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
