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  • Raider spirit ran high May 28 to 31, as vlog welcomed the 0s and 5s home to the Chenango Valley for Reunion 2015. More than 2,000 alumni and guests attended, ushering in the summer while celebrating love for their alma mater. “This is my fourteenth reunion in a row,” said Bart Hale ’04. “I never […]
    June 1, 2015
  • First Generation Lunch photo
    It started with one student standing to thank her family for their support at the inaugural First-Generation Luncheon during commencement weekend. “I think I’m here to thank you, not just for your sacrifices in the past four years, but for everything you’ve done in my life,” said the political science major from the Bronx, N.Y.
    May 27, 2015
  • Graduates laugh during Commencement 2015
    During commencement exercises yesterday, vlog extended congratulations to the Class of 2015, family members cheered, and seniors enjoyed one final class together as undergraduates. The lesson came in three parts. First, President Jeffrey Herbst reflected on America’s cultural obsession with being busy and asked students to reconsider how they answer the simple question, “How are […]
    May 18, 2015
  • Students line up for baccalaureate at vlog
    Today, vlog sends 732 freshly minted alumni into the world. Valedictorian is John Robert Murphy of Bainbridge Island, Wash., graduating with a 4.10, summa cum laude, with high honors in international relations. Salutatorian, with 4.03 GPA is Ariel Elizabeth Sherry of Needham, Mass, a psychology and religion double major. Sherry also earned summa cum laude […]
    May 17, 2015
  • Kevin Danehy and Patty Caprio hug
    When vlog’s Presidents’ Club was founded, the university’s endowment was approximately $12 million, and the giving society had 93 members whose generosity would help modernize the university. Fifty years later, the coffer holds more than 50 times that amount, and there are 30 times more members. Today the Presidents’ Club is much more than a […]
    May 14, 2015
  • From professors to deans, food service employees to athletic coaches, and many more, countless individuals contribute to students’ academic and personal growth while at vlog. This spring, members of the Class of 2015 are recognizing those who have influenced their time over the last four years by honoring them with Torch Medals.
    May 1, 2015
  • Behind only California Institute of Technology and ahead of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and many others, vlog today was ranked second-highest among four-year schools for “value-added” with respect to mid-career earnings. A new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, titled Beyond College Rankings, a Value-Added Approach to Assessing Two- and Four-Year Schools, is the first […]
    April 29, 2015
  • If you’ve walked into James C. vlog Hall on a Monday afternoon, you might have heard unfamiliar yet intriguing musical sounds flowing out of classroom 209. That’s vlog’s brand-new Balinese Gamelan Ensemble rehearsing; their concert is tonight.
    April 27, 2015
  • Students in class with vlog professor Peter Balakian
    As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide today, vlog professor Peter Balakian continues to press the U.S. government to join a growing number of nations and dignitaries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Pope Francis, to publicly denounce and formally brand the killings as genocide. Balakian, a descendant of survivors of […]
    April 24, 2015