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First Ph.D. in French Studies awarded to Louise Charbonneau.

The Committee of State University Special Programs held the event in the Campus Center Ballroom to honor the outstanding academic achievements of seniors in the Educational Opportunity Program. The President of the Albany State University Black Alliance, Leander Holloway, was a featured speaker...

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),...

After an article is published in a previous week's Albany Student Press falsely criticizing EOP students for 'not having a single graduate out of nearly 700 that began the program', former EOP matriculate and PhD student Lynn Gilmore corrects the record, pointing out that not only had several of...

Harriet Tucker becomes the first Black Homecoming Queen chosen. At the time, Black students are a very small percentage of the student body.

First doctorate (an Ed.D.) awarded to James Arthur Conway of School of Education, SCT, BA ‘54.

Frances Allen grew up on a farm without electricity in Peru, New York and would go on to be the first woman to win the Turing Award. After her graduation from the State College for Teachers, Allen fulfilled her Declaration of Teaching pledge by teaching mathematics. She then obtained an MS in...

Milk became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. He was assassinated on November 27, 1978.

John Jennings is elected the first African-American president of the Student Council (also called the Student Association). He later had a prominent career in NYS Civil Services.

Marcia Brown became an author and illustrator of children's literature. Brown was one of only two three-time winners of the Caldecott Medal, the American Library Association's highest award for excellence in children's' picture-book illustrations. Brown's winning books were Cinderella, or the...

James William Phillips graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree, the first identifiable African-American male student to graduate from the school.

Javier S. Adrianzen, A.B., a student from Chiclayo, Peru, attends State Normal School funded by the Peruvian Government. He earns a Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1910. Adrianzen is the first known Latin American student. He designed the State Normal College Echo cover in 1907.

Kate Stoneman, faculty member, passes the NYS bar exam, but is denied admission to the NYS Bar by the NYS Court of Appeals. Stoneman & her allies successfully petition the NYS Legislature & Governor to pass a law admitting women to the NYS Bar. Stoneman becomes NYS first woman lawyer, continues...

Kate Stoneman graduated from the State Normal College. A prominent suffragist, she would later become the first woman lawyer in New York State in 1886. In 1880, she successfully lobbied the New York State legislature to allow women to elect local school boards. She taught penmanship at the State...

Sarah Lattimore of Moreau, in Saratoga County registered for classes. There is no extant documentation of her attendance, graduation, or race. It is possible that Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin Lattimore, Jr., a leader in Albany's Black community. In September 1857, Susan B. Anthony made a...

Nine Native American pupils were admitted, three women and six men, including Caroline, Nicholson, and Newton Parker, all of Pembroke; Lucia Green and Mary Jemison of Cattaurugus; Levi Williams of Collins; Thomas Webster of Lenox; and Honues Neddy of Onondaga. Between 1850 and 1853 a total of 25...