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Former NHL VP Joins SUNY Canton as Director of PR

North Country native, Randy Sieminski, has been hired as SUNY Canton's Director of Public Relations, SUNY Canton President Dr. Joseph L. Kennedy announced today.

Sieminski has spent the past five years leading the communications department of the Florida Panthers and Sunrise Sports and Entertainment.

"We're pleased to add a professional of Randy's status to our staff," Kennedy said. "As the Panthers Vice President of Communications, he was instrumental in re-branding and re-shaping the image of the Florida Panthers from a hockey team to a fully-integrated sports and entertainment entity. During the recent National Hockey League (NHL) work stoppage, he played an integral role in helping the Panthers gain industry-wide recognition by winning Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal's Stanley Cup of Business."

Sieminski, a 1983 graduate of Potsdam Central School and a 1987 graduate of St. Lawrence University, joins SUNY Canton as the College transitions from a two-year institution to a four-year college. In addition to 25 associate degree programs, SUNY Canton currently offers eight four-year degrees with plans to double that number during the next academic year. SUNY Canton also offers a Masters of Business Administration in conjunction with SUNYIT, Utica. Sieminski will also assume an active role in the promotion of the highly successful SUNY Canton Centennial Campaign: Cultivating the Minds of Tomorrow.

"It's an exciting time to be joining SUNY Canton, and I'm pleased to return to the North Country to be a part of it," Sieminski said. "SUNY Canton has so many outstanding new goals and initiatives that it is literally in the process of transforming itself. It will be an exciting process to be a part of, and I look forward to joining the highly successful advancement team that includes Admissions, Career Services, Alumni, Development and Public Relations."

Sieminski formerly held the position of Greek Life Coordinator and Assistant Director of Student Activities at St. Lawrence University from 1990 to 1992. He also worked as Sports Director at WPDM radio station in Potsdam from 1993 to 1995. After leaving the North Country, he worked for three different minor league hockey teams, the South Carolina Stingrays, the Lowell Lock Monsters, and the Roanoke Express. He then joined the NHL's Florida Panthers where he was promoted from Manager to Director to Vice President of the Communications Department.

Sieminski will reside in Canton with his wife, Mary Beth (Carvel), a graduate of Hugh C. Williams High School in Canton, along with their three-year-old daughter, Sarah, and four-month-old son, Sam.

October 25, 2005

Media inquiries should be directed to Randy Sieminski, Director of Public Relations 315-386-7300, pr@canton.edu.

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