Category: Education

Environmental Club Receives Certificate of Appreciation

  Environmental Club Receives Certificate of Appreciation On Friday, October 12, 2018, Mike Herzog, Wappinger Creek Watershed Intermunicipal Council Chair and Sean Carroll, Cornell Cooperative Community Environmental Educator & Local IT, presented the Millbrook High School Environmental Club with a…

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Cary Institute lecture –  Breakpoint: Reckoning with America’s Environmental Crises

Cary Institute lecture –  Breakpoint: Reckoning with America’s Environmental Crises Millbrook, NY – On Friday, October 26 at 7pm, join Cary Institute for a presentation by Jeremy Jackson, Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Senior Scientist Emeritus…

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Twenty-two Earn Coveted DCC Foundation Scholarship

 Twenty-two Earn Coveted DCC Foundation Scholarship Award Covers Tuition for Top High School Graduates     October 9, 2018 – Twenty-two Dutchess Community College freshmen were formally awarded the 2018 Charles E. and Mabel E. Conklin Scholarship for Academic Excellence…

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County Clerk Kendall to host Passport Day One-stop shop to apply for a U.S. Passport and have passport photos taken

  County Clerk Kendall to host Passport Day One-stop shop to apply for a U.S. Passport and have passport photos taken    Poughkeepsie, New York:     Dutchess County Clerk Brad Kendall announces Passport Day, which will be held on Saturday,…

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Award-Winning Author, Historian to Lecture at DCC

  Award-Winning Author, Historian to Lecture at DCC   October 9, 2018 – Author and historian Russell Shorto will discuss “The Dutch in Us: The Remarkable Influence of the Netherlands on New York and Beyond” at Dutchess Community College Oct….

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Wassaic Student Celinda Rivera Accepted to Two-Year High School

News from Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock   Wassaic Student Celinda Rivera Accepted to Two-Year High School GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (10/05/2018)– It’s not every day that students attend a two-year high school, but for this Wassaic, NY student, that’s exactly…

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Educational Programs Abound at the Pawling Library

Educational Programs Abound at the Pawling Library By Donald Partelow Photo courtesy of Donald Partelow The Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response hosted a Stop the Bleed seminar at the Pawling Library on September 18.  This program was designed to educate individuals…

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Barijana Caldas from Amenia has been named a 2018-2019 junior associate in the CoBE Institute at CCU

News from Coastal Carolina University   Barijana Caldas from Amenia has been named a 2018-2019 junior associate in the CoBE Institute at CCU CCU’s 2018-2019 cohort of CoBE Institute Associates are undergraduate business students who will participate in business consulting…

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DCC to Host College Fair Oct. 9

  DCC to Host College Fair Oct. 9   September 27, 2018 – One of the region’s largest annual college fairs, featuring over 120 public, private, two-year and four-year colleges, will be held Oct. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m….

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Reynolds Nabs SUNYAC Athlete of the Week

News from Oswego Lakers Reynolds Nabs SUNYAC Athlete of the Week OSWEGO, NY (09/26/2018)– CORTLAND, N.Y. — Oswego State’s Katie Reynolds of Pawling has been honored by the school’s conference affliate. The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)…

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Meredith Dignan of Millbrook is a member of the 2018 SUNY New Paltz Women’s Volleyball team

  News from SUNY New Paltz Meredith Dignan of Millbrook is a member of the 2018 SUNY New Paltz Women’s Volleyball team   NEW PALTZ, NY (09/24/2018)– Meredith Dignan of Millbrook, New York is a member of the SUNY New…

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Sandy Spicer of Holmes participates in Fall 2018 Study Abroad

News from Siena College Sandy Spicer of Holmes participates in Fall 2018 Study Abroad LOUDONVILLE, NY (09/20/2018)– Sandy Spicer, of Holmes, is participating in the Siena College Study Abroad program for the Fall 2018 semester. Sandy will be studying in Austria….

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Berkshire Taconic Announces Final Round of 2018 Grant Deadlines for Northeast Dutchess County

Berkshire Taconic Announces Final Round of 2018 Grant Deadlines for Northeast Dutchess County   Sheffield, Mass. — Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation today announced the final round of deadlines for competitive grants in 2018. Regional nonprofits, schools and individuals are invited…

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