WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL 2009

(L-R) Laura Martel, Roshanna Wallerson, Matt Pachefsky, Morgan Smith, Gregory Bray, Dan Barry, Emily Myett, and Mellisa Misner.  Photo by Joseph Vlachos 

Communication and Media students created media for the Woodstock film Festival Web page, and for their YouYube channel.

Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke at the 2009 Woodstock Film Festvial.  Photo by Joseph Vlachos.

In five days, the students created over 30 videos, which include interviews with Academy Award winning director Jonathan Demme, actor Ben Foster, actor Steve Buscemi, filmmaker Barbara Hammer, filmmaker Richard Linklater, among many others. They also shot footage of panel discussions with Woody Harrelson, Lucy Liu, and Uma Thurman. Students who worked on this production include 3 alumni, Matt Pachefsky ('09), Dan Butler (’08) and Mellisa Misner (’09), and a number of current majors: Dan Barry (’10), Cat Tosiello (’10), Colleen Kelly (’10), Tina Warrant (’10), Marc Schreibman (’11), Mark Wash (’11), Morgan Smith (’11), Spencer hood (‘11), Randy Moses (’11)’, Deanna DiBenedetto (’11), Chelsea feil (’11), Katherine Vidal (’11), Laura Martel ('10) Matthew Wright (’11), Chanel Arias (’10), Stefan Beaumont (’10), Julie-Ann Florio (’10), Lisa Montanaro (’10), and Tevita Toutaiolepo.  The project was supervised by Gregory Bray and Joseph Vlachos from the Communication and Media Department.

Cat Tosiello at the 2009 Woodstock Film Festival

 

HENRY HUDSON 400

(photo by Adam Schwartz)

Students engage in international media project with InHolland

Communication and Media Students Dan Barry ('10), Mellisa Misner ('10), Emily Myett ('10), Jarred Thomas ('10), Catherine Tosiello ('10), Adam Schwartz ('10), Tina Warren ('10), and graduate/ Graduate Student in English Daniel Butler, co-produced four live/interactive web television programs with students from The University of Noord Holland.  These programs were part of the Henry-Hudson 400 celebration.  Along with the web programs, two original documentaries were co-produced by the students.  The longer form documentary, 'This Land May Be Profitable To Those Willing to Explore It," premiered at a rooftop celebration in New York City in September 2009. The celebration included a fashion show, speeches by delegates from InHolland and The Netherlands, as well as remarks from College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean James Schiffer, and an award for students' essays.

(L-R, Joseph Vlachos, Daniel Barry, Gregory Bray, Emily Myett, Catherine Tosiello, Tina Warren, Daniel Buter, and Adam Schwartz)

(Photo by Adam Schwartz)

Chancellor's Award For Student Excellence

(Photo by Adam Schwartz)

Bexis Matos serves as the Vice-President of Public
Relations of the local Toastmasters chapter at New Paltz.
She has enriched the community by being a senator, a
Spanish tutor, and has brought happiness to others through
her energetic radio show. Most importantly, she is always
looking for new opportunities to help further the
community. She has a deep passion for Public Relations.
She is currently working as the Public Relations
Assistant to a Senior Account Supervisor at MRB-Public
Relations. A member of three national honor societies,
Bexis has been on the Dean's List since her enrollment at
SUNY New Paltz. She is also an honorable recipient of the
Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence and Who's Who
Among American Students in Colleges and Universities. She
has also been awarded the Percy Sutton Award for earning
the highest G.P.A. among the EOP graduates. Upon
graduation, she will be joining the Teach for America team
as a secondary social studies teacher in Pennsylvania.
Bexis plans to pursue a doctoral degree in the 
future.