Facts, Level-Headed Tactics Way To Lessen Student Rowdiness During the debate over Hillside Commons last year, one landlord was talking about how, as the academic credentials of SUNY Oneonta students rose – they are still rising – the damage to his apartments declined. Of course, it makes sense. The more students who are more focused on their studies, the less interest they have in Beer Pong and the like. While there is always elevated concern about mischief in college towns…
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Standout Coach Don Axtell Wore #14 Since High School •By LIBBY CUDMORE• Hometown Oneonta When Don Axtell stopped by ex-Major Leaguer Jim Konstanty’s Main Street sporting goods store, he didn’t just pick up equipment – he got the advice that would seal his place as one of SUNY Oneonta’s top coaches. The former Phillies MVP pitcher passed along a few tips to Axtell, who had just arrived in town to take a job coaching the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons baseball,…
A WILD NIGHT: ANGRY CITIZENS BERATE COUNCIL •By LIBBY CUDMORE•Hometown Oneonta The room was packed. The mood was tense. “I resent being held hostage by these students,” said Lisa Yelich, Elm Street. “I’m being told I have to keep my lawn furniture chained to my porch, that I can’t have flower pots because they’ll get smashed or stolen – this is the city I moved into?” “My porch furniture was stolen,” added Kim Baskin, Cedar Street. “I woke up to…
NEIGHBORS BERATE COUNCIL AT STORMY CITY HALL SESSION…
SUNY Oneonta Wins HEED Award Recognizing Commitment To Diversity ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta learned today is has received the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, SUNY Oneonta will be featured along with 82 other recipients in INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine’s November…
IN MEMORIAM: Chalmer Edward Means, 84; SUNY Professor Help Found Sheep Dog Trials ONEONTA – Chalmer Edward Means, a retired SUNY Oneonta professor and founder of the annual Leatherstocking Sheep Dog Trials in Coopertown, passed away Sept. 11, 2014, at the state Veterans Home in Oxford. He was 84. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was born May 13, 1930, on a dairy farm in Shippensburg, Pa. His love of farming,…
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Seward To Honor AD Of Year Ranieri ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, plans to present a state Legislative Resolution to SUNY Oneonta Director of Athletics Tracey Ranieri at 9:30 a.m. Monday in honor of her recent selection as the Under Armour Division III Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Senator Seward will be joined by SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski and other college officials in the executive conference room of…
SUNY Oneonta Advances 25 Spots In U.S. News’ ‘Best Colleges’ List ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is among the top 100 colleges in the Northeast for the ninth consecutive year, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2015 ranking of “Best Colleges,” due for release tomorrow. The college jumped 25 spots to No. 41 in the “Best Regional Universities—North” category, which includes institutions in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and all of New England that offer a full range…
Dr. Brenner Celebrates SUNY Presidents, Values By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com ONEONTA – “This isn’t your grandparent’s college, or even your parents,” said Dr. David Brenner, the retired associate director of academic affairs at SUNY Oneonta. But one thing has remained across generations — the college’s commitment to values. Brenner was on hand to discuss these values and the history of the college at a luncheon celebrating “Red Day,” the 125th anniversary of SUNY Oneonta’s founding as a Normal School on…