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MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College will welcome potential students at an open house on Sept. 26.
Students can get answers to questions about admissions, academics, financial aid, athletics, student clubs and organizations and more during the open house which coincides with the college’s annual Mustang Weekend celebration.
MORRISVILLE, NY— Morrisville State College’s annual Autumn Review Sale will be held on Sept. 19.
The sale, run by the Morrisville State Dairy Club, will start at 11 a.m. at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building on Eaton Street in Morrisville.
It will be the largest in the 33-year history of the sale, with one hundred and twenty-one lots up for consignment. The majority for sale are Holstein (calves, cows, and embryos), in addition to two Jerseys, two Brown Swiss, one Ayrshire and one Milking Shorthorn.
MORRISVILLE, NY—It wasn’t the usual summer for Margaret Collins. The Morrisville State College student took a break from her part-time job scooping ice cream and bagging sugary confections to learn about chloride mass balance in lakes.
For 10 weeks, Collins, an individual studies student, was immersed in a paid research internship that measured chloride levels in Cazenovia Lake.
MORRISVILLE, NY — Today, 16 horses and four donkeys began a new journey. It came in an army of faith, hope and love.
For a short time, they are “Lainey’s Horses,” named after Lainey’s Army, the animal organization instrumental in finding them their temporary home at Morrisville State College.
The animals, which came from a home in Stockbridge following complaints of neglect, were welcomed by dozens of MSC faculty, staff and students, who assisted with their arrival this morning.
MORRISVILLE, NY— The work of Morrisville State College Professor Timothy Gerken will be on display at the 39th Street Gallery at the Gateway Arts Center in Prince George County, Maryland, Sept. 12- Oct. 22.
The photography show, titled “Contradictions and that Line about Self-Destruction,” aims at trying to understand the way people organize or structure their lives.
Gerken, a writer and photographer, lives in Garrattsville, located in the Leatherstocking region of Central New York.
MORRISVILLE, NY—They came bearing smiles, toting overstuffed suitcases, refrigerators, and clutching their favorite belongings from home. More evident than anything was the enthusiasm students packed as they moved in to what will be their home for the next few months—Morrisville State College.
Dressed in matching shirts emblazoned with “Team Morrisville,” staff and students greeted new and returning students during Welcome Weekend Aug. 20-23.
MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State will have a vast presence again this year at the New York State Fair, which runs Aug. 27-Sept. 7.
Fairgoers can learn more about the college’s horses housed in their building located near Gate 4 by the Coca-Cola Coliseum and the Iroquois Indian Village. In addition to horses, the college’s automotive club will showcase its “rat rod,” a 1936, 1-1/2 ton truck whose cab is from a 1940 Dodge pickup. The engine, a 1980 Oldsmobile diesel, runs on biodiesel fuel made on campus.
MORRISVILLE, NY— The work of freelance photographer Gerard H. Gaskin, of Syracuse, is on display now through Sept. 20 in the Donald Butcher Library Gallery at Morrisville State College.
The photographic exhibit, “Legendary” celebrates the vitality of the New York ballroom scene. The collection draws mostly from Gaskin’s book, Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene, from Duke University, to immerse the viewer in the expressive grandeur of the balls.
MORRISVILLE, NY—Steven Sgarlata didn’t have some of the usual worries college grads face when they complete their degrees.
He didn’t have to spend months poring over online job posts, writing cover letters and cranking out resumes. The Morrisville State College graduate honed his skills through a college internship that landed him a job right out of school.
And he’s not alone.
MORRISVILLE, NY—Morrisville State College will welcome a new class of freshmen, transfer and returning students during Welcome Weekend Aug. 20-23. Classes begin Aug. 24 at both the Morrisville and Norwich campuses.
Student athletes will be among those assisting with moving new students into their residence hall rooms. First-year and transfer students will begin arriving on Aug. 20 (between 8 a.m.-2 p.m.) followed by returning and readmitted students on Aug. 23 (starting at 9 a.m.).