News from SUNY New Paltz
Sara Walenta of Millbrook Presents Honors Senior Thesis
NEW PALTZ, NY (12/29/2016)– SUNY New Paltz graduating senior Sara Walenta of Millbrook, N.Y. presented an Honors Program senior thesis at the end of the fall 2016 semester.
The Honors Program challenges exceptional students to undertake independent research projects, with close faculty mentorship, and present that work in a formal setting before an audience of peers.
Walenta, who’s major area of study is Sociology, gave a presentation titled “The C in LGBTQA+: Experiences of Criminalization for Queer Youth”.
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The mission of the SUNY New Paltz Honors Program is to provide an enhanced intellectual experience in a climate conducive to interaction among highly motivated students and faculty. This experience will seek to develop and intensify skills from a conceptual point of view in a diverse multidisciplinary analytical environment that nurtures independent thinking, creativity, respect and social responsibility.
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.
