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SUNYA made University Center. State University College at Albany renamed State University of New York at Albany.

Announcement that the current position of Dean of Women will be abolished when Ellen C. Stokes, the current dean, retires. The job responsibilities will be transferred to Lois H. Gregg, associate dean of students.

President Collins creates two vice presidential offices. Dr. Webb S. Fiser is appointed the first Vice President for Academic Affairs. Office of Vice President for Student Affairs was also created by Collins. Dr. Clifton H. Thorne, named Dean of Students on July 1, is appointed Vice Presid- ency....

First full-time position of director of sports information created with the appointment of Robert H. Rice, Jr. to the position in the Public Information Office. Office of Sponsored Funds established.

During a meeting between Chancellor Gould and the presidents of the Student Associations of the Universities and Colleges of the State University of New York, economic opportunity programs and race relations are discussed and a consensus is reached that more should be done within the state system...

Offered by the Rhetoric and Public Address Department, and to be taught by Dr. James Smoot, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor of SUNY and Coordinator of Urban Centers and Special Programs with the Central Administration, including the Education Opportunities Program (EOP).

After university students join a November 12th protest of black students for equal treatment at Albany High School, the meeting is forcibly dispersed by the police. Later in the month, student Senator Steve Villano introduced a bill to the University Senate that asked for that body to call upon...

Although the university is considering a $100 tuition hike to cover the difference between their proposed budget and funding from the state, Governor Rockefeller doubles down on the commitment to the Educational Opportunity Program.

Introduced by Senators Giuffreda, Goodman, and Carcia, the bill would permit students in the Educational Opportunity Program to receive tuition assistance for a full 5 academic years, allowing them to remain in school for an extra year if deemed necessary without having to worry about their...

In a meeting with the Albany Student Press and Student Association President Steve Gerber, EOP director Vernon Buck provides a statistical breakdown of the EOP's achievements to date. Of the 168 students who began the program in 1968, more than 100 had already graduated; 45 of the graduates were...

The Central Council temporarily freezes the funds of the EOPSA after a dispute arises over the representation of Puerto-Rican students in the organization's governing board. The Puerto-Rican faction, unsatisfied with a single representative in the administrative body of the EOPSA, advocates for...

Seeking to alleviate the conflict between the administration of the Educational Opportunities Program Student Association and a contingent of Puerto-Rican students united under the group Fuerza Latina (Latin Power), the Central Council continues their investigation into the struggle over...

After months of conflict over the representation of Puerto-Rican students in the Educational Opportunities Program Student Association's governing board, the Central Council accepts the recommendation of the Executive Budget Committee to separate the faction representing the Puerto-Rican and...

In an editorial against a proposal introduced by the Central Council chairperson in an earlier meeting which would authorize a 67% budget cut for ethnic based student groups on campus, the Assistant Coordinator of Fuerza Latina (Latin Power), Juan Tito Melendez, praises the Central Council for...

After members of the EOPSA staged a sit in of the Student Association offices earlier in the day, the Central Council voted to approve a budget of $35,650 for the organization, closer to the figure argued for by the EOPSA and a rejection of the much smaller projected budget of $27,000 that had...

After a highly charged council meeting earlier in the week where EOPSA members had participated in a sit-in of the proceedings, the Central Council would later affirm Student President Pat Curran's decision to reverse the concessions offered and veto the resolution authorizing the EOPSA to...

Despite the State Legislature's budget for SUNY Albany which would see an overall reduction of over $7 million, the bill provides an increase of $1 million for the Educational Opportunity Program.

In the "Presidential Taskforce on Priorities and Resources Report", convened to deal with the the strained financial situation at the university, offer their recommendations to president Emmett B. Fields regarding the funding of various departments on campus. Although the EOP is noted for its...

The 1976 state budget is released, revealing the serious fiscal constraints the university will face in the upcoming year. In particular, funding for EOP and similar programs that offer higher education to the economically disadvantaged is reduced significantly, $3.6 million dollars in total. At...

The cuts, made with the aim of eventually eliminating the stipend program altogether, are justified by the increase in federal funding and state Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards. The effort is resisted by the Legislative Director for the Student Association of the State University (SASU),...