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Acquisition Of 10 Acres On The East Side Of The Campus Is Underway

1967 June 21

Acquisition of 10 acres on the east side of the Campus is underway.

Accept Half Of The State Quad Parking Lot Nearest The Podium

1967 July 14

Accept half of the State Quad parking lot nearest the Podium.

State Quad Occupied

1967 Fall

State Quad occupied. Low rise buildings A and B (accepted August 23), and E and F (top three floors accepted September 7)were ready for occupancy by the start of the Fall semester. Low rise unit H students were temporarily tripled on Alumni Quad. They would move in in early October. Low rise...

Chemistry Building Formally Dedicated With A Symposium

1967 October 24

Chemistry Building formally dedicated with a symposium "Chemistry: In Prospect and Retrospect," with the feature speakers Dr. Charles G. Overberger, president of the American Chemical Society and chairman of the department of chemistry at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Arthur M. Bueche, vice...

Education Building Formally Dedicated With A Program

1967 November 8

Education Building formally dedicated with a program "Preparing the Professional Toward the 21st Century," Speakers will be Dr. Harold Taylor, former president of Sarah Lawrence College, Dr. Carl E. Helm, professor of education at the City University of New York, and Dr. Richard C. Miller,...

All Fountains In Academic Group I Accepted

1967 November 6

All fountains in Academic Group I accepted. Three fountains by the Library, one under the stairs from the Lecture Center, and ones in the North and South sunken courts of the library. All of the fountains were turned on briefly but the ones in the sunken courts on the North and South of the...

Final Enrollment Figures For The Fall Released: 9,150 Students On Campus

1967 Fall

Final enrollment figures for the fall released: 9,150 students on campus, 6,348 (69.4%)are undergraduates, and 2,802 (30.4%) are graduate students. Full-time enrollment for graduate students is 922, while 880 are part-time. Amoung the undergraduates 748 are part-time students. 425 of the...

Fine Arts Building Top Three Floors Accepted But Not The Art Gallery

1967 September 7

Fine Arts Building top three floors accepted but not the Art Gallery. The Gallery was accepted on September 25 in time for its grand opening on October 5.

University At Albany Foundation Established To Promote Good Relations Between The University & The Community

1967

University at Albany Foundation established to promote good relations between the University & the Community. Later it took on responsibility for fund-raising and investment.

University Art Gallery And Art Building Dedicated

1967 October 5

University Art Gallery and Art Building dedicated. Opens with exhibit of Nelson Rockefeller Art Collection.

Accept Great Circle And Washington Avenue Entrance To The Campu

1967 December 15

Accept Great Circle and Washington Avenue entrance to the campus, the black topped promenade North of the podium, and the parking lot near Physical Education Building.

Clark’s Wall In Campus Center Assemby Hall Designed And Installed

1967 Fall

Clark’s Wall in Campus Center Assemby Hall designed and installed by A. William Clark of the Art Department.

Greenhouse Accepted

1967 December 18

Greenhouse accepted.

University Acquires Two House Lots On Ontario Street From The Faculty Student Association For $18,800 And Interest (Map # 23)

1968 April??

University acquires two house lots on Ontario Street from the Faculty Student Association for $18,800 and interest (Map # 23). The houses have already been torn down and the land seeded.

Oil Portrait Of President Collins By Philip Pearlstein Presented To The University

1968

Oil portrait of President Collins by Philip Pearlstein presented to the University by “Friends of the University”.

Faculty Student Association Sells 18 & 22 South Lake Ave. For $90,000

1968

Faculty Student Association sells 18 & 22 South Lake Ave. for $90,000. The buildings had served for 15 years as undergraduate and graduate housing.

Martin Luther King Fund Established For Grants In Aid To “Disadvantaged Students....[Who] Will Not Be Students Normally Admitted To The University.”

1968 June

-–Martin Luther King Fund established for grants in aid to “disadvantaged students....[who] will not be students normally admitted to the University.” The announcement of the fund hoped to raise $25,000.00 to allow grants of $200.00 to $1,000.00 per year.

Students Added To Faculty Senate Councils

1968 September

-–Students added to Faculty Senate Councils. The faculty voted at an open meeting on September 12 to amend the Faculty By-Laws and admit students to all Faculty Councils. The vote was formally approved by the Faculty Senate at its meeting on September 30th. Previously students had been admitted...

All Of Colonial Quad Now Seeded

1968 June 6

All of Colonial Quad now seeded. Tisdale predicts an end to dust storms on campus since only Indian Quad is now bare, though he points out that the bare State Police Academy on the Harriman campus may bring dust.

Packaged Kosher Dinners Are Made Available Through The B’nai B’rith Hillel Society

1968 September

-–Packaged Kosher dinners are made available through The B’nai B’rith Hillel Society.