Type | Public university |
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Established | 1971 |
Parent institution | State University of New York |
Endowment | $14.5 million [1] |
President | Lisa Vollendorf |
Academic staff | 160 full time and 490 part time |
Students | 15,268 |
Undergraduates | 12,033 |
Postgraduates | 3,235 |
Location | , U.S. |
Colors | Orange, blue, black [2] |
Nickname | Bluebirds [2] |
Mascot | Blue the Bluebird [2] |
Website | sunyempire.edu |
Empire State University (SUNY Empire) is a public university headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Empire State University is a multi-site institution offering associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral degrees, and distance degrees worldwide through the Center for Distance Learning. The university has approximately 12,000 undergraduate students and has an acceptance rate of 51%. [3] [4] The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. [5]
The School for Graduate Studies offers master's degrees. Empire State University's Center for International Programs also has special programs for students in Lebanon through the American University of Science and Technology, Czech Republic, and Greece. From 2005 to 2010, Empire State University and Anadolu University in Turkey offered a joint MBA program. It also has arranged learning opportunities with UAW-Ford University, United Steelworkers of America, Corporate Noncredit Training, eArmyU, Navy College Program and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local Union #3). Empire State University administrative offices are located in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Empire State College was designed by then SUNY Chancellor Ernest Boyer in a document titled "Prospectus for a New University College." [6] In 1971, Ernest L. Boyer, chancellor of the State University of New York, conceived a new college for the state's public university: a college dedicated to adult, student-centered education. Empire State College was designed removing impediments to access such as time, location, institutional processes, and curricular customs. In this design, students would individually define their academic needs, purposes, and efforts. The college would be flexible in supporting them through its faculty, policies, and procedures, to achieve college-level learning.[ citation needed ]
In 2020, Empire State University named its first-ever mascot, Blue the Bluebird. A campus-wide vote took place and Blue the Bluebird beat out other finalists, Cam the Chameleon and Van the Vanguard. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni cast 9,922 total votes in the finals. The bluebird is New York's state bird. [2]
Name | Tenure |
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James W. Hall | 1971–1998 |
Jane Altes (interim*) | January 1998 – September 2000 |
Joseph B. Moore | September 2000 – June 2007 |
Kimberly Cline (acting*) | June 2007 – October 2007 |
Joyce Elliott (interim*) | October 2007 – July 31, 2008 |
Alan Davis | August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2012 |
Meg Benke (acting*) | August 1, 2012 – May 8, 2013 |
Merodie A. Hancock | May 9, 2013 – March 3, 2018 [7] |
Mitchell Nesler (Officer-in-Charge*) | March 3, 2018 – July 14, 2019 [8] |
Jim Malatras | July 15, 2019 [9] – August 30, 2020 [10] |
Beth Berlin (Officer-in-Charge*) | August 31, 2020 [11] [10] – June 30, 2022 |
Lisa Vollendorf | July 1, 2022 – present |
*title designates acting/interim leaders |
The university offers 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. [12]
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