State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras and United States Naval Community College (USNCC) President Dr. Randi Cosentino today announced that SUNY and USNCC are partnering to provide expanded educational opportunities for sailors, marines, and coast guards through USNCC’s Phase I pilot program beginning in January 2021. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced the Charles R. Wood Foundation has established a $15,000 scholarship fund through the SUNY Empire State College Foundation for student frontline healthcare workers. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and the United Way are partnering to host four concurrent community toy drives in Albany, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, and Selden, to bring holiday cheer to children and their families. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College will celebrate the class of 2020 throughout the month of December with a series of online and social media campaigns, culminating with a virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 19, at noon. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced a new partnership to expand educational opportunities for the more than 13,000 members of Big I New York, which represents 1,750 independent insurance agencies in New York state. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College held three concurrent food drives across New York state today at its Rochester, Saratoga Springs, and Selden campuses to support food banks in need ahead of the holiday season ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it has renewed its longstanding partnership with the United Steelworkers Institute for Career Development (USW-ICD), which was first forged more than 20 years ago to increase access to flexible, high-quality college degrees for steelworkers across the country. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced a new partnership to lower barriers to a high-quality higher education for thousands of Capital District YMCA members and employees. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced the members of the Shirley A. Chisholm Center for Equity Studies Board of Advisors, a diverse group of accomplished leaders in New York state and beyond with a shared commitment to social justice, to help guide the center’s work in researching, revealing, and correcting the active legacy of racism in America’s institutions, systems, and culture. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and the Independent Drivers Guild today announced a new partnership to help more than 200,000 for-hire drivers in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut advance their education by reducing the cost and time required for degree completion through SUNY Empire’s personalized, flexible model. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced two new accelerated pathways for SUNY Cobleskill students pursuing teaching careers to transfer seamlessly into SUNY Empire’s online master of arts in teaching adolescent special education degree (MAT SpEd), saving students time and money while addressing a need for more special needs educators throughout New York state. ... MORE
State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today named SUNY Empire State College Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Operating Officer Beth Berlin as officer-in-charge at SUNY Empire following Malatras’ appointment as SUNY chancellor last Friday. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced its first doctoral program in the college’s nearly 50-year existence, the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Change, to prepare current educational leaders to advance their education and careers while learning how to lead positive change in colleges, universities, and communities. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced the first in a series of virtual, interactive town halls hosted by the college’s new Center for Autism Inclusivity in collaboration with Anderson Center for Autism to engage educators and autism experts with community stakeholders, advocates, and families to gather input and explore opportunities to better support the autism community. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced phase one of its partnership with Northland Workforce Training Center to expand access to higher education and support workforce development in the Buffalo area by streamlining admission to high-quality, affordable degree programs for NWTC students. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced a new partnership to expand educational opportunities for the New York State Economic Development Council (NYSEDC) and the more than 900 members and 150,000 individuals who comprise its statewide membership. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it will offer college credit for Indigenous learning gained through work and life experience using its Prior Learning Assessment process, making it the first college in the nation to broadly recognize Indigenous learning – such as native languages or religion – as a pathway to college credit. SUNY Empire also accepts traditional transfer credits from other colleges and universities, which students use to complete their degree or certificate faster and at lower cost. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College launched the statewide Center for Autism Inclusivity to make SUNY Empire a fully autism-supportive college and meet the growing demand for professionals working with children and adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced President Jim Malatras has been named to the Commercial Observer 2020 Power List, which highlights the accomplishments of professionals across New York who are making a difference. President Malatras was recognized for his volunteer work with the state's COVID-19 task force. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) today announced a new partnership that allows MVCC students to earn their bachelor’s degree faster, at lower cost, and entirely online while addressing growing workforce demand for more qualified addiction treatment professionals in the Mohawk Valley and throughout New York state. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced 60 first-year and transfer students have been accepted to its first-of-its-kind Empire Opportunity Program (EOP) , which provides historically underserved students with targeted financial aid and enhanced academic support. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Herkimer County Community College today announced a new partnership that allows eligible graduates of Herkimer College’s cybersecurity and digital forensics program to transfer seamlessly to SUNY Empire’s new bachelor of science in security studies program, allowing them to complete their bachelor’s degree in less time at lower cost. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College has extended its deadline to apply and enroll in courses this fall to August 10 to give applicants more time to apply in light of new challenges and disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced its new advanced certificate in nursing education to help address the looming shortage of nurses and nurse educators across the U.S. ... MORE
Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescinded the federal administration’s misguided attempt to disrupt the education of our valued and hardworking international students. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and SUNY Canton today announced a new partnership that allows SUNY Canton students to cross register and enroll at SUNY Empire to earn a master of business administration degree. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today released its plan to resume in-person instruction and onsite operations at its locations across New York State this fall to help students prepare for the upcoming semester. The plan was developed after extensive consultation with campus stakeholders and has been approved by the State University of New York and can be viewed in full here. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras, Clinton Community College (Clinton CC) President Ray DiPasquale, and North Country Chamber of Commerce resident Garry Douglas today announced new partnerships to expand educational opportunities for North Country residents and help meet workforce demands. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced an enhanced partnership with Outreach, a behavioral health treatment and training organization with locations in Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island, to help Outreach’s employees and training participants earn a relevant SUNY Empire degree faster and at lower cost. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced a new agreement allowing guaranteed admission of graduates from Finger Lakes Community College who have earned an associate degree in networking and cybersecurity to SUNY Empire’s new bachelor of science in security studies program ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Sullivan County Community College today announced a new partnership to allow SUNY Sullivan students to earn a bachelor’s degree in as little as three years through SUNY Empire, with a focus on nursing and healthcare degrees to help meet growing workforce demand in the Hudson Valley region. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College in partnership with the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Healthcare Association of New York State, Inc. (HANYS) will host a remote panel discussion on Friday, June 26, at 2 p.m. to examine the healthcare system's response to COVID-19. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Villa of Hope Youth and Family Services today announced a partnership to help Villa of Hope employees and their family members advance their education in any of SUNY Empire’s more than 110 undergraduate and graduate-level degree programs, all of which can be completed online. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College is leading a new virtual study abroad program open to any student interested in experiencing cross-cultural learning as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict international travel and force the suspension of study abroad programs.
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SUNY Empire State College today announced the Shirley A. Chisholm Center for Equity Studies, in honor of the Brooklyn native who in 1968 became the first African-American woman to win a seat in Congress, to use data-driven analysis to explore and uncover the roots, workings, and impacts of structural racism and systemic inequities in our communities today and from the research drive policy change and create opportunities for underserved communities. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and North Country Community College (NCCC) today announced six new transfer pathways to allow NCCC graduates to earn a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Empire in as little as one year after completing an associate degree. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced the SUNY system’s first fully online, accredited bachelor of science degree program in security studies to help meet the growing need for modern security experts in high-demand positions in homeland security, emergency management, disaster relief, and law enforcement in the United States and around the world. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced President Jim Malatras ranked 15 on the City & State Albany Power Top 100, which recognizes the most influential leaders in advocacy, business, and government ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Onondaga Community College (OCC) today announced a new partnership providing guaranteed admission to graduates of OCC’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling (A.A.S.) program to SUNY Empire’s first-of-its-kind bachelor of science in Addiction Studies, which can be completed entirely online ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and the Construction Trades License Training Corporation (CTLTC) have announced a renewed partnership to provide CTLTC’s members the training they need for certification and licensure in New York City ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Monroe Community College (MCC) today announced four new transfer pathway agreements allowing MCC graduates to seamlessly transfer as many as 79 lower-division credits to SUNY Empire, more than half of the 124 credits required to earn a bachelor’s degree. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College will celebrate the graduating class of 2020 throughout the month of June with a series of online and social media festivities, culminating with a virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 27 at noon ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced the statewide expansion of its Empire Opportunity Program, which first launched in Buffalo, New York, in February of this year ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Hudson Valley Community College today announced a new partnership to allow nursing graduates and senior nursing students from Hudson Valley to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing in less time and at lower cost with a seamless transfer pathway ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced ESL Federal Credit Union’s Charitable Foundation awarded $10,000 to SUNY Empire’s COVID-19 Emergency Educational Grant program, which provides grants to assist currently enrolled students with educationally related financial hardships resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras today announced the Richard L. Brodsky Scholarship for Public Service, established to honor Brodsky’s legacy as a committed public servant ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it has established the Latin Honors system for the first time in the institution’s 49-year history in response to overwhelming student support for the change ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced that two recent SUNY Empire graduates, Matthew LaValle ‘19 and Desiree Roundtree ‘20, are recipients of the SUNY Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowships for the State of New York. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College, United Way of the Greater Capital Region, and CDTA are partnering to host a community baby shower—collecting donations for babies of families in need on 5.18 Day, the United Way of the Greater Capital Region’s annual day of service on Monday, May 18 ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College published the latest issue of All About Mentoring, a nationally-recognized journal for educators to explore the latest ideas and practices for mentoring in the higher education setting ... MORE
New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras will chair the state’s new Reimagine Education Advisory Council to assist schools and colleges adopt technological innovations to reopen safely in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced four of its students have been selected as recipients of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence (CASE), the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the State University of New York ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College has joined the SUNY-wide, three-week esports tournament to benefit funds for emergency relief efforts assisting students affected by COVID-19. Campuses participating in the online games are competing for a prize pool of $20,000 in winnings in the #SUNYTogether campaign ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College will join the Together We Remember coalition, a global network of activists and advocates, for a 24-hour online vigil on Thursday, April 30, for the conclusion of Genocide Awareness Month ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College announced today that all June commencement ceremonies have been canceled due to COVID-19-related public health precautions. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced seven new concentrations in its online Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Management program to provide the skills and knowledge needed to enter growing fields like healthcare management, IT management, global trade, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it has been awarded a $45,000 grant from New York City’s largest poverty fighting organization, Robin Hood’s Relief Fund. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College will host a forum addressing anti-Semitism on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, April 21. The session will focus on the continued importance of remembering the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, and address the recent increase of incidents of anti-Semitism around the world. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it will transfer the fifth annual Learning in Technology (LIT) conference from its traditional in-person gathering to a series of online sessions in response to ongoing concerns about COVID-19 ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced three of its students were named recipients of the 2020 Rochester Area Colleges Continuing Education (RACCE) Outstanding Adult Learner award for excellence in balancing academic success, career, and family life. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced Lynette Nickleberry, assistant professor in the School of Human Services, has been awarded funding through the 2020 Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Diversity and Inclusion Leave Program to continue her research into the habits and behaviors of independent learners. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College students, alumni, faculty, and staff continue to create opportunities to support those in need in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... MORE
The SUNY Empire State College community is volunteering, organizing, and donating in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including more than a dozen faculty members who have answered New York state’s call for qualified mental health professionals to volunteer their services in the state’s response efforts. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced Alan Mandell, professor of adult learning and mentoring and School of Social and Behavioral Sciences mentor, has been named 2020 SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, an honor he has earned after more than 40 years with the College. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College today announced it will open computer labs at five of its campuses and learning hubs across New York state to the public to help ensure an accurate, complete count in the 2020 census—the first-ever census to be conducted primarily online. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and the New York State Division of Veterans’ Services (DVS) today announced a new partnership to help New York state’s nearly 700,000 veterans and their spouses and children, as well as DVS employees, advance their education by reducing the cost and time required for degree completion through SUNY Empire’s personalized, flexible model. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras and Iroquois Healthcare Association (IHA) President and CEO Gary J. Fitzgerald today signed a partnership agreement to lower barriers to college degrees for IHA’s 54 hospitals with 300,000 employees from Buffalo to Albany through SUNY Empire State College’s Corporate and Community Partner Benefits program. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Jefferson Community College today announced a new partnership providing guaranteed admission for Jefferson nursing graduates to SUNY Empire’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras and Sotiris Foutsis, general manager of University of New York in Prague (UNYP), today announced a comprehensive study abroad and exchange program between New York and the Czech Republic. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras and Elias Foutsis, president of New York College in Athens, Greece, today signed a first-of-its-kind study abroad agreement that will contribute to cross-cultural learning and foster international relations by bringing SUNY Empire students to Athens, and students in Athens to various regions of New York state. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College announced the launch of its Empire Opportunity Program to provide targeted financial aid and enhanced academic support to open the doors to higher education for students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL), and New York State Office of General Services (OGS) opened SUNY Empire’s new learning hub at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and SUNY Adirondack Community College today signed a phase-one agreement for five joint-admissions degrees in business and management at SUNY Empire’s Saratoga Springs campus. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College announced a new partnership today that will allow graduates of Cayuga Community College to pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College President Jim Malatras has been named to the new American Council on Education (ACE) National Task Force on Transfer of Credit, which will focus on improving transfer and award of credit practices to spur student success and reduce the time it takes to graduate. ... MORE
After an exciting monthlong, online campaign that resulted in a total of 9,922 votes cast, Blue the Bluebird beat out its competition, and will represent the SUNY Empire community. ... MORE
In honor of World Holocaust Remembrance Day, SUNY Empire's newly created Presidential Task Force to Enhance Diversity and Inclusion announced its support to integrate Holocaust history studies into SUNY Empire’s graduate-level teacher education programs as well as the college’s ... MORE
SUNY Empire and FMCC announced a new partnership providing guaranteed admission to graduates of FMCC’s Chemical Abuse Counseling (A.A.S.), and Human Services (A.S. or A.A.S.) programs to SUNY Empire’s Bachelor of Science in Addiction Studies. ... MORE
SUNY Empire today announced a new partnership with the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Council of Saratoga County, a nonprofit dedicated to diminishing the adverse of effects of substance abuse and violence, to help its employees and members advance their careers. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) today announced a new partnership providing guaranteed admission to graduates of HVCC’s Chemical Dependency Counseling (A.A.S.) program to SUNY Empire’s first-of-its-kind bachelor of science in Addiction Studies. ... MORE
Seven in 10 freelancers would consider moving thanks to job flexibility, creating a large pool of potential residents attractive to state and local governments.
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SUNY Empire State College has released the sixth issue of “Explorations in Adult Higher Education,” which examines the challenges adult learners face in accessing higher education, as well as how society values informal learning. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College has been awarded a $220,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to develop a nationally recognized incremental higher education credentialing system that addresses the needs of today’s lifelong learners. ... MORE
During his 2020 State of the State Address, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new partnership between Empire State College, SUNY and ModernStates.org to offer a full library of free online college courses and materials for all New Yorkers, at no cost to the state or students. ... MORE
SUNY Empire State College and New Era Cap have announced a partnership to help employees and retirees of New Era earn college degrees faster and at lower cost. ... MORE
