Stony Brook vs. Villanova, Nov 24. Get your tickets!!

The Stony Brook football team will host Villanova on November 24 in a first-round game at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, the Division I Football Championship committee announced on Sunday. The Seawolves (9-2, 5-1 Big South) received one of 10 at-large berths to the 20-team playoff and their first-ever Division I at-large bid in any sport. Saturday’s game is scheduled for 3 p.m. and will be televised live on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app. Stony Brook tied for the Big South title, its fourth consecutive conference championship, but based on conference road wins, Coastal Carolina received the conference’s automatic bid. The Seawolves have wins over Army and fellow playoff teams Colgate and Coastal Carolina. Villanova (8-3, 6-2 CAA) shared the conference title with New Hampshire, Richmond and Towson, but received the automatic bid based on a tiebreaker. Saturday’s match-up will be the first meeting between the two schools, but not the last. Stony Brook will move to the CAA after this season is complete. The Wildcats won the national championship in 2009. The winner will travel to face No. 3 seed Montana State on December 1. Tickets for Saturday’s game are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at any time on www.GoSeawolves.org. Reserved chairbacks are $20. General admission seats for adults are $14 and youths and senior citizens are $10. Stony Brook faculty/staff are $10 with ID. The Stony Brook ticket office is open Monday-Wednesday from 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. and 12 p.m.-5 p.m. on Friday. Offices will be closed on Thanksgiving. Gameday sales will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Gates 2 and 6. For more information, please call (631) 632-WOLF.

Send off your Seawolves

Our Seawolves have #ShockedTheWorld by beating #7 in the nation, and 6 time national champion LSU. Now with the national title firmly in their grasp they are on their way to #Omaha for the College World Series…..and you can help send them off!

ANY PAST OR PRESENT MEMBER OF THE STONY BROOK ATHLETIC BANDS is invited to join us

TOMORROW, 6/13, at 8:45AM for the Seawolves Baseball Send-Off!

We will MEET IN THE BAND SPACE, get our instruments, and immediately head over to the  Sports Complex for the send off!

Don’t think you want to wake up for this HISTORIC event?

Band members who attend tomorrow’s event will get a FREE Red CWS T-shirt!!

This is HISTORY in the making, Seawolves, so please do what you can to join us!

Check out the facebook event here and let them know you plan to come!!!

Alumni Award 2012

Once a year, we the alumni group, offer up the opportunity for current band members to win a scholarship.

You can find further information below:

Alumni Award Application

The alumni of the Stony Brook University Athletic Bands have created this award as a way of supporting and encouraging current members.  The camaraderie, musicianship, leadership, and the spirit of the band that you all experience now, has touched and changed each of our lives as well.  For this reason we would like to recognize those members of the band who exemplify these qualities and are committed to helping keep these values strong by teaching those around them . 

Award Selection Criteria:
The Alumni Award will recognize several students for their dedication to the  camaraderie, musicianship, leadership, and spirit of the band.  Exemplary candidates will be presented with a monetary award as a token of the current alumni’s appreciation for their ability and efforts to embody, as well as bestow upon others, the values of the Stony Brook University Marching Band.

• Must demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities and potential and superior musical abilities
• Must participate in outreach and community building through their work with the Athletic Bands
• Must demonstrate characteristics that embody the mission and spirit of the Athletic Bands

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student
• Must be a current member of the Stony Brook University Athletic Bands
• Must have a cumulative G.P.A. of at least 2.00 or higher
• Timely submission of required application in appropriate format; cover page and supplements

Application Supplements: Please Complete BOTH and submit via email
You must include your student ID number in each document, DO NOT include your name, the cover page attached should precede your supplements.

Supplement 1: Resume (1 page maximum, submit as PDF file)

In standard resume format, outline your  academic and extracurricular activities and achievements.

Supplement 2: Essay (2 page maximum, 12 point font,double spaced, submit as a PDF file)

In a brief statement please describe; a) the characteristics that you feel represent the band and how you embody them, and b) how you have extended yourself to further these characteristics within and beyond the band.

DEADLINE:  April 20, 2012    

APPLY HERE and email all supplements to 

SBU.athleticbands.alumni@gmail.com

Good Luck!!

Alumni Career Panels: No, we’re NOT majoring in science!

They’ve worked hard the last four, five….ok million years that they’ve been at Stony Brook. And now the time has come when the last i has been dotted, the last t crossed and they’ve hung up their uniform for the last time. Graduation day dawns and after a bevy of long speeches, their undergraduate career is over.

But the questions that tends to go through their mind is, “what happens next? “

We’re going to help them find out!

Join us for part one of our two-part series: Alumni Career Panels. A career panel made by us, for us!!!

Each session will consist of a panel of SBU alumni ranging from recent graduates to those well established in their career. The panelists will give an account of their experiences in reaching their current positions and will be open to a Q & A session then a mixer event for the Band and Alumni- that’s where you come in!

Panelists include:

Stephanie Brumsey – Band alumnus, Video Journalist for Fios 1

Sabina Sebastian – BA/MBA alumnus, Executive for McCann Worldgroup marketing firm

Paolo Fontana – Band alumnus, entrepreneur, Head Chef and Owner of Simon’s Cafe

Hilda DeJesus – Stony Brook BA, Hunter MSW, Social Worker

Come out, support you’re fellow alumni AND get some great insight into life post graduation. If you’d like to provide some advice to the audience about how you landed your dream job – please come to the event! Also, if you are interested in learning more about developing your career, you are also more than welcome come and speak to the experts. Please RSVP to this form if you plan on being a career adviser in the audience. 

Light refreshments will be served.

To The Championships We Go

If you haven’t heard already, our men’s basketball team went up to the America East Tournament this weekend and made it into the finals! If you didn’t see the game, it was a definite nail biter! The last few seconds of the game made ESPN! Click here to see the video. This means Stony Brook will be hosting the championship game this Saturday and our boys need YOUR support to take them to NCAA! Below are details on how you can purchase tickets.

America East Championship Game vs. Vermont

Saturday, March 10 – 11:00am

Indoor Sports Complex Arena

For our general alumni that are unable to attend in the arena we are currently hosting three Game Watches. Each location will have Stony Brook Alumni and Friends specials

New York City- Public House NYC – 140 East 41st Street, New York, NY 10027, Reservations (212) 682-3710

Stony Brook – The Bench Bar – 1095 Route 25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790, Reservations (631) 675-1474
Miller Place – Applebee’s – 355 Route 25A, Miller Place, NY 11764, Reservations (631) 473-0008

If you know individuals who were unable to get tickets to the arena who would like to join our confirmed game watch or host a new game watch, please share the link http://bit.ly/beatuvm-rsvp

This is such an exciting time for Stony Brook. I hope you’ll all be able to make it and witness history in the making! GO SEAWOLVES!