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SUNY Sullivan onboard with SUNY Chancellor.

 

Loch Sheldrake (January 10, 2012) - Nancy L. Zimpher, SUNY Chancellor, delivered her State of the University Address, Monday (January 9), and what she had to say resonated with SUNY Sullivan's interim president, Dr. William Murabito.

"If Governor Cuomo was right on target with what he had to say in his State of the State Address, Chancellor Zimpher hit the bull's-eye in her State of the University Address," Murabito said. "Both her short- and long-term goals will, without a doubt, not only make the SUNY system stronger, they will benefit both the public and private sectors across the Empire State."

Zimpher's speech covered the gamut, from reducing costs and increasing retention and graduate rates to investigating new avenues for shared services and making a college education accessible to all New Yorkers. In her remarks,

The chancellor coined a new term for 2012 that she called "systemness." Zimpher went on to explain that "for a university like SUNY, systemness means bringing together and orchestrating our system's stakeholders —that means students, faculty, staff, boards, councils, campuses, institutes, centers, the list goes on—in such a way as to deliver on our goals and realize our mission beyond what we've ever been able to achieve before."

And although Dr. Murabito agreed with everything Zimpher had to say in her address, he was particularly impressed with what she had to say about community colleges.

"An open gateway for opportunity," Zimpher said, "SUNY community colleges offers New Yorkers the chance to learn more, to get a head start in their careers, or to reinvent themselves for the next chapter of their lives.

"And we're proud of our students who graduate with AA or AS degrees in fields that often put them to work ahead of the curve.

"Unfortunately, it is not always seamless if these graduates encounter transfer problems at our 4-year campuses."

Dr. Murabito heartily agrees with chancellor on this point. "One of our goals at SUNY Sullivan is to make sure we do all we can do to help our students complete an associate's degree with us, and if they want to further their education, make the transition from Sullivan to a four-year college as seamless as possible."

Chancellor Zimpher summarized SUNY's goals and objectives:

Control costs through shared services...performance-based allocations and ...systems integration.Increase productivity by tracking and measuring our progress with Report Cards...eliminating academic remediation...and implementing strategic enrollment management.And we will ensure greater access and degree completion by perfecting transfer mobility...expanding and enhancing distance learning...and setting targets to improve completion rates.

"I should add that it falls to me," Zimpher concluded, "to push the envelope and stretch our thinking and our ambitions. But clearly this is the work of our key stakeholders, our campuses, and, ultimately, with the input and encouragement of our Board of Trustees."

"SUNY Sullivan is prepared to push the envelope and stretch our thinking," Murabito said. "We have the talent right here to do it."