Normally, April would be the month when high school seniors are making last-minute visits to Rochester-area colleges, trying to decide which school that accepted them they will attend in the fall. Juniors might use their April break to start their ...

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After denying anything was official for hours on Friday, the SUNY College at Brockport issued a statement late in the afternoon confirming that the campus is readying itself to possibly take students returning from five coronavirus-affected countries. Brockport President Heidi ...

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County Legislator Vincent R. Felder, a graduate of the College at Brockport, has asked the chancellor of the SUNY system to investigate his alma mater because of recent conflicts over diversity.  In a Feb. 18 letter to SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, ...

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Local healthcare education programs make inroads on diversity. When it comes to diversity in higher education programs for healthcare, two local institutions have made the grade nationally. Insight into Diversity magazine gives awards each year to the higher education institutions across ...

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Princeton University’s Gideon Rosen will talk Thursday about managing moral outrage through philosophy at the first in a series of talks hosted by the College at Brockport’s Center for Philosophic Exchange. The lecture will be at 5 p.m. in McCue ...

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The College at Brockport officially opened its newest dormitory Thursday with a ribbon cutting for the $24 million, 263-bed residence. Eagle Hall also includes a smart classroom, multipurpose rooms and soundproof study rooms. Each floor of the four-story building has ...

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The College at Brockport is introducing six new graduate programs, following a trend to move more courses online. One certificate program in aging students will be in a hybrid format, meaning some in-class instruction and some online, while the other ...

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Katy Heyning, a dean at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has been hired to become the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State College at Brockport. Heyning will take over in June from Interim Provost James Haynes. ...

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Human resources regulations can be a pain in the neck and costly, agreed educators, business people and legislators participating in a wide-ranging panel discussion at the Greece Regional Chamber of Commerce Thursday. Even those regulations with the best of intentions ...

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