This video features student attending orientation at the University at Albany in 1951, on the downtown campus. There are two separate orientation camps depicted, one for the women and one for the men. Students are depicting canoeing, student bonding activities at a campground. There are many scenes of students studying, working on projects and interactions between students and faculty. Many different sports are depicted, such as, archery, basketball, baseball, wrestling, and tennis. There are shots of students eating dinner, playing bridge, and socializing in front of the fire. Also "moving up day" is featured.
New York State College for Teachers (now the University at Albany) students Dorothy De Cicco, '52 (representing Gamma Kappa Phi), Joan Reilly, '53 (representing Chi Sigma Theta), John Stevenson, '51 (representing Sigma Lambda) and David Wetherby, '51 (Potter Club) follow student tradition and meet at the statue of Minerva, then in Draper Hall. Minerva is one of the symbolic figures of the school.
Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977-1978 and President from 1978-July 31, 1990, stands in front of the large fountain on the Uptown Campus. The small fountain and the Campus Center are in the background as well as some students. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962-Fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing
A live fundrasing telethon held SUNY Albany students benefiting the Albany State Chapter of Big Bothers Big Sisters and the Wildwood School for Developmentally Handicapped Children. Featuring a number of student and community performers in the Campus Center Ballroom, hosted by Marleen Michaelson and Stuart Greskin [?].
Vicki Gekas (Class of 1969 and MA, 1972) attends Greek anti-junta protest ; behind her is a protest poster entitled "The Colossus" drawn by Roger T. Conant, graduate student in the Department of History. Gekas was the inspiration for the main character in Las Isla de los Jacinto Cortados (The Island of the Cut Hyacinths) (1980) by award-winning Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Vicki Gekas (Class of 1969 and MA, 1972) and Marie-Louise prepare dessert at during the 1971 International Students' Night celebration at the Brubacher Residence Hall cafeteria. Gekas was the inspiration for the main character in Las Isla de los Jacinto Cortados (The Island of the Cut Hyacinths) (1980) by award-winning Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Vicki Gekas (Class of 1969 and MA, 1972) with Marie-Louise, a French graduate student, mixes drinks at during the 1971 International Students' Night celebration at the Brubacher Residence Hall cafeteria. Gekas was the inspiration for the main character in Las Isla de los Jacinto Cortados (The Island of the Cut Hyacinths) (1980) by award-winning Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Vicki Gekas (Class of 1969 and MA, 1972) enters her dorm room in Brubacher Hall. Gekas was the inspiration for the main character in Las Isla de los Jacinto Cortados (The Island of the Cut Hyacinths) (1980) by award-winning Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Vicki Gekas (Class of 1969 and MA, 1972) with arms upraised in Sirtaki dance during the 1971 International Students' Night celebration at the Brubacher Residence Hall cafeteria. Gekas was the inspiration for the main character in Las Isla de los Jacinto Cortados (The Island of the Cut Hyacinths) (1980) by award-winning Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
Vicki Gekas (Class of 1969 and MA, 1972) dances Sirtaki with Greek graduate student from the School of Business during the 1971 International Students' Night celebration at the Brubacher Residence Hall cafeteria. Gekas was the inspiration for the main character in Las Isla de los Jacinto Cortados (The Island of the Cut Hyacinths) (1980) by award-winning Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
Unidentified students of the Class of 1963 being greeted by people, possibly family members, during an event associated with commencement at the State University of New York at Albany. This image appeared on the cover of the Summer 1963 issue of the Alumni Quarterly.
A photograph of the painting "View of State Street," by John Wilson (watercolor on paper), depicting urban life on this busy major street of Albany, New York, circa 1848. The painting is in the collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art. Restricted: Property of the Albany Institute of History and Art. Permission to reproduce must be secured from the Albany Institute of History and Art.
New York State Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller talks to State University of New York at Albany students on the uptown campus. Surrounded by a crowd, including students and reporters, Governor Rockefeller holds a bullhorn to be heard. Nelson A. Rockefeller was Governor of New York State from 1959 to 1973 and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968.
Vincent O'Leary, Acting President from 1977?1978 and President from 1978?July 31, 1990, poses for a portrait. During O'Leary's administrations, the institution was named State University of New York at Albany from August 1962?fall 1986 and the University at Albany, SUNY starting in the fall of 1986 and continuing.
