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About SUNY OrangeThe Middletown CampusFrom its original configuration of two buildings—amansion and carriage house—in 1950, the SUNYOrange Middletown campus has grown to its presentsize of 37 acres that houses 14 buildings. The College’sbeautiful and picturesque grounds are landscaped withtrees and flowers indigenous to the region, while manypaths and walks bisect the former estate. The mansion,called Morrison Hall in honor of its donors, nowhouses administrative and faculty offices. A magnificentexample of turn-of-the-century craftsmanship,Morrison Hall contains beautiful wood carving, mosaicwork, stenciling, ornate marble fireplaces and a largestained glass window designed by Louis Tiffany.Horton Hall, the former carriage house, now providesinstructional space for chemistry and geology.Expansion over the years has infused the campuswith significant additional educational space. HudsonHall, Harriman Hall and the Bio-Medical TechnologyBuilding contain classrooms, lecture halls, laboratoriesand faculty offices. The Sarah Wells building housesfaculty offices and child care services. Orange Hallfeatures a well-equipped theater as well as rehearsalrooms and performance space. The Library, with itscapacity to accommodate 700 patrons, contains over95,000 print and non-print resources, videotapes,computer software and compact disc collections.The George F. Shepard Student Center houses acafeteria and dining room, the College bookstore andnearly every student support function at the College.The Physical Education building contains six handballcourts, a swimming pool, the main gymnasium(capacity 3,000), human performance lab, threeclassrooms and an exercise room. Adjacent to thebuilding are soccer and softball fields and tennis courts.The College recently opened the Gilman Center forInternational Education, which features renovatedinterior space in the Library that is accessible via a newentryway on the Library’s north side. The Centercontains a lecture room, student study space and analuminum and glass foyer, along with caseworkdisplaying papers and memorabilia from CongressmanBen Gilman’s long tenure in Washington, D.C.The Middletown campus boasts more than 50general classrooms and lecture halls, along with awide array of medical, technical and instructionallaboratories that utilize the latest in technology.Dedicated laboratory space exists for programs in thehealth professions, as well as biology, chemistry,physics, telecommunications, architecture, criminaljustice, cyber security and visual communications. Inaddition, computer and tutorial laboratories are easilyaccessible throughout campus so students can refinetheir skills with one-on-one instruction from aprofessor or tutor, or work on class projects andpapers. The Library features a large computer lab aswell as an “Information Commons” where studentshave ready access to computers replete with internetconnectivity and software programs.Plans are currently under way for a new Science,Engineering and Technology Center that is expectedto be built on the site of the current Sarah WellsBuilding. It will offer students and faculty the finesttechnological advances and state-of-the-artlaboratory space, all under one roof. The College alsoexpects to build a new Lab School that will house theexisting Kindercollege child care services and serve asa working laboratory for the College’s educationstudents.The Newburgh CampusWhen the expansion of the College’s Newburghcampus is complete in Spring 2012, SUNY Orangewill have doubled its capacity to serve students at itsnearly one-block campus overlooking the HudsonRiver along lower Broadway. Sparkling new KaplanHall, an 87,000-square-foot classroom building willopen for classes for this Spring (2011) semester andthe College will close the Tower Building forrenovations. The campus is located at OneWashington Center with breathtaking views of theHudson River.The Newburgh campus is already certified as abranch campus by both the State University of NewYork and the New York State Education Department,allowing SUNY Orange to offer selected academicdegree programs entirely in Newburgh. Students inthose programs will have the opportunity to completeall of their degree requirements at the Newburgh sitewithout having to commute to the Middletowncampus. The full degree programs available inNewburgh include business management, criminaljustice, criminal justice-police, human services,individual studies, liberal arts (humanities) andnursing.Three-story Kaplan Hall will house classrooms andscience laboratories, as well as a two-story library, aone-stop center for all student services, a cybercaféwhere students can mingle, and office space for facultymembers and administrators. The three-story, secureunderground parking garage will be accessible offFirst Street near Ebenezer Baptist Church andprovide space for about 400 vehicles. Additionally, acommunity room with a capacity of approximately200 people will provide a gathering space for campusand community groups alike.After Kaplan Hall opens in January, the six-storyTower Building that has housed the College for morethan a decade will be closed as it undergoes anexpansive internal overhaul. Once complete, it willshowcase classrooms, laboratories, offices, bookstore,Kindercollege childcare space, fitness center, café,Spring 2011www.sunyorange.edu3