Students also see some subtle improvements in the school since the Rev. Calvin Butts III took over as president in September 1999, including funding that was not available before. For example, while some physical education facilities remain in need of repair, money was allocated this year for new sports equipment and new recreational programs. When I got here, we didn't have anything. Now, we have new equipment, said senior Winter Adames, shortstop for the college's baseball team and a computer science major. Unfortunately, I am leaving now.
Students say they appreciate the diversity of the student body.
It gives us the opportunity to get to know people of other ethnicities and races, said senior Michael McLaughlin, a pitcher for the college baseball team and a media and communications major. It's a chance to experience where other people come from. Students are routinely urged to become active participants in the campus community through clubs and organizations. Lisa Fazio attended three other colleges before coming to Old Westbury in the summer of 1998. She was not satisfied as an education major and no part of campus life ever interested her.