Statement from Chancellor King and SUNY Board of Trustees on Recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15, 2025
"SUNY is proud to observe Hispanic Heritage Month alongside our faculty, staff, and approximately 62,000 Hispanic and Latino students currently working towards a degree at one of our 64 campuses. As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, SUNY is honored to acknowledge the contributions that Hispanic and Latino students, faculty, staff, and alumni have made to the SUNY system, to New York State, and to the country.
"This Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate SUNY's diversity, and the excellence our Hispanic American community members contribute to our campuses. Consistent with our statutory mission, SUNY is proud to recognize the diversity of our student body, faculty, staff, and leaders, and we will continue our work to ensure SUNY campuses reflect and celebrate all of the cultures and experiences that our students bring.
"At SUNY, we understand that diversity is our strength, and that learning about different cultures, histories, and perspectives is an essential component of a well-rounded education. We are proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and we will continue our efforts to ensure all SUNY students feel safe and welcomed on all of our campuses."
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state's only college of optometry, 12 Educational Opportunity Centers, over 30 ATTAIN digital literacy labs, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.7 million students across its portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2025, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and annually one in three New Yorkers who earn a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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