- Steve Vinson awarded an NEH fellowship for academic year 2008-2009
- Susan Lewis named LA&S Teacher of the Year, 2007
- John Palencsar named LA&S Part-time Teacher of the Year, 2008
- Katherine French awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship
- 49 New Paltz students inducted into history honor society Phi Alpha Theta on May 1, 2008
- Hamilton Stapell hired for the fall as Assistant Professor of post-1945 European History
