Alumni to Gather at Citi Field for First SUNY-wide Event
September 24, 2012
New SUNY Alumni Website Allows Graduates to Reconnect, Discover Benefits
Queens – Graduates of the State University of New York’s 64 campuses will join together tonight at Citi Field for the first SUNY-wide alumni event in recent history. For $20, attendees will get an opportunity to network at a pre-game gathering at McFadden’s restaurant before hitting the stands to root for the NY Mets as they take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The event, which sold out in just over a week, marks the beginning of a series of events being planned to reconnect friends and classmates and make new connections for graduates of different SUNY institutions.
“As I travel the state, I am constantly reminded of the strength of the SUNY family,” said Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. “In every corner of the state, one is hard pressed to find someone who didn’t go to SUNY or doesn’t have a relative or close friend who attended a SUNY campus. Tonight we will connect graduates from Buffalo to Stony Brook, Cornell to the Fashion Institute of Technology. Our alumni are one of New York’s most valuable untapped resources and we know bringing them together will benefit not only their individual success but the future of SUNY and our state.”
Graduates who are not able to attend the event can join the movement at the recently launched SUNY Alumni website. Visitors will find information about other upcoming events, how to reconnect with the SUNY system, and ways to take advantage of unique deals and discounts available to alumni and staff through the SUNY Perks program.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, 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 $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2022, 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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