Campus News

The SUNY Cortland Commencement ceremony for students earning master’s degrees and certificates of advanced study is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, May 15, in Park Center Alumni Arena.

SUNY Cortland will conduct two undergraduate Commencement ceremonies - one at 9:30 a.m. and the other at 2:30 p.m. - on Saturday, May 16, in the Bessie L. Park Class of 1901 Physical Education and Recreation Center Alumni Arena. An estimated 1,429 seniors will receive baccalaureate degrees during Commencement exercises, which will be presided over by SUNY Cortland President Erik J. Bitterbaum. Army Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody '75, the first female four-star general in U.S. history, will address the graduates during the morning ceremony. Bert R. Mandelbaum '75, M.D., a well-known orthopedic surgeon and U.S. Soccer Men's National Team Physician since 1991, will address the graduates during the afternoon ceremony. The State University of New York will bestow upon both Dunwoody and Mandelbaum the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters during Commencement.

"Student Select 09," a SUNY Cortland exhibition of student art, opens on Friday, May 1, in the Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland. The exhibition opening takes place between 4-6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The show runs through Saturday, May 16. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment. Group tours are also available. The gallery is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

As the SUNY Cortland campus community strives to reduce its impact on the environment, the campus Facilities Planning, Design and Construction staff are in the process of completely updating the College's heating systems in order to save energy. At SUNY Cortland, heating accounts for 33 percent of its overall energy use when compared to the other areas that the College calculated: electricity, transportation, food and office paper

Ethan Zohn, the winner in the CBS television series “Survivor: Africa” and the co-founder of Grassroot Soccer, will deliver the keynote address at the eighth annual Cortland Sport Management Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 30, at SUNY Cortland.

SUNY Cortland Associate Professor of History Girish Bhat will offer his thoughts about whether democracy has stood the test of time in the modern political climate at a community roundtable on Thursday, May 7, at the College.

The SUNY Cortland Gospel Choir, under the direction of Robert Brown, will present contemporary and traditional gospel selections and spirituals during its 24th annual Spring Concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, in Old Main Brown Auditorium.

SUNY Cortland head football coach Daniel MacNeill and the Dragons football team will host a bone marrow registry on Saturday, May 2, at the Alumni Ice Arena in hopes of finding potential donors.

Jon Rubin, an associate professor of film and new media at SUNY Purchase, will discuss his recent experiences with a university that was driven out of Belarus for political reasons, on Thursday, April 30, at SUNY Cortland.

SUNY Cortland's Institute for Civic Engagement (ICE) will recognize the accomplishments of 28 students, faculty and staff members and local community members during its fifth annual Leadership in Civic Engagement Awards Reception on Thursday, April 30.