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About SUNY Orangestudent art gallery, painting/drawing studio, computergraphics lab, music and art rooms, offices and a videoteleconferencing room for distance learning.In addition to its credit courses and programs, theNewburgh campus provides a variety of non-creditcourses, certificate programs and personal enrichmentclasses, as well as a number of grant-fundedemployment and training initiatives and a program inESL, all under the direction of the College’sContinuing and Professional Education Department(CAPE). The Newburgh Campus is also home to theCenter for Youth Development funded through theNew York State Education Department, offeringacademic support services, counseling, workforcepreparation, mentoring, cultural enrichment andparental involvement activities to junior and highschool youths attending the Newburgh Enlarged CitySchool District and Enlarged City School District ofMiddletown.SUNY Orange operates a free daily shuttle servicebetween its Newburgh and Middletown campuses.Satellite LocationsCredit and non-credit courses are also offered atMonroe-Woodbury, Port Jervis and Warwick Valleyhigh schools, enabling individuals to take coursestoward a degree, expand their job skills or accesspersonal enrichment classes closer to home or work.Students may choose from courses in psychology,physical education, business, criminal justice, math,and English, to name a few. A selection of non-creditcomputer, leisure, language, art and photographycourses are also offered throughout the semester.Committed to Student SuccessStudents enter SUNY Orange with a variety ofgoals, including: seeking an associate’s degree,transferring to a four-year institution, acquiring skillsand knowledge for employment opportunities, andpersonal enrichment.The College demonstrates its commitment tostudents’ success by providing comprehensive servicesthat include individualized assistance in advising,counseling, tutoring and mentoring. Nearly everyCollege service features some form or componentaimed at helping students complete a successful stayat SUNY Orange.In addition, the College continually evaluates andrevises its list of academic offerings in order toprovide students with the latest curricula,contemporary new degree programs and relevantcertificate programs.First-time, full-time students at SUNY Orange havea one year retention rate of 65 percent. On average,16 percent of first-time, full-time students graduatewithin 3 years. Of the Fall 2006, first-time, full-timestudents, 12.4 percent transferred to a four yearcollege or university with approximately 8 percent ofstudents transferring to a SUNY institution.Data Source: Retention/graduation/transfer of firsttime,full-time cohort entering in Fall 2006, StateUniversity of New York (SUNY) and NationalStudent Clearinghouse (NSC)State University of New YorkOrange County Community College is a two-yearunit of the State University of New York.SUNY's 64 statewide campuses bring educationalopportunity within commuting distance of virtuallyall New York citizens and comprise the nation'slargest, centrally managed system of public highereducation.When founded in 1948, SUNY consisted of 29state-operated, but unaffiliated, institutions. Sincethen, SUNY has grown to a point where its impact isfelt educationally, culturally and economicallythroughout the state.SUNY now offers 3,600 academic programs at itsEducational Opportunity Centers, two-year colleges,four-year campuses, and university and medicalcenters. Degree opportunities range from two-yearassociate programs to doctoral studies offered at 12senior campuses.Two-year colleges are the largest branch of highereducation, currently enrolling a majority of all firsttimecollege students.The 30 two-year community colleges operatingunder the SUNY program play a unique role in theexpansion of educational opportunity by:• providing local industry with trained techniciansin a wide variety of occupational curriculums• providing transfer options for students who wishto go on and earn advanced degrees, and• providing the community with yet anothersource for technical and professional upgradingas well as personal enrichment.SUNY is governed by a board of trustees,appointed by the governor, which directly determinesthe policies to be followed by the 34 state-supportedcampuses. Community colleges have their own localboards of trustees whose relationship to the SUNYboard is defined by law. The state contributes onethirdto 40 percent of their operating costs and onehalfof their capital costs.The State University motto is: "To Learn—ToSearch—To Serve."4 www.sunyorange.edu Spring 2011