Happy New Year everyone! For all you new Purchase students out there, it’s time to get into gear for the start of your first semester at Purchase. Winter Orientation is coming up on January 19th and you need to be all squared away with your Next Steps for things to go smoothly. Here’s a breakdown of what you need to do, if you haven’t done it already:

Visit www.purchase.edu/nextsteps to do the following:

• Pay your Enrollement Deposit – In order to secure your place at Purchase, you must pay your enrollment deposit. It’s fast and easy to do online.
• Activate your Purchase College e-mail account -  If you have not yet activated your email account, you will need your Application ID number which was on your admission letter.  From this point forward, Admissions and other campus offices will begin using your Purchase e-mail (not your personal e-mail) to communicate with you, so activate it and check it often!
• Meningitis Waiver Form – Review information on meningitis and submit your meningitis waiver.
• Health Report & Physician’s Certificate – Review important information on your Health Report & Physician’s Certificate.
• Submit Immunization Records – Before you can register for classes, you must submit your immunization records (form available online to print) and Meningitis Information Response Form (completed online) to the Health Services office.  You must also set up your Purchase e-mail account to complete your Meningitis Response Form online and access online course registration and payment functions.  To begin, go to http://studentservices.purchase.edu. 
• Pay your on-campus housing deposit if you require housing on campus. Please note, housing is limited so you should do this right away if you need to live on campus.
• Academic Advising – If you’re a Liberal Arts student, once you’ve got all of the above done, you’ll need to make an Advising  Appointment by emailing the Academic Resource Center at advising@purchase.edu to set-up a personalized advising appointment.  For new transfer students in the Visual and Performing Arts, advising and registration will take place in person on Tuesday, January 19^th as part of the Orientation schedule at 11:00a.m on that day.

IMPORTANT: Remember, if you are or have been enrolled in any academic coursework (AP, IB, college), you must submit official copies of any transcripts, including current semester grades to the Office of Admissions upon completiong of the work. If you don’t, you will delay the processing of your credit evaluation, financial aid and even class registration, so make sure to submit them as soon as they’re ready!

Welcome to Purchase everyone! We’ll see you soon!

La Americana

Wednesday, October 14
4:00pm, Humanities Theatre

La Americana is an intimate documentary following an undocumented
immigrant’s journey from Bolivia to New York City and back, as she
struggles to save the life of her ailing daughter.  Her unforgettable story
is woven into the current immigration crisis in the United States, putting
a human face on this timely and controversial issue. 

Writtten/Directed/Produced/Filmed by SUNY Purchase
Alumni Nicholas Bruckman and Jesse Thomas, who will be
in attendance for discussions before and after the show.�
Sponsored by the Office of Student Life & Community Partnerships

THE ROCKY HORROR PURCHASE SHOW

That’s Right………It’s Back!!!!!

The Pepsico Theatre
In The Performing Arts Center

October 30th At 8:00 p.m
October 31st At 8:00 p.m

Please enter using the lower lobby
doors near the box office TICKET INFORMATION
Student Price — $10.00
General Admission — $12.00

!!!!Come In Costume!!!!
There will be a Costume Contest
before each Show.

Check out this write-up in the New York Times about Purchase student Neil Fridd and about 10 other Purchase folk who make the traveling band Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!. They’re making quite a name for themselves touring in New York City and have recently won a record deal with former Talking Heads front man David Byrne’s record label. I haven’t seen Terror Pigeon perform, but having had him working us part time here in Admissions, I know Neil Fridd to some degree and I can honestly say that he and his fellow students must put on a blast of a show/traveling carnival. Like student and band member Tim Quackenbush says, “It’s like a roller coaster with a lot of musical love.”

It should be noted that these students are not studying majors in our Conservatory of Music. Neil Fridd is a Visual Arts major and Tim Quackenbush is majoring in New Media, an interdisciplinary liberal arts program. Other students in the group are studying in a variety of programs at Purchase, and yet they’re all making Music, performing on their own terms and have managed to land a record deal for their efforts. At any given time there must dozens of different active bands on this campus, many of which are unrelated to the Conservatory of Music’s programs. We have musicians here that are studying everything from Biology to Literature to Anthropology. Just goes to show that you don’t have to major in Music to make it and be successful.

 Check it out:   

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/nyregion/westchester/22musicwe.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The School of Art+Design has a new video posted on their webpage that includes current and former students discussing their work and experiences as developing artists here at Purchase. The video was created and designed by Art+Design students. See the video here.