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When Shadow LaValley ’14 was competing in the 2023 Amateur Players Golf Tour, he proudly sported a SUNY Morrisville baseball cap. Working on his golf swing is still a work in progress, he said, but he finds it a good distraction from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles city life.
The LA actor and filmmaker became a fan of the sport during his Hollywood downtime during union strikes. After completing his performance in Ben Stiller’s “Escape at…
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Working on cars wasn’t totally new, but learning how to remove their hood and trunk was for some.
Auto body technology freshmen Juliana Kucera, of Elma, and Simarah Samson Davall, of Augusta, tackled it with ease during Alex Graf’s Auto Body Fundamentals lab.
Removing the hood and trunk were just two of the items on a checklist that Graf, automotive instructional support associate, devised to give students myriad and new experiences. Many…
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Adam Olinski is planting big ideas and harvesting abundant success.
The SUNY Morrisville assistant professor of horticulture recently received the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association President’s Award, a top honor in his field. It recognizes three educators for outstanding work in advancing the Empire State’s green industry.
“I was really surprised,” he said in a recent interview, “and very honored.”
That career…
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SUNY Morrisville Professor Christopher Scalzo has been sharing his business knowledge globally for more than two decades.
Next year, it will take him to India through a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program Award he received from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Scalzo will complete a project at GHRaisoni Institute of Engineering & Business Management, in India, where he will train and establish…
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On any given day, SUNY Morrisville professor Brendan Kelly and his environmental students can be seen trekking to the college’s forests or in other areas of the community to conduct field work.
Donned in hard hats, sturdy boots and neon attire, they brave most any elements for the hands-on experience his labs are known for. Esteemed by his students for his approach to teaching, his efforts go far beyond the classroom and labs.
It’s among the…
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If selflessness and giving turn coaches into champions, Jonathon Stockton is in a league of his own.
The 37-year-old SUNY Morrisville student and youth coach found his calling — a cause larger than life — helping others.
“I live to enrich the lives of others because that nourishes my life,” Stockton said with a radiant smile.
It’s an impassioned career emboldened in his own experiences he openly shares about…
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Call it a labor of love.
When Kate Bolen traded in her career as an insurance company fraud and abuse investigator for a hands-on education digging in dirt, planting vegetables and caring for grow pods filled with seeds, she unearthed a fulfilling new career.
The SUNY Morrisville horticulture business management bachelor’s degree student is putting her green thumb to work this summer as an intern at SUNY Morrisville, running its Four Seasons…
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In all of his time as an automotive professor in SUNY Morrisville’s automotive technology Ford ASSET program, professor Dan Akers saw his largest freshmen class this year.
Known for intensive labs, top-notch facilities and capstone internships, it’s one of the reasons why the two-year program is a popular choice for automotive students who want to lock in a career even before they graduate.
The popularity was recognized by Ford Motor…
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SUNY Morrisville welcomes Bin Zhu as the next Dean of the School of Agriculture, Business & Technology (ABT), effective July 1, 2025.
“Please join me in extending a warm Mustang welcome to Dr. Zhu as he joins SUNY Morrisville,” said SUNY Morrisville Provost Suzan Harkness. “We are excited for the depth of experience, expertise, leadership and scholarship he brings, and look forward to the impactful work he will make in supporting our mission…
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Each spring, the SUNY Morrisville greenhouse comes to life, overflowing with vibrant blooms in all shades imaginable.
Students move with purpose — trimming, watering, transplanting and caring for flowers and plants in preparation for the college’s annual spring plant sale, a tradition that has become a favorite for the campus and local community.
This year’s sale will be held at the Spader Horticulture Complex, May 8-9, from noon-5 p.m.; May 10…
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