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State University of New York

Memorandum to Presidents

Date: April 23, 1993

Vol. 93 No. 2

From: Office of the Chancellor

Subject: Acceptable Short-Form Campus Names - Guidelines for Review Process

To: Presidents, State-operated Campuses Presidents, Community Colleges

During the past several months we have been engaged in the development of a new process to review and approve the "acceptable short-form" of a campus name. I have consulted with the Council of Presidents, staff in the Central Administration, members of the University Faculty Senate, and other presidents and campus staff who have an interest in this important issue of campus identity and image. Although I am firmly committed to the preservation of a State University system identity in all publications, public relations materials, stationery, logos; and other means of identification, I am well aware of the need by many of our campuses to have a personal identity as they develop their individual market niche.

Attached is the most recent listing of official campus names as approved in SUNY Board of Trustees' and community college trustees' resolutions or by special statute, groupings by sector with the appropriate sector name, e.g, University Colleges rather than Arts and Science Colleges, and the acceptable short-form names. This list should supersede and replace all other listings that you have from me or other Central staff.

As you know, under the Education Law the SUNY Trustees are directly responsible for the formal naming of a State-operated campus after consultation with the opus council. For the use of short-form names, however, I would like to initiate a review process that will require presidents to submit to me in writing the new name, accompanied by a brief rationale for the change, Rligl to any public announcement so that neither I nor the trustees are taken by surprise. Moreover, so that the State University identity is not lost with the adoption of a new short-form name, I ask that all stationery, publications, and logos (when possible) and other means of identification clearly identify the State University of New York in some prominent place.

In addition to the new listing of acceptable short-form names that appears on the attachment, I would like to point out the other changes of which you should be aware:

• State University of New York College of Optometry has been moved from the Health Sciences Center grouping to the Specialized Colleges list;

• The name of the State University of New York College of Technology at Utica/Rome was changed in August 1989 to State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome;

• State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome has been moved from the Colleges of Technology group to the Specialized Colleges list;

• The name of the Community College of the Finger Lakes has been changed to Finger Lakes Community College.

• Although this is not new, I would like once again to ask you to remove the designation "Arts and Science" colleges from our four-year liberal arts campuses and replace it with "University Colleges."

If you have any questions about these changes or the process for review of acceptable short-form names, please feel free to call me or my deputy, Dr. Marilou Jarvis. -

 

 

D. Bruce Johnstone

Attachment

This memorandum for information to:

Deans, Statutory Colleges

President Coll

Provost Nesheim

 

	(Updated) January 10, 1994
Campuses of the State University of New York
Official/Legal Name	Acceptable Short Form (l)
University Centers
State University of New York at Albany	University at Albany
State University of New York at Binghamton	Binghamton University, BU
State University of New York at Buffalo	University at Buffalo, UB
State University of New York at Stony Brook	Stony Brook, University at Stony Brook, USB
Health Science Centers
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn	HSC at Brooklyn
State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse	HSC at Syracuse
(1) Requires State University of New York in logo and on stationery.
University Colleges (2)
State University College at Brockport	SUNY Brockport
State University College at Buffalo	Buffalo State College
State University College at Cortland	Cortland College, SUNY Cortland
'State University College at Fredonia	College at Fredonia, Fredonia
State University College at Geneseo	Geneseo, SUNY Geneseo
State University College at New Paltz	College at New Paltz
State University College at Old Westbury	Old Westbury
State University College at Oneonta	College at Oneonta
State University College at Oswego	SUNY Oswego
State University College at Plattsburgh	SUNY Plattsburgh
State University College at Potsdam	Potsdam College
State University College at Purchase	Purchase College
State University of New York Empire State College	Empire State College
(2) Although the format State University College reflects the formal action of the SUNY Trustees taken from enabling resolutions, it is also acceptable to use State University of New York College at ....
Colleges of Technology
State University of New York College of Technology at Alfred	Alfred State College
State University of New York College of Technology at Canton	SUNY Canton
State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill	SUNY Cobleskill
State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi	Delhi
State University of New York College of Technology at Farmingdale	SUNY Farmingdale
State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville	SUNY Morrisville
Specialized Colleges
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry	College of Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY ESF
State University of New York College of Optometry	College of Optometry
State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome	SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome
State University of New York Maritime College	Maritime College
Statutory Colleges
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University	Same
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University	Same
New York State .College of Human Ecology at Cornell University	Same
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University	Same
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University	Same
Community Colleges (3)
Adirondack Community College (at Glens Falls)	ACC
Broome Community College (at Binghamton)	BCC
Cayuga County Community College (at Auburn)	Cayuga Community College
Clinton Community College (at Plattsburgh)	CCC
Columbia-Greene Community College (at Hudson)	CGCC
Corning Community College (at Corning)	CCC
Dutchess Community College (at Poughkeepsie)	DCC
Erie Community College (at Williamsville, Buffalo and Orchard Park)	ECC
Fashion Institute of Technology (at New York City)	FIT
Finger Lakes Community College (at Canandaigua)	FLCC
Fulton-Montgomery Community College (at Johnstown)	FMCC or Fulton-Montgomery
Genesee Community College (at Batavia)	GCC
Herkimer County Community College (at Herkimer)	HCCC
Hudson Valley Community College (at Troy)	HVCC
Jamestown Community College (at Jamestown)	JCC
Jefferson Community College (at Watertown)	JCC
Mohawk Valley Community College (at Utica)	MVCC
Monroe Community College (at Rochester)	MCC
Nassau Community College (at Garden City)	NCC
Niagara County Community College (at Sanborn)	NCCC
Onondaga Community College (at Syracuse)	OCC
North Country Community College (at Saranac Lake, Malone, Ticonderoga)	NCCC
Orange County Community College (at Middletown)	OCCC
Rockland Community College (at Suffern)	RCC
Schenectady County Community College (at Schenectady)	SCCC
Suffolk County Community College (at Selden, Riverhead and Brentwood)	Suffolk Community College, SCC
Sullivan County Community College (at Loch Sheldrake)	SCCC
Tompkins Cortland Community College (at Dryden)	Tompkins Cortland
Ulster County Community College (at Stone Ridge)	Ulster
Westchester Community College (at Valhalla)	WCC
(3) SUNY Trustees' code of standards for community colleges provides that when possible and desirable the designation of its sponsorship or service area shall be incorporated into the name of a community college.