SUNY Chancellor Robert L. King is guest for special breakfast briefing in Fishkill Sept. 25
09/19/2003
NEW PALTZ -- State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King will make a presentation about SUNY's role in the upstate New York economy at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center on Route 9 in Fishkill.
The Chancellor's presentation, titled "SUNY Means Business: The Impact of the State University on the Upstate Economy," will focus on the $177 million impact the five Mid-Hudson area SUNY colleges make to the upstate economy.
The event will be hosted by the Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress, SUNY New Paltz and corporate sponsor, HSBC.
The five SUNY colleges in the Mid-Hudson area -- SUNY New Paltz, Dutchess County Community College, Orange County Community College, Sullivan County Community College and Ulster County Community College -- will be in attendance.
For more information, contact Laurence Sombke at (518) 443-5311 or Eric Gullickson at (845) 257-3245.
Note to Editors: Please contact Eric Gullickson at the SUNY New Paltz Office of Public Affairs for directions and details if you plan on attending this event.
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
