Tri-Cities Black Student Alliance Formed 1967 November The Tri-Cities Black Student Alliance (BSA) was formed to support black identity among the white-majority college campus in the Capital Region.
College Opportunity Program For Under Privileged Area Children Launched As A Summer School Advanced Preparatory Program 1968 June College Opportunity Program for under-privileged area children launched as a summer school advanced preparatory program. Forerunner of EOP Program initiated in the Fall.
First Vice President For Research Appointed And Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) Established 1968 September First Vice President for Research appointed. Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) established with Professor Harry Hamilton as first director. 164 or 464 students in the program.
University to Participate in Opportunity Program 1968 May 3 The College Opportunity Program (C.O.P.) begins with its first cohort of 30 high school graduates from around the state. Students who face financial hardship and had failed to meet to current admission requirements are offered a chance to enroll in the university with additional mentoring and...
Programs Take Aim at Inequality 1968 May 3 Launched alongside the Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Fund, the College Opportunity Program is part of a concerted effort undertaken by the university to provide access to higher education for disadvantaged students.
University Hosts "Bridges to a Better Tomorrow" 1968 May 10 A group of students aged 10 to 17 from the Coleman Community Center in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of New York City are hosted on campus for a weekend, residing in Fulton Hall on State Quad alongside 35 volunteer SUNY Albany students. The program, a cooperative effort sponsored by Assemblyman...
Educational Opportunities Program 1968 September One hundred and eighty-five disadvantaged students enrolled in the renamed Educational Opportunities Program (EOP). For the first time there was a large block of African-American and minority students at the University.
Education Opportunities Program Becomes Reality 1968 October 29 Students in the newly renamed Educational Opportunities Program begin courses at the university.
Chancellor Gould and Student Association Pledge to Increase Efforts at Fighting Inequality 1968 December 17 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...
EOP Students Get Involved in Athletics 1969 February 7 Freshman EOP students on the basketball team who previously had only suited up for games in the fall semester are now eligible to play.