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The State University College At Albany Has Been Rated As One Of The Best Liberal Arts Colleges

1961 December 21

College Council Becomes University Council

1962 September

College Council becomes University Council. University admits first freshmen non-teacher preparatory students as candidates for B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Phi Delta Kappa, Honorary For Men In Education, Installs Epsilon Omicron Campus Chapter

1962

Phi Delta Kappa, honorary for men in Education, installs Epsilon Omicron campus chapter.

Beta Beta Beta (Theta Gamma Chapter) National Biological Society Formed

1962

March 29 Beta Beta Beta (Theta Gamma Chapter) national biological society formed.

Groundbreaking For New $130,000,000 Uptown Campus

1962 August

Groundbreaking for new $130,000,000 Uptown Campus. The Campus was designed by Edward Durell Stone.

Knickerbocker News Carries Article And Photo Of The Revised Sunya Seal Created By Jack Kral Of The Sunya Paint Department

1963 May 9

Knickerbocker News carries article and photo of the revised SUNYA seal created by Jack Kral of the SUNYA paint department. The seal carries and outer band with "State University of New York 1948," an inner and with the SUNY logo, "LET EACH BECOME ALL HE IS CAPABLE OF BEING" and the SUNY shield on...

Decision Announced That Greek Organizations Will Be Forced To Move From Their Houses To The New Campus

1963 May 22

Decision announced that Greek organizations will be forced to move from their houses to the new campus by the Fall of 1965 when first dorm ready. (Dean Ellen Stokes, “New Policy for Fraternities and Sororities,” Alumni Quarterly, Winter 1964, pp. 7-8) August--Report that the pilings for the high...

Tuition Assessed For First Time For Academic Year Students

1963 September

Tuition assessed for first time for academic year students. Enrollment total is 3,854: 850 freshmen, 250 transfers, 797 Masters candidates, 19 PHD candidates.

Camp Johnston, Women’s Athletic Association Cabin In Chatham, Ny

1963

Camp Johnston, Women’s Athletic Association Cabin in Chatham, NY, probably sold at about this time.

First Joan D. Van Slyke Scholarship Awarded For The “Educational And Living Expenses Of A Worthy And Capable Young Boy Or Girl Who Desires To Become A Teacher And For That Purpose To Study And Be Educated

1963 Fall

-–First Joan D. Van Slyke Scholarship awarded for the “educational and living expenses of a worthy and capable young boy or girl who desires to become a teacher and for that purpose to study and be educated.” The intent was that the award would go to students who wanted to become a teacher but...