The Office of Student Life program, SUNY Empire Connects, will receive an Outstanding Student Service Award for its COVID-19 response and programming from the State University of New York (SUNY) Chief Student Affairs Officers and the Office of University Life. ... MORE
Deborah Jean Smith, Ed.D., an associate professor in the SUNY Empire State College School for Undergraduate Studies, has been named to the Fulbright Specialist Roster for a tenure of four years, which began on October 8, 2021. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College will continue its partnership with the Monroe County Board of Elections by serving as a polling site at the college’s Rochester campus located at 680 Westfall Road. Early voting, which allows individuals to vote in person at any early-voting poll site in their county of residence, begins Saturday, Oct. 23, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 31. ... MORE
Albert Culler, an undergraduate student at SUNY Empire State College and student vice president of SUNY Empire’s Black Male Initiative (BMI), received the Excellence and Student Initiative Scholarship from the SUNY Association of Council Members and College Trustees (ACT) during the organization’s annual conference. The SUNY-wide event was held virtually on Friday, October 15. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center (Syracuse EOC), which delivers comprehensive, community-based academic- and workforce-development programs, recently finalized a partnership agreement offering college degree options to Syracuse EOC students, graduates, employees, and their family members. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and NY Race Track Chaplaincy signed a partnership agreement that allows NY Race Track Chaplaincy and the people they serve, including the backstretch community, jockeys, and trainers to participate in SUNY Empire’s corporate and community partner benefits program. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it has been awarded an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant through their “Transformative Research in the Education Sciences” program. SUNY Empire and selected partners will use the federal grant, totaling nearly $3 million over three years ($2,999,998.13), to develop a recognized incremental credentialing system for U.S. postsecondary education that will improve academic and labor-market outcomes for students. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College announced today it will launch the Empire Promise Program, an academic-support system designed to provide enhanced academic supports to students who show promise, but who may have experienced barriers to education in the past. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College is proud to welcome Bernadet DeJonge, as a SUNY PRODiG Fellow for the 2021-23 academic years. She will be based in the Syracuse location. ... MORE
On Friday, Aug. 13, SUNY Orange and SUNY Empire State College jointly announced a new RN to BSN transfer program agreement—which fills a critical hole in a region where no previous public BSN options had existed--offering SUNY Orange nursing graduates and senior nursing students with an active RN license a direct pathway to an online bachelor of science in nursing degree at SUNY Empire. ... MORE
On August 11, 2021, GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) and SUNY Empire State College held a formal signing ceremony to renew and celebrate an educational agreement offering GEICO associates, retirees, and their family members a direct pathway to earning a degree at SUNY Empire. ... MORE
State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced a new SUNY-wide Empowering Students with Disability Task Force to address challenges faced by students with disabilities on campus and provide additional educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The task force, led by SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio and SUNY Empire Officer in Charge Nathan Gonyea will focus on improving physical access on campus for individuals with disabilities, fighting stigmas associated with disability inclusivity, addressing ableism on campuses, and fielding feedback from people with disabilities to improve their overall learning experience. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Mohawk Valley Community College joined together Tuesday, July 13, for a ceremonial signing of six transfer articulation agreements. The event was held on the MVCC campus, where President Randall VanWagoner was joined by SUNY Empire Officer in Charge Nathan Gonyea. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College held a dedication ceremony to announce its new Resilience Garden, celebrating the compassion and courage of the college community during the COVID-19 pandemic and honoring all New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19. Last fall, college staff and administration planted dozens of Asiatic lilies at the entrance of 113 West Avenue in Saratoga Springs. The lilies were donated to the college by Lisa Johnson, a project coordinator at SUNY Empire. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College has been selected to participate in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence Learning Community. SUNY Empire is one of only two SUNY institutions chosen to participate in this prestigious national program. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Bronx Educational Opportunity Center (Bronx EOC), which provides career training, high-school equivalency preparation, college readiness classes, college and financial aid application assistance, and job placement assistance to qualified New Yorkers, recently finalized a partnership agreement offering college degree options to Bronx EOC students, graduates, employees and their family members. ... MORE
SUNY Empire made its debut in the competitive world of esports in the spring of 2020, when 15 students played three games in the SUNY Chancellor’s Esports Challenge. ... MORE
(SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — JUNE 5, 2021) Sheldon Friedland, 83, has achieved a lot over the course of his lifetime: an honorable military enlistment, a beautiful family, a thriving business, and a home of his own. And on June 5, Friedland will add earning a bachelor’s degree to his long list of accomplishments. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College, which was founded on an online, distance-learning model, historically received more than 110,000 calls a year from students seeking answers on topics like financial aid or admissions. The university, where the majority of learners are between 25 and 49 years old, first adopted an online chat feature in 2019.
... MORE
