College Phasing Out Nursing Program
|It was announced on April 14 that due to budget cuts within SUNY New Paltz, the school would be phasing out the nursing program. The program will be cut due to financial reasons, according to President Steven Poskanzer, who called the program “expensive.”
Senate Discusses Mandatory Council
|December Commencement Ceremony Discontinued
| SUNY New Paltz will be forgoing the annual December commencement ceremony in an effort to save money as part of the budget reduction plan.
According to Director of Media Relations Eric Gullickson, approximately 500 students participate in December commencement each year and about 150 of those are graduate students. The savings is part of a bigger plan.
“The savings should be about $100,000 a year,” said Gullickson. “This is only one part of a $1.5 million in cost-savings within the budget reduction plan. There are many other areas on campus that are included as well.”