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Lucy Wijnands ’20 Wins Prestigious Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition

And learned of her win on what would have been Fitzgerald’s 104th birthday.
Assistant Professor of Arts Management Laura Ricciardi Earns Fulbright

She’ll spend 2021–2022 at the University of Messina in Sicily.
Congratulations to the Winners of the SUNY Wide Film Festival

Purchase College hosted the annual festival April 9 and 10. Program and selections available for viewing through April 20.

Caleb Dowden ’21 Earns Fulbright Award

The dance major also received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Purchase is a Top 200 Best Value College for 2021

That’s according to the Princeton Review’s 2021 Best Value College Guide, which places Purchase in a group comprising “only about 1.2% of four-year undergraduate institutions in the U.S.”
William Byram ’20 Earns Fulbright Award

He plans to to pursue an MFA in Choreography in the United Kingdom.