Community Service
All Honors Students must complete at least 40 hours of community service before graduating (though we hope you would do more!). This service can be done on campus, at home over the summer, or even in the Honors Center.
Uncovering material history
When SUNY New Paltz Associate Dean and English Professor Cyrus Mulready launched his Honors Program seminar, The Materials of History, Thought, and Art, in 2013, he wasn’t just asking student scholars to study the past, he was asking them to immerse themselves in it.
Bridging the space between: What it’s like to work as an artist at NASA
Art and science may seem to some like entirely distinct disciplines—one grounded in emotion and imagination, the other in logic and evidence. But at their core, both are driven by a shared pursuit: the desire to understand and express the truths of our world and beyond.
From capstone to byline: Senior thesis by Olivia Sippel ’24 opens doors to real-world reporting
After enrolling in SUNY New Paltz as a transfer student from Brooklyn, New York, Olivia Sippel ’24 (Journalism) built an extensive portfolio in campus media, from podcasting to print news.
All Honors Students must complete at least 40 hours of community service before graduating (though we hope you would do more!). This service can be done on campus, at home over the summer, or even in the Honors Center.
