dec 07, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—SUNY Morrisville’s Western equestrian students wrapped up a historically successful season.
Below are some of the highlights:
Dec 06, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—A beer produced by SUNY Morrisville agricultural business students is now on tap at the Copper Turret Restaurant & Brewhouse, in Morrisville, and three other student-made products are for sale at the Nelson Farms Country Store, on Route 20 in the Town of Nelson.
Nov 28, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—SUNY Morrisville is selling a colorful array of poinsettias.
The popular, decorative plants are on sale now through Dec. 7 at the Spader Horticulture Complex on the SUNY Morrisville campus, Monday through Friday, from noon to 4 p.m. The sale is open to the public.
Nov 20, 2018
WATERVILLE, NY— SUNY Morrisville student Kristin Dominic has an interest in building tiny homes. Reed Lucas wants to augment his nursery business, and Nick Geswaldo has a desire to learn more about hardscaping.
They’re all getting a breadth of experience to help craft their careers through a Masonry & Foundations class taught by Michael Gridley, ’04, assistant professor of residential construction.
Nov 16, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—Embracing change was a common theme among presenters during the inaugural Agricultural Summit held at SUNY Morrisville.
The event, which drew innovators and leaders from throughout the agriculture industry, focused on future goals and needs in agricultural education, as well as workforce development with both an academic and industry focus.
Nov 13, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—SUNY Morrisville was formally awarded as the Grand National Champion of the 2018 U.S. Open College Beer Championship, as presented to the college that brews the best beers in North America.
The presentation was held at the Copper Turret Restaurant & Brewhouse, Morrisville’s student-teaching facility where the championship beers were brewed before the college was crowned as champions last May.
Nov 01, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—Learn from presenters, innovators and leaders about future goals and needs in the agricultural industry during an Ag Summit at SUNY Morrisville, Thursday, Nov. 15, from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Oct 16, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—A preview of all the sights and sounds that are a part of Callahan Brook Nature Trail can now be viewed in one place, thanks to a recently unveiled new welcoming entrance kiosk.
Oct 15, 2018
MORRISVILLE, NY—The SUNY Morrisville Theater Department and Student Government Organization (SGO) present William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, in the John W. Stewart Center for Student Activities (STUAC) theater Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27, at 8 p.m.; Oct. 28 at 2 p.m.; and Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 1-3, at 8 p.m.