SUNY College at Potsdam News

The academic leaders for the class of 2013 at Madrid-Waddington Central School are Kathleen Elizabeth Tiernan and Austin David Scott, co-valedictorians, and Jennifer Elaine Ryan, salutatorian.

A pile of 14 aging wooden crates discovered in a Norwood carriage house/barn was donated to the geology department at the beginning of the semester.

SUNY Potsdam will recognize Sandra Maine '78 with the 2013 Leadership Through Service Award, one of the College's highest honors, during Commencement weekend.

SUNY Potsdam has named Deborah Diefendorf Hind '75 as the recipient of its 2013 Roger B. Linden Distinguished Service Award, the highest award bestowed by the college.

The academic leaders for the class of 2013 at Colton-Pierrepont Central School are Nicholas Avery, valedictorian, and Isaiah Johnson, salutatorian.

The Laurentian Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club is hosting ADK's Spring Outing 2013 in Potsdam.

A transfer articulation agreement between Potsdam and North Country Community College has been finalized in an effort to give a step-by-step process for students entering into college.

Team members raised funds at a concession stand set up for local section 10 high school basketball games held earlier this spring on the SUNY Potsdam campus.

Patrol spoke with the supervisor who will redirect traffic. 1644 Motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Pine and Lower Pine Streets.

SUNY Potsdam recently finalized a transfer articulation agreement with North Country Community College, making it easier for Northern New York students to complete degrees and take advantage of the best both campuses have to offer.

SUNY Potsdam's Greek Life Task Force is expected to make recommendations to the college President's Council this summer in an effort to curb repeated incidents of hazing and alcohol abuse.

Dr. Edward S. Marschilok '74, retired supervisor of the New York State Department of Education's Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology Team, will speak at the May 18 ceremony at his alma mater.

The festival ran from April 24 to Sunday, with students, faculty and guest artists of all disciplines performing and displaying their work in a bevy of events.

Giving a taste of what's to come, the visiting American Boychoir put on a performance for students and community members Friday afternoon in SUNY Potsdam's Hosmer Hall.

Mr. Robert Anthony Smith, 79, of Wheeler Street, Canajoharie, New York, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, following a battle with cancer.

SLC Arts Council is excited to announce the first annual Community Gallery Project Art Walk on May 10 in the villages of Canton and Potsdam.

Kelly Ballou, a soprano from Shepherdsville, Ky., is among only nine rising musicians chosen from a national search to take part in the 2013 Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar.

In May, she and her 13-year-old daughter, Emma L. Crowell, will make their second trip to Rwanda, Africa, where they'll get a chance to fulfill both those missions.

The new Higley Trails Lodge will be open for preview as part of the statewide I Love My Park Day organized by Parks & Trails New York and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.

SUNY Potsdam faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends celebrated the launch of the college's third comprehensive campaign with a campus party Friday.