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Julio Torres Santana ’07 didn’t speak English when he arrived in New York City as a teenager. No one in his family had ever graduated from college, and his childhood in the Dominican Republic was marked with poverty and hardship. But his drive to succeed and passion for architecture pushed him to complete an associate degree at ������Ƶ and become the school’s first architectural studies student to be accepted into the bachelor’s degree program at Cornell University.

A supportive professor who infallibly made himself available to his students, even long after they graduated; A hard-working dean always at the center of the action — that is how colleagues and students are remembering faculty emeritus Joseph Nassimos.

Only a lucky few know exactly what they want to be when they “grow up,” but most figure it out mid-way through college. When Jimmy Sardelli enrolled in ������Ƶ’s equine science program, he was still trying to find his path in life.

Sheneya Wilson ’13 commanded the room. Wilson, a Ph.D. student, Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar, author and business owner, visited campus to deliver the keynote lecture for Entrepreneurs’ Day, held February 27. 

At 97 years old, Richard “Dick” McGuire ’42 acts as a living historian. He’s physically spry enough to trudge around in a half foot of snow serving as a tour guide for his 12 museums on his lifelong home of Penope Farms in the rural town of Jackson, N.Y. And he is mentally sharp enough to recollect specific use of 19th and 20th century farm equipment that was critical to the time for food production in America.

When Alexandra “Ali” Bland ’09 was pregnant with her first child in 2015, she asked her husband if he could build a radiator cover that could double as a changing table in their nursery. Before long, Thomas Bland ’09 had created a rustic piece with a drawer, small cupboard and an eye-catching herringbone-patterned top made from pallets.

For Angela Marriott ’17, it was a career-defining moment. In the summer of 2015, she observed the daily work of police officers during a ride-along in her hometown of Peekskill, New York. Seeing firsthand how a female officer deftly handled the challenges of the job cemented her desire to pursue a career in law enforcement. “The way she was connected and interacted with people and carried herself as a woman in law enforcement is who I aspired to be,” Marriott said.

To the SUNY Community, Throughout the unprecedented novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, SUNY has responded as a system. Students, faculty and staff at each of our 64 individual campuses continue to contribute what they can and when they can, leveraging their own distinctive expertise.

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — Before she goes in for her night shift as a nurse, Kirsten Krause does a video chat with her four-year-old son, Nicholas. He runs around the house with the phone showing her his kittens and the puzzles he is working on at home. She tells him she loves him and will be home as soon as she is done helping people, fighting back tears as he blows her a kiss goodbye. The daily calls keep her going.

NORWICH, N.Y. — The ������Ƶ Norwich Campus, Roots & Wings, and Cornell Cooperative Extension are partnering to help those in need in their local community. They’re accepting donations for a free local dairy and agricultural drive-thru planned on Thursdays; May 7, May 21 and June 4 at the Chenango County Fairgrounds. It will be held from 2 p.m. until supplies run out. Patrons are asked not to line up earlier than start time for this event. 

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MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — An overwhelming response has expanded the second ������Ƶ and community dairy drive-thru, which will be held Friday, April 17, past the college’s Dairy Complex on Eaton Street (where it was held last week). The free dairy drive is 4-6 p.m. or until products are gone.

NORWICH, N.Y. — As concern over the shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) for emergency personnel and health care workers continues nationally during the COVID-19 pandemic, ������Ƶ’s Norwich Campus is doing all it can to help locally.  They’re providing emergency agencies in the Chenango County with use of an on-campus ultraviolet (UV) sterilization cabinet that allows for protective equipment to be used more than once.

Campus Access Limited until April 29

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — ������Ƶ is holding a drive-through dairy drive, on Friday, April 10, to help those in need in the Morrisville and surrounding community. Families in need can pick up dairy items, including milk, cheese and yogurt, from 4-6 p.m., or until items are gone, at the ������Ƶ Dairy Complex on Eaton Street. Proper social distancing, safety and public health hygiene practices will be adhered to throughout the event.

Just a quick roundup of a few items for you today. Thank you for all your efforts and resilience as we adapt to social distancing to keep everyone safer, while still moving forward with the semester.

We hope everyone is adjusting to distance learning, and we recognize there are sure to be bumps along the way. This email has a list of resources and answers to a lot of questions we know you have, including:

Welcome back after our extended spring break, though the circumstances are certainly much different than any of us might have anticipated at the beginning of the semester. As students, faculty and staff adjust to distance learning, there are a few announcements we want to share with all employees.

We are aware of concern among our neighbors in Morrisville about students returning to campus in the midst of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. More than 90 percent of our students have returned home and will not be coming back to campus. The few students who are here currently remained through spring break, which began two weeks ago.

Thank you for your help in making plans for residence halls for the remainder of the spring semester. It is helping us to reduce density of people and suppress the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus.

Dear students, We want you to know that we are working quickly to resolve the financial impact this transition to remote learning will have on a student’s unused campus housing, meals and fees for the remainder of the spring semester while taking into account student’s financial aid awards.

Dear Students,

Dear faculty and staff, Thank you for all you are doing to adapt to remote work and instruction in such a swift manner during this challenging time. We know that our students are benefitting from this herculean effort to make sure their education can continue and stay on track, even as the world changes so dramatically.

Dear Students, Thank you for your responsible efforts to reduce the density of students remaining on campus. We appreciate those who have already moved out or retrieved essential belongings for the remainder of the semester. This reduces the risk of exposure and spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus, as well as the strain on our limited employees still on campus.

Dear students,