Our Past : Our Progress : Our Promise

Rethinking SUNY

1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003

1995

• Board of Trustees respond to legislative charge with Rethinking SUNY, a multi-year system wide plan to increase:
  - academic aspirations at all State University campuses and the system as a whole
  - efficiency and reduce costs by empowering campuses to directly manage more of their academic and financial affairs
  
  

• Our Past : Our Progress : Our Promise
  
  
• A Unified System is Born
  
  
• Higher Education Takes Shape
  
  
• 'Steady State' Years
  
  
• Greater Autonomy
  
  
• Rethinking SUNY
  
  
• Higher Education needs of NYS

• SUNY Learning Network, the online learning network, enrolls 119 students in eight courses on two campuses in its first year.

1998

SUNY Downstate Medical Center's Dr. Robert F. Furchgott wins the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine. SUNY adopts "zero based" and performance driven budget allocation process: Campuses keep all locally generated tuition revenue Campuses gain significant state tax levy funds for: instruction only as their students progress to graduation research only in proportion to their success in attracting and renewing external grants Brookhaven Science Associates, an RF affiliated corporation, assumes management of the world famous Brookhaven National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy.

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1999

• Robert L. King appointed chancellor of the State University of New York
  
  
• Chancellor King initiates a five-year plan to bring the State University of New York to new preeminence in the world of higher education:
  
  
• Spearheaded effort to raise $5 billion in new funding
  
  
• Energized the University's presence in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Collaborated with campus presidents to devise new programs that reward campus success and improve performance at every level
  
  
• Created a new office to be the primary point of contact for business and industry
  
  
• Placed strong emphasis on international education

2000

• Office of Foundation Relations established at the Research Foundation to strengthen SUNY's ability to compete for federal funding.
  
  
• A SUNY Campaign, the first acquisition of philanthropy activity in SUNY's history, is launched to raise $1 billion by 2005.

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2001

• Governor George E. Pataki unveils $1 billion high-technology and biotechnology plan for New York that will create three of five Centers of Excellence on SUNY campuses:
• Bioinformatics at the University at Buffalo
  
  
• Nanoelectronics at the University at Albany
  
  
• Wireless and Information Technology at Stony Brook University
  
  
• Research Foundation establishes Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Affairs to work with campuses to boost philanthropic gifts and grants from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations.
  
  
• SUNY adopts A New Vision in Teacher Education - a ground-breaking initiative to improve the quality of teacher preparation, address state needs in high-needs subjects and schools, and assure continuing program quality.

2002

• SUNY research tops $700 million, a new research funding high.

2003

• SUNY enrollment exceeds 410,000 students - highest in University history.
  
  
• SUNY research grows to all time high of $766 million.
  
  
• $2 billion capital plan completed, and new five-year $2.5 billion plan proposed.

The State University of New York Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Affairs, philanthropy@suny.edu primary focus is to sustain the $3 Billion Challenge by providing support and services to the 64 campuses planning to conduct capital campaigns.

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