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MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville’s woods sport team is readying for its lumberjack season, which starts with a competition Saturday, March 7. The free contest will be held inside the college’s Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  It is the second time the SUNY Morrisville woods sports team has hosted the competition, which showcases speed and precision with axes, chainsaws and other tools of the trade in traditional lumberjacking challenges. 

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — The cruiser of a fallen police officer will soon find its permanent home at the Discovery Center Story Garden, in Johnson City, thanks to SUNY Morrisville’s Automotive Department.  Faculty, staff and students are preparing the car of Johnson City police officer David “DW” Smith, who was killed in the line of duty in March 2014, to be donated to the Discovery Center Story Garden. 

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — During his winter semester break, SUNY Morrisville Associate Professor Christopher Scalzo shared his business and entrepreneurial expertise overseas, helping farmers in Kenya, East Africa. The three-week trip, offered through the International Executives Service Corps (IESC), a USAID foundation partner in the Farmer to Farmer program, focused on conducting a value chain analysis of green bean farmers working with Fortune SACCO, a savings and credit cooperative in Kenya.

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville has once again earned kudos for its outstanding support of military service members, veterans and their families, receiving the 2020-21 Military Friendly® School designation by Victory Media. 

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville once again has been honored for its commitment to effective urban forest management, receiving 2019 Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation. It is the seventh consecutive year the college has received the recognition from Tree Campus USA®, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation, which honors colleges and universities that show a commitment to encouraging students and university personnel to care for tree resources. Currently, there are 385 campuses across the United States with this recognition.

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — The work of award-winning photographer Gerard Gaskin is on display at the SUNY Morrisville Donald G. Butcher Library now through March 1.   Gaskin’s show, “Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene,” documents the performative and aesthetic history of the African American and Latinx House Ballroom community from 1993 to present. 

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. —  SUNY Morrisville is among a handful of locations in New York State serving as a jam site for the 2020 Global Game Jam™ (GGJ), the world’s largest game creation event, taking place Jan. 31-Feb. 2.   Registration for the Morrisville site is still open for students and non-students over the age 18 of all skills levels at Global Game Jam 2020.

The proposals detailed in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 State of the State Address offer practical vision that improves the futures of individuals, industries and economies in a responsible and achievable manner.   

NORWICH, N.Y. — For some, it was their first look at poverty. For others, it was their first chance to help.  Seven human services students in Assistant Professor Julanne Burton’s Introduction to Human Services class, at the SUNY Morrisville Norwich Campus, are participating in a class project, Big Ideas About Poverty.  

Unrelenting spirit of giving drives Volunteer of the Year Patricia “Patty” King ’77 is spirited by helping others. Whether it’s running, racing, volunteering, leading, hiring, mentoring or otherwise, she does all she can to support her career field, her alma mater and the people she serves through both. Her infectious energy, enthusiasm and commitment toward making a difference in others’ lives all played a part in her receiving SUNY Morrisville’s Volunteer of the Year Award.