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Dr. Alvin Bryan joined the Chemistry Department. Dr. Bryan is thought to be the first African-American faculty member.

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First mention of the Penguin as the school mascot since 1949. Myskania institutes tradition of the college mascot in penguin’s costume leading the Homecoming parade. The mascot was to be a senior male or female whose service and school spirit had been extemporary for four years and that they be “...

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James A. Warden Scholarship Fund established in honor of James A. Warden, Class of 1951. Initially a $200.00 scholarship, the award was given to a student in financial need of high academic achievement and noteworthy accomplishments in extra-curricular activities. The award was administered...

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Dining Hall Boycott

1961 January

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Boycott of Brubacher Dining Hall claiming slow service and lack of cleanliness. First known protest on campus.

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Two New Annexes Opened

1961 September 22

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Two new annexes opened. The Washington Avenue Annex opens in the former Temple of the Congregation Ohav Sholom. The Washington Avenue Annex contains four classrooms, two of which are large lecture halls. The Developmental Reading Office and the Curriculum Materials Library are also housed in the...

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Regents approve 11 state teacher's colleges becoming liberal arts colleges. First undergraduate upperclassmen & women admitted to the liberal arts program rather than teacher training program. Students can elect either a General Program or Teacher Education Program as their major. In 1962...

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State University College At Albany

1961 October 13 - 1962 August

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State University College of Education at Albany becomes the State University College at Albany by action of the Regents and the State University Board of Trustees. All of the State University Colleges of Education will have the name change and be allowed to admit students to a liberal arts...

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Peace Corps

1961 December 1

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Barbara Gladysiewicz becomes first Peace Corps volunteer from SUNYA. Signals awareness of wider world.

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College of Arts and Sciences created consisting of a Division of Humanities, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Division of Mathematics and Science.

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This new doctoral program, among others, were formed as a result of the designation of the university as a State University Center in the 1960 State University Master Plan. This designation led to an increased focus on research and advanced studies programs.

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Phi Delta Kappa is an international professional honor fraternity for men in education. The Epsilon Omicron Campus Chapter at the State University of New York at Albany was the first chapter to be formed at a State University of New York.

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

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Construction begins on new campus on site of Albany Country Club. Projected student body rapidly grows from 4,500 to 10,000, with plans for another 10,000 students early in the 1970s. New mix of students, no longer pledged to a teaching career, with predominantly Upstate students rapidly overcome...

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David Boroff in a Saturday Review article, “Albany State: A Teachers College in Transition.” Says that though the College is perhaps the best in the country at training teachers, the student body is primarily from “small towns and the country”, the typical student “is conservative politically,...

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Student Senate appropriates $2,000.00 to fund the start-up of radio station WSCA which will broadcast as a closed circuit AM carrier current signal to dorms and reach 48% of students. Bill Alexander '65 is the first station manager, and Don Allen '63 is the Assistant Station Manager. Faculty...

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Master's level degrees offered in Biology, Chemistry, English, French, History, Mathematics, Physics, Spanish, and Business.

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Ph.D. in English offered. The State University of New York at Albany was the State’s first former teachers college to receive permission from the Board of Regents to offer a liberal arts doctoral program.

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School of Social Welfare approved (admits first students in 1965). University College for freshmen and sophomores headed by Clifton Thorne created.

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The service provided trained counselors to advise students on academic and personal problems. An occupational library was also provided.

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New Programs Begun

1963 Fall

Programs begun in Atmospheric Sciences, Inter-American Studies, Philosophy, Russian, & Speech.

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-–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...