State University of New York

The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a... public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York system. Founded in 1844, it is an internationally recognized public research institution, which carries out a broad mission of undergraduate and graduate education, research, and service. The University has three campuses: the Uptown Campus in Albany and Guilderland's McKownville neighborhood, the Downtown Campus in Albany, and the East Campus in East Greenbush, just east of Albany. The University enrolls more than 17,500 students in nine schools and colleges, which offer 58 undergraduate majors and 128 graduate degree programs. The University’s academic choices are diverse and include a range of new and emerging fields such as public policy, nanotechnology, globalization, documentary studies, biotechnology and informatics.
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Empire State College, one of the thirteen arts and science colleges of the State University of New York, is a multi-site institution offering... associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. It is primarily oriented towards the adult learner. The Center for Distance Learning is available for students throughout the world, who can earn an undergraduate degree completely online. The School for Graduate Studies enables learners to advance professionally, develop research skills, become an expert in a field or explore an intellectual interest. The College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Empire State College administrative offices are located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The undergraduate degrees in the broad Areas of Study offered by Empire State College are "individualized" as opposed to the more traditional degree programs. The college offers flexible programs, including distance education, extensive transfers of credits from other universities, prior learning assessment for knowledge gained through independent studies, standardized evaluations, and the opportunity to design one's own degree with an academic advisor or mentor.
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University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, also commonly known as the University at Buffalo or UB, is a public research university and... a "University Center" in the State University of New York system. The university was founded by Millard Fillmore in 1846. UB has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States. Offering 84 bachelor's, 184 master's and 78 doctoral degrees, it is the largest of the four comprehensive university centers within the SUNY system. The University at Buffalo is the largest public university in the northeastern United States . From its inception in 1846 until 1962, the institution was a private university: the University of Buffalo. When it became a state university, the new name became the "State University of New York at Buffalo". The administration uses the name "University at Buffalo", which parallels the three other comprehensive university centers of the SUNY system — Albany, Binghamton and Stony Brook.
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Rockland Community College is a two-year college in the State University of New York system, located in hamlet of Viola within the Village of Suffern... from the Town of Ramapo in Rockland County, New York. The college began in 1959 in the former county almshouse. The college offers 48 programs and offers both certificates and associates degrees. Additionally, students can earn other degrees, including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in the arts and sciences, technology, and health professions while attending classes at Rockland through articulation programs with four-year schools. The current enrollment is about 7,000 full and part-time students. The main campus is in Suffern, New York, but instructions are also offered in Haverstraw and Spring Valley extensions. The Spring Valley satellite campus is located in the historic North Main Street School. The College has over 325 full- and part-time faculty members, including several Fulbright Scholars, SUNY Chancellor's Award winners, and published authors and artists. The faculty-student ratio is 18:1.
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SUNY Maritime College is a maritime college located in the Bronx, New York, United States in historic Fort Schuyler on the Throggs Neck peninsula... where the East River meets Long Island Sound. Founded in 1874, the SUNY Maritime College was the first college of its kind to be founded in the United States. The school offers Bachelor of Engineering degrees in electrical, facilities, marine, and mechanical engineering; marine electrical and electronic systems; and naval architecture. All engineering degrees are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology . It offers the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration/marine transportation, general business and commerce , general engineering, international transportation and trade, marine environmental science , and marine operations. All bachelor's degree programs may be combined with preparation for the professional license as a United States Merchant Marine Officer.
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Hudson Valley Community College, a SUNY associated two-year college, is located in Troy in Rensselaer County, New York. Although about eighty percent... of the students are from the local area, the remainder are from other parts of New York, other states and from some 30 countries around the world. Hudson Valley Community College currently ranks as the largest undergraduate college in terms of enrollment in the Capital District. In 2010, 2,020 students received diplomas, making the Class of 2010 the largest in the history of the college. The school currently has an enrollment of over 13,000 students. In 2010, the College began a collaboration with SUNY Plattsburgh to offer a 4 year degree in Criminal Justice at HVCC's Capital District campus. The college also offers a BS in Human Services through Cazenovia College, through a part-time evening program on the grounds of HVCC. This is the only Human Services B.S. degree offered in this format in the Capital Region. The college offers more than 70 academic degree and certificate programs in four schools.
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The State University of New York Upstate Medical University is a State University of New York university of health sciences in the University Hill... district of Syracuse, New York, USA. SUNY Upstate is an upper-division transfer and graduate college with degree programs within the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Health Professions, and the College of Graduate Studies. Its Syracuse campus includes University Hospital. In addition to affiliations with Binghamton Hospital and 22 other hospitals throughout central New York, where much of the core clinical teaching takes place, Upstate has numerous partnerships, including a joint PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering with Syracuse University; science enrichment programs for local youth in tandem with the SC Hope Clinic; and SUNY ESF. Upstate has been an engine of opportunity for students, workers, and the wider Central New York community. It directly generates 10,117 jobs, making it the Central New York's largest employer. The present-day university's earliest predecessor was Geneva Medical College founded 1834 as part of Geneva College, today known as Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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Alfred State College is a State University of New York College of Technology located in Alfred, New York in Allegany County. This college, formerly... the Agricultural and Technical College at Alfred, now grants baccalaureate degrees in 18 areas, associate degrees in nearly 60 areas, as well as a number of certificates; fully accredited through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Alfred State College is a member of the Rochester Area Colleges consortium along with Alfred University, the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Saint John Fisher College, Roberts Wesleyan College, Nazareth College, Monroe Community College, SUNY Brockport, and SUNY Geneseo. Full-time students may cross-register at Alfred University to supplement their education with classes not offered at Alfred State College at no additional cost. Both Alfred University and Alfred State College have their roots in an early teaching college called the Alfred Select School. This school, under the leadership of the Seventh-Day Baptist church, was visionary in its equal opportunity policy. In 1908 President Boothe C.
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Onondaga Community College is an accredited two-year educational institution that services Onondaga County, New York at three campuses. Onondaga... Community College is a college of the State University of New York system and one of 30 locally sponsored community colleges throughout New York State. The college was founded in 1961 in Syracuse, New York. SUNY OCC opened its first Residence Halls in August 2006. Several of Onondaga's athletic teams are consistently nationally ranked, and the 2006 and 2007 men's lacrosse team won the NJCAA national championship in May 2006 and 2007. It has been said that the team may have had the most dominant season in college lacrosse history, finishing the season with a record of 18-0, and 33-0 winning streak. They outscored their opponents 445-80. Head Coach Chuck Wilbur has compiled a career record of 83-11. The men's basketball program won the 1993 NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship. Dave Pasiak currently coaches the team and is entering his seventh season. Mike Wheeler is entering his fifth season as the women's basketball coach. Onondaga is a member of the Mid-State Athletic Conference.
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Dutchess Community College is one of 30 community colleges within the State University of New York system . The College, located in Dutchess County,... New York, United States, is situated on 130 acres on a hill above the town of Poughkeepsie. The college was founded in 1957 on the site of a former tuberculosis hospital which now makes up Bowne Hall, the campus's main administrative building. The College offers more than 60 academic programs leading to associate degrees or certificates. In addition, the Office of Community Services and Special Programs provides non-credit courses, GED completion, ESL classes, and work-force training to residents of the County and beyond. One-third of all Dutchess County college-bound high school graduates attend Dutchess Community College each year. Of the more than 35,000 DCC alumni, the majority live and work in the Hudson Valley and many of them have become civic and community leaders in their towns, villages and counties. In 2008, the College marked its 50th anniversary.
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Bill T. Jones is an American artistic director, choreographer and dancer. Jones was born in Bunnell, Florida and his family moved North as part of... the Great Migration in the first half of the twentieth century. They settled in Wayland, New York, where Jones attended Wayland High School. He began his dance training at Binghamton University, where he studied classical ballet and modern dance. Jones choreographed and performed worldwide as a soloist and duet company with his late partner, Arnie Zane before forming the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982. Creating more than 100 works for his own company, Jones has also choreographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, AXIS Dance Company, Boston Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, Berlin Opera Ballet and Diversions Dance Company, among others. In 1995, Jones directed and performed in a collaborative work with Toni Morrison and Max Roach, Degga, at Alice Tully Hall, commissioned by Lincoln Center’s "Serious Fun" Festival. His collaboration with Jessye Norman, How! Do! We! Do!, premiered at New York’s City Center in 1999.
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William Joseph "Billy" Baldwin is an American actor, producer, and writer, known for his starring roles in such films as Flatliners , Backdraft ,... Sliver , Fair Game , Virus , Double Bang , as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom , Art Heist , The Squid and the Whale , as himself in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as Senator Patrick Darling in the TV drama Dirty Sexy Money on ABC, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , and now Baldwin is currently a regular guest on Gossip Girl as William van der Woodsen and Parenthood as Gordon Flint. Baldwin appeared as lead detective Brian Albert in the Lifetime Original Movie The Craigslist Killer. Baldwin appeared in 2011 as a dirty cop, former homicide detective Frank Delano, on Hawaii Five-0. His character is to appear on the second season of the CBS show as a recurring role. Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr. His father was a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach.
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