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Updated Jan. 25, 2022: The article below has been updated to reflect the most recent guidelines regarding the timeline for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine booster.   Students,

Dear Campus Community, We hope you had a successful fall semester. Even in the face of many challenges associated with COVID-19, we were able to engage as a community and to experience activities — both inside and outside of the classroom — that were simply not possible last year. We are so grateful and know these successes would not have been possible without the care and attention of each of you to yourselves, each other and our community.

Dear Faculty and Staff, All employees currently required to participate in weekly testing must continue do so this coming week, Dec. 20-21. There will be no testing during the week of Dec. 27, but testing will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 4, for all employees who are required to test.

Dear Campus Community,

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — Architectural studies & design students combined their skills and talents to build life-size person pods during a semester-end project that turned classroom lessons into real-world experience. 

Dear Campus Community, As we approach the end of the semester and the holiday break, please be aware of the upcoming schedule for COVID-19 testing:

Seven members of the New York State University Police at SUNY Morrisville were recently recognized by the SUNY Police Chiefs Association, receiving 2021 University Police Awards. Honored with Professional Service Awards for their outstanding service are: lieutenants James McCartney and Philip Netzband and police officers Stephen Leuthauser, Tyler Morgan, Cody Welch, Luke Learned and Nicole Wright. Officers Wright, Morgan and Welch are all SUNY Morrisville alumni.

Two SUNY Morrisville equine students wrapped up an exciting internship at the college’s western barn, which enabled them to participate at Central New York Reining Horse Association (CNYRHA) shows and take home numerous awards. Victoria Epstein, of Liberty, and Lindsey Eberle, of Holbrook, competed in the Green Reiner 1 and Green Reiner 2 classes to accumulate points for year-end awards, both through the CNYRHA Club and the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA).

A new Bachelor of Technology degree in game programming is among the latest in SUNY Morrisville’s academic lineup. The first of its kind in the SUNY system, the experiential program provides students with a grounding in information technology concepts with an emphasis on game programming.

Dear Campus Community,

Starting the week of October 25, faculty and staff who are not otherwise obligated to participate in weekly pooled testing are invited to do so if they wish. Testing takes place on the first floor of Helyar Hall each Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Testing will be open each week to any employees who wish to utilize it. Participation in a given week does not obligate an employee to participate in subsequent weeks – this is just a service provided to those who wish to participate.

SUNY Morrisville made another move toward clean energy with the grand opening of its new Agricultural and Clean Energy Technology (ACET) Center. Students, faculty and staff, along with industry partners and VIPs, gathered to celebrate at the new $16 million, 30,000-square-foot applied learning technology building, which houses the college’s renewable energy, agricultural engineering and diesel technology programs. Students started taking classes in the building this semester.

ATTENTION: This message is for SUNY Morrisville and Norwich Campus students who are fully remote or fulfilling their internship requirement off campus during the Fall 2021 semester.

Dear Students, As we approach Fall Break on Oct. 11-12, please see below for important updates to our COVID-19 pooled saliva testing schedule during the next two weeks.

At the start of the semester, the Core Task Force committed to reviewing all COVID-19 campus protocols on Sept. 30 to determine if any changes were possible. The goal was to consider the loosening of current campus protocols if the number of positive COVID-19 cases on campus and in our region supported this change. The Task Force has conducted a review of our current protocols and has determined that no changes are appropriate at this time.

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville has been recognized again for its excellence with numerous listings in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, receiving high marks as a Best Regional College and Top Social Mobility College.   

In addition to great food, eye-opening exhibits and commercial attractions, fairgoers once again got an up-close view at SUNY Morrisville’s innovative programs, one-of-a-kind learning and alluring draft horses during this year’s Great New York State Fair.   Faculty and staff stirred up interest during Agricultural Education Days, providing information about the college’s exciting academic programs and innovative learning going on inside and outside of SUNY Morrisville classrooms.  

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — Before they go out into the field to study reptiles and amphibians, students in Associate Professor Eric Diefenbacher’s Herpetology class get an indoor lesson in how to safely handle them. A table lined with frogs, lizards and snakes in captive tanks set the scene for one of his first classroom lessons this semester, a real-life learning exercise for students who will venture out to study the creatures in their natural habitat in the coming weeks.  

Dear Students, This is a reminder that all students, regardless of vaccination status, should seek medical care if they are experiencing any symptoms associated with COVID-19, including:

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville automotive professor Ron Alexander, of Fair Haven, spent part of his summer polishing his skills training Mopar dealer technicians at the Mopar Training Center in Rochester.  Alexander, associate professor of automotive technology, assisted with training of a new diagnostic lab scope, which is being implemented in dealership service departments.  

Dear Students, SUNY Morrisville has partnered with nearby Dougherty Pharmacy to hold a second on-campus vaccination clinic this Monday, Aug. 30, from 2-4 p.m. in Hamilton Hall. The clinic will administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This is the last on-campus vaccination clinic before the Sept. 1 deadline for all students to receive their first vaccine dose.

Dear Students, A reminder that SUNY Morrisville has partnered with the Madison County Department of Health to provide an on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinic today. Appointments are still available today until 5 p.m., and walk-ins also are welcome.  

As of August 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This means the SUNY requirement that all students be vaccinated is now in effect. SUNY Morrisville’s full COVID-19 Student Vaccine Policy can be found on the college website.

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — SUNY Morrisville is bringing its innovation, competition Belgian hitch and exciting hands-on approach to learning to The Great New York State Fair again this year. 

The future of agriculture, engineering and energy isn’t confined to traditional desks and lecture halls at SUNY Morrisville. Students will begin taking classes this fall in the $16 million Agricultural and Clean Energy Technology (ACET) Center, a 30,000-square foot applied learning technology building that will bolster the renewable energy, agricultural engineering, and diesel technology programs.