Chancellor Highlights SUNY's Presence at the Great New York State Fair

Syracuse – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher visited the Great New York State Fair today, in recognition of Student Day.

After interacting with SUNY alumni as well as current and prospective students at the SUNY booth, Chancellor Zimpher visited each of the SUNY campus booths to lend her support.

SUNY Cobleskill’s exhibit at the Fair, in Building 11, tells the story of the college’s 100 years of dedication to hands-on, applied learning, from the early programs of nursery education and home economics, to feeding the future with hydroponics. The exhibit features a timeline of a century of service (1911-2011), cabinets containing memorabilia, and a display panel highlighting the programs of the institution’s current curriculum. The rosemary trees on site were grown by students in SUNY Cobleskill’s Department of Plant Science.

At the SUNY ESF booth, the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering is giving fairgoers the opportunity to experience what water is capable of doing. The ESF exhibit is located in the New York State Parks at the State Fair area in front of the Horticulture Building. Once the Fair is over, SUNY ESF scientists will turn the butter sculpture into biodiesel, as they have each year since 2008.

SUNY Upstate Medical University is offering free health screenings and health-related information – including community resources for the uninsured, advances in cancer care, and smoking cessation programs – at its New York State Fair exhibit in the Science and Industry Building.

The SUNY Morrisville barn is open at the Fair again this year, at Gate 4. In addition to showcasing horses, the college is highlighting an electric cart designed by mechanical engineering technology students and a video game created by students in computer information technologies programs.

The SUNY booth at Gate 3 and those of each of campus will maintain their presence for the duration of the Fair, which ends Monday, Sept. 5

For photos, visit GenerationSUNY on Facebook.

About the State University of New York

The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating more than 467,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses with nearly 3 million alumni around the globe. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunity, visit www.suny.edu 

###