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Suggestions now being accepted for 2013 Commencement speaker
The University invites all students, faculty, staff, alumni and others to offer suggestions for the 2013 Commencement speaker. Suggestions can be made online at http://suspeaker.syr.edu. The suggestion site will remain open until mid-March. The Syracuse University Commencement speaker is chosen…
SU students host first annual student leadership conference in Feb. 2012
Syracuse University students who participate in the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) are planning and hosting the first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. It will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference…
Presenters sought for 2012 campus sustainability conference being hosted by SU
Call for presentations open through Jan. 20 Syracuse University’s Sustainability Division invites students, faculty and staff to share their experiences on “Climate, Community and Culture”—the theme of this spring’s eighth annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) Conference being hosted by SU….
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to keynote Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Syracuse University will hold its 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in the Carrier Dome. This year’s theme is “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” Dave Bing ’66, H’06, mayor of Detroit,…
SU’s Keefe, Toenniessen named 2011 ’40 Under Forty’ honorees
Syracuse University’s Stacey Keefe and Raymond Toenniessen were recognized with “40 Under Forty” awards at a Nov. 30 event at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center in Syracuse. The awards acknowledge the region’s top professionals under the age of 40…
Creative writing by Somali Bantu refugee students to appear on Connective Corridor buses
Creative writing by Somali Bantu refugee students will be revealed on one of the Connective Corridor buses Monday, Dec. 5, as part of the Corridor’s new In Motion program. The Somali Bantu teenagers responsible for the prose will be surprised…
Setnor School announces winner of Gregg Smith National Choral Composition Contest
Work to premiere at SU in April Michael Rickelton, a Ph.D. candidate at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, has won the second Gregg Smith National Choral Competition Contest in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor…
SU’s Department of Drama, Casting Society of America form premier training program
Apprenticeship for select group of college students to begin spring 2012 The Tepper Semester program in the Department of Drama at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the Casting Society of America (CSA) announce a new…
Carrie Grogan Abbott appointed director of Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs
The Division of Student Affairs has announced the appointment of Carrie Grogan Abbott as the director of the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP). Abbott joined the office on Nov. 16. “Given Carrie’s strong collaboration skills, rich experiences in…
‘300 Miles to Freedom’ to be screened at Harlem’s historic First Corinthian Baptist Church on Dec. 15
The New York City debut of “300 Miles to Freedom,” a documentary film celebrating the life of fugitive slave John W. Jones, will take place at the historic First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem (1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)…