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...
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...
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...
1969 February 7
During a discussion with a group from the Black Student Alliance about the creation of an Afro-American History department, President Collins agrees to their request for a commitment to admit 300 non-white minority group students the upcoming fall semester, in accordance with the expected...
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.
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.
1968 October 29
Students in the newly renamed Educational Opportunities Program begin courses at the university.
After university students join a November 12th protest of black students for equal treatment at Albany High School, the meeting is forcibly dispersed by the police. Later in the month, student Senator Steve Villano introduced a bill to the University Senate that asked for that body to call upon...
Mayor Erastus Corning was featured as guest speaker for the event which was thrown in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations' founding. A variety show was presented by students from all over the world, including African and Puerto Rican dances by EOP students; Arabian, Chinese,...
1969 May 16
Offered by the Rhetoric and Public Address Department, and to be taught by Dr. James Smoot, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor of SUNY and Coordinator of Urban Centers and Special Programs with the Central Administration, including the Education Opportunities Program (EOP).