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College research center renamed in honor of founding director Dr. Gerald Benjamin “IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY HONOR TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY AT THE COLLEGE THAT I LOVE, AND HAVE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE TO SERVE FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.”- DR. GERALD BENJAMIN.
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UNY New Paltz celebrated the renaming of The Center for Research, Regional Engagement and Outreach (CRREO) to The Benjamin Center for Public Policy Initiatives at SUNY New Paltz, in honor of the Center’s Founding Director Dr. Gerald Benjamin, associate vice president for regional engagement at the College and a SUNY Distinguished Professor. Assemblymember Kevin Cahill (D-Kingston) ’77 (Political Science), a long-time supporter of CRREO, proclaimed his gratitude to Benjamin and for the work done by the Center.
He announced a $250,000 state grant to support the Center’s efforts. Originally founded in 2007 by Benjamin and then-President Steven Poskanzer, The Benjamin Center conducts and publishes impactful applied research to foster discussion of important issues and create well-informed paths to improve government and governance throughout the region.
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SEE MORE AT HTTP://WWW.NEWPALTZ.EDU/ BENJAMINCENTER
College announces new Alumni Director
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hana Circe ’02 ’08g has been appointed the College’s director of alumni relations. She began Feb. 22, after a competitive national search. Circe has served SUNY New Paltz in the Office of Undergraduate Admission for 12 years as director of on-campus recruitment and director of the Welcome Center. In 2013, she was invited to serve on the Alumni Task Force, focused on creating a strategic plan for the Office of Alumni Relations, ultimately resulting in the creation of the official SUNY New Paltz Alumni Association and the Alumni Council. She was then appointed to serve as a member of
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the Council from its inception to present, working on issues important to the diverse body of more than 64,000 New Paltz alumni. Circe received both her Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education and her Master of Science in Education in Visual Arts Education from New Paltz. She and her husband, Michael Circe ’05 ’09g (Education), met at SUNY New Paltz and now live with their two children in Kingston, N.Y.
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CHECK OUT THE NEW ALUMNI RELATIONS WEB PAGE AT WWW.NEWPALTZ.EDU/ALUMNI