The State University of New York is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities,colleges,and community colleges in the United States. 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 $13.37 billion budget. Its flagship universities are SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island in southeastern New York and the SUNY Buffalo in the west.
Carleton College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield,Minnesota. Founded in 1866,the 200-acre (81 ha) main campus is between Northfield and the approximately 800-acre (320 ha) Cowling Arboretum,which became part of the campus in the 1920s.
St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield,Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The State University of New York at New Paltz is a public university in New Paltz,New York. It traces its origins to the New Paltz Classical School,a secondary institution founded in 1828 and reorganized as an academy in 1833.
Howard Robert Swearer was an American educator. He served as the sixth president of Carleton College,serving from 1970 to 1977,and the 15th president of Brown University between 1977 and 1988. His death from cancer shocked and saddened the Brown community,as few had known of his illness.
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is an organization of professors and other academics in the United States. AAUP membership includes over 500 local campus chapters and 39 state organizations.
This is a timeline of historical events relating to Northfield,Minnesota.
Marion LeRoy Burton was the second president of Smith College,serving from 1910 to 1917. He left Smith to become president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920. In 1920 he became president of the University of Michigan,where he served until his premature death,aged 50,in 1925 from angina.
Jeffrey Sean Lehman is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who is the vice chancellor of New York University Shanghai. Known as an advocate for the role of universities in globalization,he previously served as chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen,China,president of Cornell University,dean of the University of Michigan Law School,and chairman of Internet2.
Brian Clifford Rosenberg is an American academic administrator and a scholar on Charles Dickens. He is currently employed as the president-in-residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education,following his retirement from the position of president of Macalester College. In addition to these positions,he served on the board of trustees of the Dickens Society from 2000 to 2004. In 2014,the Teagle Foundation announced his appointment to their Board of Directors.
Goodsell Observatory is an observatory at Carleton College in Northfield,Minnesota,United States. It was constructed in 1887 and was,at the time,the largest observatory in the state of Minnesota. The Goodsell Observatory and its predecessor,a smaller observatory that opened in 1878,served as a widely consulted timekeeping station,bringing national prominence to Carleton College in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dr. James Woodward Strong,an American theologian and scholar,was the first president of Carleton College,Minnesota. Despite lifelong illness and injury,Strong was a highly active man throughout his life,juggling multiple professional and personal occupations.
Mark George Yudof is an American law professor and academic administrator. He is a former president of the University of California (2008-2013),former chancellor of the University of Texas System (2002–2008),and former president of the University of Minnesota (1997–2002).
David Bryn-Jones was a Welsh-born American historian,educator,Baptist minister,and biographer of U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg,who won the Nobel Peace Prize as one of the authors of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Frank J. Macchiarola,was an American academic. His interests and expertise spanned the legal,academic,executive management and public service areas. From 2008 until his death,Macchiarola was the Chancellor of St. Francis College,after having been the college's president from 1996 to 2008.
New Paltz is an incorporated U.S. town in Ulster County,New York. The population was 14,407 at the 2020 census. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county and is south of Kingston. New Paltz contains a village,also with the name New Paltz. The town is named for Palz,the dialect name of the Palatinate,called Pfalz in standard German.
Louis E. Newman is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies,emeritus at Carleton College in Northfield,Minnesota and Associate Vice Provost and Director of Undergraduate Advising and Research at Stanford University.
David Hugh Porter was an American academic and the fifth president of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs,New York,serving from 1987 to 1999. Porter was a professor and lecturer of classics and music,starting his career at Carleton College in Northfield,Minnesota,where he taught from 1962 to 1987.
Matt Lee is an American social scientist and university administrator at Louisiana State University (LSU). He is currently the Vice President for Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture. As a servant leader in higher education,his personal and administrative motto is 'Excellence through Innovation'.
