SUNY Chancellor, New York City Deputy Mayor to Host 3rd Annual Cradle To Career Convening
June 25, 2014
New York City – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher will be joined by New York City Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Richard Buery tomorrow as SUNY convenes its third annual meeting of cradle-to-career community partnerships from across New York State.
Chancellor Zimpher will open the convening, with remarks at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The two-day event is OPEN PRESS and will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday, June 26 – Friday, June 27
Time: 1:30 p.m. Thursday – 4 p.m. Friday (Agenda)
Location: Fashion Institute of Technology
227 W 27th Street
New York, NY
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, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire 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 $1.16 billion in fiscal year 2024, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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