May 2018
SUNY Maritime College volunteering project with University at Albany and SUNY ESF students
In May 2018, SUNY Maritime’s Empire State VI training vessel traveled to Puerto Rico with more than 500 cadets for the first stop on their annual summer at sea program and kicked off Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative. Cadets were joined by 30 students from UAlbany and 14 from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the recovery projects and stayed onboard the training ship while it was docked in the Old San Juan harbor. Students assisted in agricultural restoration, rebuilt a pedestrian bridge and cleaned up debris still plaguing the island eight months after the hurricanes.
Press Releases
Related News Articles
Spectrum News, September 23:
SUNY Students, Staff Continue Offering Support to Puerto Rico
Times Union, April 30:
UAlbany president travels to Puerto Rico with state contingent
NBC New York, May 22:
SUNY Students Step Up in Puerto Rico (with video)
Times Union, May 18:
UAlbany students to volunteer in Puerto Rico
Bronx Times, May 11:
SUNY Maritime cadets sail to Puerto Rico on a mission
Campus Reports
UAlbany:
SUNY ESF:
SUNY Maritime College:
- Summer Sea Term begins; Maritime students to aid in Puerto Rico hurricane recovery
- Hundreds of Maritime students volunteer in Puerto Rico