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Phil Shatraw '79 Major: Psychology Role: Alumni Board Trustee

The phone can ring at any time, on the other end a police investigator requesting help — new evidence in his possession — ready to make the drive across the North Country in search of answers. And Dr. Nasser Malit may find himself rolling in his fingers a new bone, a fragment of skull still fresh with the elements, and begin sorting clues.

Photography by Jason Hunter The Potsdam Pitches just returned from a life-changing experience, when they performed on stage at the Beacon Theatre in New York City during the 2018 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Finals. After taking first place in the ICCA Semifinals in Buffalo, they became the first a cappella group in SUNY Potsdam’s history to advance to the finals to compete against other vocalists from around the world! 11 Questions for The Potsdam Pitches:  

To keep things interesting at her job at CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity technology company, Phyllis Ferrantello ’75 made a bet with the CEO that she could finish a sale with two large banks within the year. When she secured them both, he asked her what she wanted in return, offering a car, swimming pool and vacation.

Physical Plant Operations provides the oversight to the day to day tasks and manages the many different services the Physical Plant Provides, specifically being an intermediary between the faculty/staff and student and the central services located in the Physical Plant Complex.

Piano Pedagogy Overview The Crane School of Music, with its strong commitment to educating music teachers, is an ideal setting in which to explore the field of Piano Pedagogy.

Picture yourself surrounded by plants with the calming sound of water all around. You could be on a Caribbean Island, but when you open your eyes, you find yourself inside the WISER (Wagner Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Research) Greenhouse at SUNY Potsdam. That’s just what eight students experienced during the first ever yoga event at the greenhouse on Jan. 30, 2018 when they congregated on the heated floors to be led by Yoga Instructor Julie Rapczynski.

PII is defined as information: (i) that directly identifies an individual (e.g., name, address, social security number or other identifying number or code, telephone number, email address, etc.) or (ii) by which an agency intends to identify specific individuals in conjunction with other data elements, i.e., indirect identification. (These data elements may include a combination of gender, race, birth date, geographic indicator, and other descriptors).

The planning and assessment of administrative units is a key component of SUNY Potsdam’s ability to ensure effectiveness and realize continuous, incremental improvement in those areas. Administrative unit assessment also supports institutional effectiveness by demonstrating the degree to which the College is achieving its mission as evidenced by tracking the progress units made in achieving individual unit goals and desired outcomes and evaluating the quality of programs and services offered by each.