College welcomes new and old students

MORRISVILLE, N.Y. » More than 1,200 incoming freshmen and transfer students were welcomed on-campus as Morrisville State College celebrates Welcome Weekend. Classes begin Monday at both the Morrisville and Norwich campuses.

ONCAMPUS SUNY is welcoming 39 students for the fall semester, hailing from China, Egypt, India, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and South Korea.

Welcome Weekend is an opportunity for students to become familiar or reacquaint themselves with the Morrisville campus and all it has to offer. Activities include checkin for new students, informational sessions, classroom tours, laptop orientations, AT&T cellular phone distribution, a picnic, bubbleball and an ice cream social.

Student athletes were among those assisting with moving new students into their residence halls. First-year and transfer students arrived on Thursday, Aug. 24, followed by returning and readmitted students today.

All new students—first-year, transfer, readmitted students, campus resident and commuters—were greeted by the entire faculty and administration, including MSC President David Rogers and school deans, during an Academic Welcome Ceremony held on Friday in Hamilton Hall. This short ceremony officially kicked off the school year.

Norwich campus

The Morrisville State College Norwich campus welcomes approximately 100 new students for the fall 2017 semester which includes firsttime, transfer and re-admits. In addition, the EDge program

gram continues its second year with 32 high school stu- dents from school districts in Chenango County attending classes on the Norwich Campus. The EDge program allows Chenango County High School students to take courses at the Norwich cam- pus during their school day.

The nursing A.A.S. program will begin offering the second year at the Norwich campus for the first time this semester alongwith teaching the required Microbiology course. The Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), serving 35 students in STEM-related majors, continues for the second semester with additional advising staff.

PHOTOS BY FRANCI VALENZANO From left: Corene Hendrickson, a criminal justice major from Wappinger Falls; Dayma Lino, an individual studies student from the Bronx; and Faridat Balogun, a business student from Brooklyn were among the mentors who assisted new students during...

From left: Animal science - dairy majors Haley Cough, from Homer and Malorie Jordan, from Franklin, pose during an Academic Welcome Ceremony held during Morrisville State College’s Welcome Weekend.

PHOTO BY FRANCI VALENZANO Faculty and staff from the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources welcome new students with applause.