The State University of New York at New Paltz has created a new Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) on the New Paltz campus. It is directed by Gerald Benjamin. The center will marshal existing intellectual resources from across the academic units of SUNY New Paltz and focus these in service to the region and New York state.

The center will serve as the principal locus of the college's efforts to raise its level of engagement within communities, government, and businesses across the Hudson Valley. It will help advance the institution's effort to "become a cultural and intellectual hub of the mid-Hudson Region."

Within the Center, SUNY New Paltz Regional Education has been performing, in collaboration with the institution's major academic units, community outreach to serve the region through its

• Graduate programs and advising
• Summer session
• Alliances with teacher centers
• Extension and distance learning
• Programs in education
• Language Immersion Institute
• Classroom Technology Institute
• Professional Development

Contact Regional Education at 845-257-2904 for more information.