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A Ten Year Agreement Announced With Coca Cola Enterprises To Be The Exclusive Vendor For Soft Drinks At The University

1998 September

A ten-year agreement announced with Coca-Cola Enterprises to be the exclusive vendor for soft drinks at the University. The University expects to receive $6 million in revenue over the next decade, including half a million in student scholarships. Coke will hire two student interns (one...

Bennie Siegel Scholarship Fund Established

1998 April

Bennie Siegel Scholarship Fund established in honor of the University's equipment manager, 1967-1988. Siegel passed away on March 29.

Release of $100 Million Master Plan For 10 Years Of University Development

1997 Fall

Release of $100 million Master Plan for 10 years of University development. The plan calls for new buildings adjacent to the the Academic Podium, a proposed 75,000 sq. ft. Chemistry building (later the Life Sciences Building), the rehabilitation of the existing podium, and the limitation of auto...

Inauguration Of Mayfred Dutton Lucas Scholarship Award

1995 Fall

Inauguration of Mayfred Dutton Lucas Scholarship Award for the most promising senior in the teacher education program in mathematics. The second award was given in December 1996.

The First Annual Urban Institute Held By The School Of Education

1995 Summer

The first annual Urban Institute held by the School of Education lead by Don Briggs, Joshua Smith, Ph.D. candidate in Educational Psychology. The Institute poses a question of relevance to high school students from urban neighborhoods and asks the students to provide answers.

First Annual D. Bruce Johnstone Lecture Given

1994 November 3

First annual D. Bruce Johnstone Lecture given by Wadi Haddad, senior advisor for human development, office of the vice president African region of the World Bank on the topic "Policy and Planning Linkages: Lessons for Planning Educational Development." The event is hosted University President H....

U.S. President William Clinton Visits The Campus

1994 November 3

U.S. President William "Bill" Clinton visits the campus. Clinton was the first sitting U. S. President to visit the school. President Elect (at the time Governor of New York State) Grover Cleveland awarded diplomas in 1885 in an off-campus ceremony.

Joint Program To Train Russian Regional Leaders In Nurturing Private Enterprise

1994 September

Announcement of joint program with SUNY Binghamton and Plattsburgh, coordinated by the University at Albany and headed by William Holstein, to train Russian regional leaders in nurturing private enterprise. Funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with a grant of $900,000.

Center For Excellence In Teaching & Learning Established

1994 January 27

Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning established. Sesquicentennial Celebrations begin when Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzeer-prize winning poet will give first Distinguished Sesquicentennial Lecture Series. Other speakers during the year will be Carl Sagan and Elie Wiesel, 1986 Nobel Prize...

University Library Brings Advance Catalog On Line. System Handles 256 Simultaneous Users

1994 January 31

University Library brings Advance catalog on line. System handles 256 simultaneous users. The system will provide subject searches, network access to journal indexes, inter-library loan requests, and online document delivery.