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Betsy Wiener of Stormville took part in the 2016 SUNY New Paltz First World Graduation ceremony
NEW PALTZ, NY (05/09/2016)– SUNY New Paltz student Betsy Wiener of Stormville, NY took part in the 2016 SUNY New Paltz First World Graduation ceremony.
First World Graduation began with the graduating class of 1974, which was formerly known as EOP Graduation. In the spring of 1975, the EOP Graduation was held in a room called Shango Hall Lounge, which is now the Music Department Recital Hall.
Soon after, the EOP Graduation began to include general admission students. As a result, in the late 1970’s the name was changed to Third World Graduation, to be more inclusive.
In 1981, Shamas, also known as Herbert Green (along with his classmates), changed the name to First World Graduation to reflect accurately the reality of world history and demographics.
Since that time, the graduations have been organized with assistance from EOP, and assistance from the Department of Black Studies The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Minority Recruitment Program (MRP) and Department of Black Studies were formed and evolved during the administrations of Dr. John Jacobson (Acting President); Dr. John Neumaier (President); William H. Sample (Director of Financial Aid and Dean of Student; Joaquin Jimenez (Director of Financial Aid).
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, ninety minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Fine & Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
