New York State

Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 8

NEW YORK STATE

UNIVERSITY
About us
• THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY, /ˈSUːNI/, SOO-NEE) IS A SYSTEM
OF PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IT IS
ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF UNIVERSITIES, 
COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES.[3] LED BY
CHANCELLOR JOHN B. KING, THE SUNY SYSTEM HAS 91,182 EMPLOYEES,
INCLUDING 32,496 FACULTY MEMBERS, AND SOME 7,660 DEGREE AND
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS OVERALL AND A $13.08 BILLION BUDGET.[4][1] ITS
FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITIES ARE STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY AND THE 
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO.
HISTORY

• NEW YORK IS ONE OF THE LAST STATES TO SET UP A STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM. THE FIRST COLLEGES WERE ESTABLISHED PRIVATELY, WITH SOME ARISING FROM
LOCAL SEMINARIES. BUT NEW YORK STATE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORTED HIGHER
EDUCATION PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF THE SUNY SYSTEM. THE OLDEST COLLEGE THAT IS
PART OF THE SUNY SYSTEM IS SUNY POTSDAM, ESTABLISHED IN 1816 AS THE ST. LAWRENCE
ACADEMY. IN 1835, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACTED TO ESTABLISH STRONGER PROGRAMS
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PREPARATION AND DESIGNATED ONE ACADEMY IN EACH
SENATORIAL DISTRICT TO RECEIVE MONEY FOR A SPECIAL TEACHER-TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
THE ST. LAWRENCE ACADEMY RECEIVED THIS DISTINCTION AND DESIGNATED THE VILLAGE OF
POTSDAM AS THE SITE OF A NORMAL SCHOOL IN 1867.
• ON MAY 7, 1844, THE STATE LEGISLATURE VOTED TO ESTABLISH NEW YORK
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL IN ALBANY AS THE FIRST COLLEGE FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION. IN 1865, THE PRIVATELY ENDOWED CORNELL UNIVERSITY WAS
DESIGNATED AS NEW YORK'S LAND GRANT COLLEGE, AND IT BEGAN DIRECT
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF FOUR OF CORNELL'S COLLEGES IN 1894. FROM 1889
TO 1903, CORNELL OPERATED THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY,
UNTIL THE GOVERNOR VETOED ITS ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. THE SCHOOL
WAS MOVED TO SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IN 1911. IT IS NOW THE 
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AN
D FORESTRY
. IN 1908, THE STATE LEGISLATURE BEGAN THE NY STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY.
STUDENT REPRESENTATION

• THE SUNY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS A VOTING STUDENT MEMBER ON THE BOARD. THE
STUDENT TRUSTEE SERVES A DUAL ROLE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNYSA). SUNYSA IS THE
RECOGNIZED STUDENT GOVERNMENT OF THE SUNY SYSTEM.
• IN THE 1970S, STUDENTS PRESSED FOR VOTING REPRESENTATION ON THE GOVERNING BOARD
OF SUNY COLLEGES. IN 1971, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ADDED FIVE STUDENT VOTING MEMBERS
TO CORNELL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HOWEVER, AT THAT TIME, ALL MEMBERS OF A BOARD
MUST BE OVER THE AGE OF 21 FOR A CORPORATION TO HOLD A LIQUOR LICENSE, SO TO ALLOW
CORNELL TO RETAIN ITS LICENSE, THE LEGISLATURE HAD TO GO BACK TO AMEND NYS
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW § 126(4) TO REQUIRE HALF THE BOARD MUST BE 21.
LIBRARIES

• THE SUNY LIBRARIES CONSORTIUM (SLC) IS AN INDEPENDENT ORGANISATION


WHICH SUPPORTS ITS MEMBERS, THE LIBRARIES OF SUNY
• MOTTO TO LEARN, TO SEARCH, TO SERVE
OUR LOCATION IS HERE

• НЬЮ-ЙОРКСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ, ВУЗ, НЬЮ-ЙОРК, ВАШИНГТОН СКВЕР ЮГ, 70 —


ЯНДЕКС КАРТЫ (YANDEX.UZ)

You might also like