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MCC Daily Tribune

"Many things are uncertain. SUNY is not." Chancellor's Inaugural Address Available Online

Yesterday, Jan. 26, State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras provided his first State of the University System Address. The theme of the address was “Many things are uncertain. SUNY is not.” To access a video of the address or the full transcript, please visit https://www.suny.edu/sotus/.

Within his inaugural address, Chancellor Malatras:

  • outlined a path through COVID-19 in an uplifting call for SUNY colleges to rethink and reimagine higher education.
  • connected SUNY’s founding to present-day challenges and offered a path to closing the skills gap and strengthening higher education for the future.
  • challenged SUNY colleges to meet students where they are, reach out to underserved communities, recognize changing student demographics, and recommit to supporting the individuality of every student.

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, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. As of Fall 2020, nearly 400,000 students were enrolled at a SUNY campus. In total, SUNY serves about 1.3 million students in 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 were more than $1.0 billion in fiscal year 2020, 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 opportunity, visit www.suny.edu.

Rosanna Yule
Government and Community Relations
01/27/2021