Case Statement 2014

A SHARED

OPPORTUNITY

1880s A state normal school

1938 A 4-year college

1828 A classics academy

1948 A founding unit of SUNY, the largest integrated higher education system in the country

1907 A new location

TODAY A diverse, selective, regionally and nationally ranked and highly-regarded comprehensive university

1960 One of the first two SUNY 4-year colleges authorized to grant BA liberal arts degrees

1990s A growing reputation and an increasingly selective 4-year college

“ A FUTURE, LIMITED ONLY

BY OUR IMAGINATIONS, AND REALIZED THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS.” — Donald P. Christian, President, SUNY New Paltz

SUNY NEW PALTZ students graduate impassioned, excited, awakened, and equipped to meet the challenges of—and contribute to—our ever-changing world. Their growth comes about through access to exceptional high-quality learning opportunities in and out of the classroom, through their own hard work, and through the investment of dedicated faculty members, supportive parents and grandparents, mentors, and philanthropic leaders.

T HIS INVESTMENT HAS A YIELD MEASURED IN TRANSFORMATION AND A TIMELINE MEASURED IN GENERATIONS.

SUNY New Paltz continues to EVOLVE and what we see is GOOD NEWS FOR THE FUTURE. We invite you to share in this opportunity, to consider our students and their education A WISE INVESTMENT of your time and resources.

THE STUDENT UNION ATRIUM: SYMBOLIZING A BOUNDLESS FUTURE THROUGH A RICH PAST AND A VISION OF EXCELLENCE

TRANSFORMATION

$275,000 from annual and endowed funds yielding scholarships for 146 students at an average of $1,884 per student per year.

GOAL

$5,000,000 endowment producing $200,000

annually in perpetuity to fund scholarships for 71 students at an average of $2,817 per student per year. Along with current scholarships, this would fund 217 students.

2. MARGIN OF EXCELLENCE

1. FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS CURRENT

Center for Research, Regional Education & Outreach

CURRENT 5 program areas advancing the public interest and serving the citizens of New York.

GOAL $1,000,000 endowment

4. FUND FOR NEW PALTZ

AREAS FOR HIGH-IMPACT

3. CRREO

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CURRENT $367,212 raised last year with 3.5% alumni participation.

GOAL $2,000,000 raised in three years with 20% alumni participation.

permanently endows a program area.

Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activities Program

CURRENT 41 projects funded for 36 students.

GOAL

$2,000,000 endowment producing $80,000 annually

in perpetuity to provide support for 80 projects at $1,000 per award. This would fund a total of 121 projects per year.

TOTAL 3-YEAR GOAL

= $10 million 1

A New Paltz education is uniquely rigorous and rich, yielding superior rankings and high student demand. We are committed to awakening each student’s potential by creating a fruitful environment

A SOUND

INVESTMENT

of discovery and collaboration. This environment is maintained in a challenging climate for higher education, a testament to our careful planning and management of constrained state resources and to the strength and endurance of the New Paltz vision.

W E MAINTAIN EXCELLENCE in the face of ever-constrained public funding.

We manage budgets and other resources carefully, keeping a sharp focus on our core mission and the priorities of our strategic plan. “Frills” are difficult to find on the New Paltz campus.

New York State support of the College’s instructional budget has dropped to 24% from 50% a decade ago.

The New Paltz advantages of affordability and value open the door to higher education and provide upward mobility for many first-generation, academically capable students. Nonetheless, financial challenges prevent some well-qualified prospective students from attending. By supporting access and quality, your philanthropic investment has timeless returns for individual students, for SUNY New Paltz, and for the future of society.

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E NDURING PERFORMANCE

best

value

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance “30 Best College Values in the Mid-Atlantic” (2014) and “25 Best College Values Under $30,000 a Year” (2014)

RECOGNIZED

ROI

SUNY New Paltz was #2 in the nation for Return on Investment (ROI), right behind Georgia Tech.

This ranking reflects distinctive, high-quality educational outcomes and comparatively modest cost.

Top 50 Affordable Colleges with High ROI, 2013. affordablecolleges.com

THE VALUE OF INNOVATION Six-year-old Joseph was born without fingers on his left hand. He came to SUNY New Paltz’s Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center, where 3D printing and New Paltz ingenuity created a 3D-printed hand. Traditional prosthetic hands cost about $25,000; Joseph’s hand cost just $25 in materials.

… we have outstanding students who are successful at New Paltz and in their lives after graduation. We remain affordable, providing access for talented students from New York State and beyond.

— L . David Eaton, Vice President of Enrollment Management

In America government funding per student fell by 27% between 2007 and 2012.

The Economist June 2014

2009.2010.2011.2012.2013.2014 & COUNTING

top10

BEST PUBLIC REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES

IN NEW ENGLAND & THE MID-ATLANTIC

for the past 6 years with bachelor’s & master’s degree programs

US News & World Report’s 2014 America’s Best Colleges Guidebook

At New Paltz, we achieve outstanding outcomes with less revenue than many other bigger institutions. This is where private gifts are essential to our success and the high impact education students receive.

DISCOUNTED TUITION & FEES $27,000–$30,000 cost per student per year TUITION + FEES + STATE SUPPORT

$9,425 revenue per student per year

Columbia Union RPI Hamilton Skidmore

Vassar Colgate Hobart St. Lawrence SUNY

= State $

= Tuition & Fees

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THE SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART, A PREMIER PUBLIC SHOWPLACE FOR EXHIBITION, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP.

From alumni around the world driving global progress, to community business leaders shaping our regional economies, donors to SUNY New Paltz have transformed lives and in return, find themselves transformed.

A TRADITION OF

PRIVATE SUPPORT “Our financial gift may have put our family name on the wall, but the real reward came from the gratification of bringing world-class art to generations of New Paltz students, faculty, and the wider community.” —David Dorsky

T HE SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART enriches the New Paltz community through its dynamic exhibitions and permanent collection of 5,000 works of art. Areas of focus include American art, with an emphasis on the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions, and 19th, 20th, and 21st century photography. Attendance at The Dorsky Museum reached 13,709 visitors in 2013, up 10% from the year before.

THE KENNETH D. PASTERNAK ’77 TRADING ROOM in the School of Business provides students with real-world experience in stock trading.

“It has been tremendously gratifying to see students benefiting from my gift as they develop skills they will use in their careers.” —Kenneth D. Pasternak

“How many people can say they learned from two Pulitzer Prize winners?”

—Andrew Hackmack ’03

T HE JAMES H. OTTAWAY SR. VISITING PROFESSORSHIP IN JOURNALISM

T HE GIUSEPPE TRAVERSO CITIZEN NATURALIST INTERNSHIP AT MOHONK PRESERVE was established by Professor Emeritus Giancarlo Traverso in memory of his late brother.

“I established... the internship in honor of my brother who, in his brief life, thought and did much more than he said.

He loved and cared for birds, animals, flowers and forests and worked always to conserve their place in nature. May the internship help others of like mind and love to continue the work.” —Giancarlo Traverso

is named for the founder of Ottaway Newspapers Inc., and brings to campus leaders in journalism, including award-winning author Sonia Shah, NPR foreign correspondent Deborah Amos, and The New York Times investigative reporter Andrew W. Lehren.

Visiting professors enliven the New Paltz community with special lectures, seminars, and courses, and provide students with life-changing and careermaking opportunities.

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CLASS OF 2014: PREPARED, EAGER & COMMITTED

SCHOLARSHIPS

Like many students across the country, the future success of many New Paltz graduates is tethered to the reality of student loan debt. Through scholarship support we help these students realize their full potential, freeing them to follow the current of their dreams and positioning them to contribute to society and to their communities. We invest not only in a student or in SUNY New Paltz, but in a generation working toward a better future.

A SHARED OPPORTUNITY... to provide a student’s education and shape a workforce.

THE REALITY OF DEBT

62% carried student loans averaging $24,857.

This debt level is well below the national average, as is the loan-repayment default rate of our students.

THE REALITY OF CURRENT SUPPORT

$275,000 Combined Scholarship Dollars Thanks to philanthropy, New Paltz now has over 70 endowed scholarship funds. But this is for about 6,500 undergraduate students, and the cost of attendance, including tuition, fees, room and board reaches nearly $18,000 for in-state students residing on campus.

Your scholarship dollars directly impact the lives of students and our society.

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SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES AND AREAS OF STUDY.

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M AIN AREAS OF HIGH-IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP INCLUDE: HONORS PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP-INTERSHIPS UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM

HONORS PROGRAM

Recruitment scholarships allow us to attract the best and brightest young people and to provide steady support throughout a student’s education. Some donors establish scholarships to support students in specific disciplines and areas of study.

For 160 high-performing students whose future capabilities are enriched by intense engagement with other students and professors in creative study that spans disciplinary boundaries, the Honors Program is an intellectual haven. Honors students take small, integrative seminars, engage in community service, produce a senior thesis, and maintain strict academic standards.

“I always felt that the Honors Program was a place I called home.”

Honors student Ricardo Hernandez ‘13 served as a research assistant at the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach with Dr. Gerald Benjamin, and as editor-inchief of Avant-Garde Magazine, the first women’s magazine at New Paltz. He received the Cetrino Scholarship, which enabled him to attend New Paltz by funding his tuition.

“Students should be able to pursue their dreams, whatever they may be, unfettered by financial debt.” —Tom Cetrino ’73

IMAGINE expanding the Honors Program to support

distinctive, interdisciplinary work by providing 50 new Honors students with 50% tuition scholarships.

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New Paltz’s fertile environment of discovery and innovation extends beyond the campus through our internship program. Most internships are unpaid; scholarships provide the support that gives students the benefits of a live-learn experience. Students have the opportunity to explore their chosen fields and learn how to excel in the workplace. Employers benefit from the new ideas and energy that an intern brings to their organization, and the opportunity to evaluate a possible future employee.

SCHOLARSHIPINTERNSHIPS

Between the 2009–10 and 2013–14 academic years, our internship program nearly doubled to 512 from 258 credit-bearing student internships.

“... the aspect I most enjoyed from the internship was being able to combine work and school for a semester. After the internship I found a job right away on a campaign in Ulster County due largely in part to my experience in the Assembly.”

Brian Collis ’11 was accepted into the New York State Assembly’s competitive internship program in Winter 2011. His report, “An Analysis of Microstamping Legislation in the Political Process” was selected for inclusion in the New York State Assembly 2011 Distinguished Internship Reports.

STUDENTS UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM FIELDS

IMAGINE investing

in scholarship-internships for 40 additional students with 50% tuition scholarships allowing them to translate potential into results.

In the past five years, the number of STEM majors at New Paltz has nearly doubled to 769 from 439—in physical and biological sciences, mathematics, computer science, and engineering.

Targeted scholarships open these fields of study to historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

Kasandra Diaz Santana ’15, a psychobiology major, won 1st place at the 2014 Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program Statewide Conference for her poster presenting her work with New Paltz professor Jennifer Waldo in genetics.

IMAGINE providing 50% tuition scholarships for underrepresented science and engineering majors,

supporting generations of students and shaping an entire workforce.

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MARGIN OF EXCELLENCE

RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

The distinctiveness of a New Paltz education lies in the moment a spark ignites inquiry and inquiry fuels achievement. New Paltz’s Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program enables undergraduate students to experience the excitement of the intellectual process and the challenges of creating new knowledge and work. Faculty mentors guide participating students.

Submissions from across the College span topics and projects as diverse as the environment, sculpture, and anthropology. This collaboration advances the work of both students and faculty.

Since its inception in 2008, the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program has made 381 awards to 243 students; last year, it made 41 awards to 36 students.

The Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program has funded:

“Students who participated either in a service-learning experience or in student/faculty research reported levels of engagement in deep learning and perceived gains that were an average of 8.1 points higher on the standardized scale than those of students who did not participate in these practices.”

—Assessing Underserved Students Engagement in High-Impact Practices, Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) 2013

· Travel and study abroad · Presentation of work at academic conferences · Creative projects with faculty mentors · Research and writing

A SHARED OPPORTUNITY... to transform curiosity into achievement and individual discovery into global progress.

“ The research I’ve been working on in the lab with my mentor, Dr. Grossi, is an ongoing project I started when I was an undergraduate student. We’re still learning from it and extracting new findings... My master’s thesis is based on our neuroscience research. I really love what I’m doing here. I couldn’t picture myself at any other university.”

–Emily Heimbender ’13 ‘15g

Sculpture student Savannah Blum ’14 was awarded the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

She collaborated with Associate Professors Steve Bradford and Emily Puthoff on her work, which was supported by the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities program.

IMAGINE expanding the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program to

provide awards for 80 students each year.

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ENGAGEMENT THROUGH IMPASSIONED TEACHING.

CENTER FOR RESEARCH, REGIONAL EDUCATION & OUTREACH CRREO

Led by Dr. Gerald Benjamin, CRREO conducts studies on topics of regional interest, brings visibility and focus to these matters, fosters communities working together to better serve citizenry, and advances the public interest in our region.

Through CRREO, the resources of the College are made available to our communities as we seek alternative solutions to key policy challenges.

Program Areas:

· Educational Policy · Governance · Health, Mental Health, Criminal Justice · Hudson Valley Agenda · Sustainability and Resilience

A SHARED OPPORTUNITY... to support cutting-edge research and shape this region’s trajectory.

Delivering quality education for our children is the most important job of government.

In collaboration with the Ulster County School Board Association, CRREO research explores innovative, efficient, and effective delivery of education in a time of constrained resources, declining enrollments, and growing student diversity.

Agriculture Supporting Community in the Mid-Hudson Region, 2011; Water Conservation and Long-Term Water Supply Planning in The Hudson Valley: A Rockland County Case Study, 2012; Poughkeepsie Plenty: A Community Food Assessment, 2014.

“The Center for Research, Regional Education & Outreach has been an invaluable resource to me in my role as representative of the 101st Assembly District. The research conducted

by CRREO has provided me with practical knowledge that I have used, both in Albany and at home, to better meet the needs of the people I serve.”

—New York State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill

IMAGINE investing in CRREO’s vital, groundbreaking work serving the Hudson Valley

region by endowing one of CRREO’s five research areas or its directorship.

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FUND FOR NEW PALTZ

The Fund for New Paltz provides the resources to support a dynamic environment, enriching the experiences of our students and our community. Gifts to the Fund for New Paltz are an opportunity to honor someone important to you.

A SHARED OPPORTUNITY... to expand a degree into an education.

AREAS OF GREATEST NEED · Seed funding to advance new initiatives · Support for operating expenses beyond what state funding provides

T HE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES brings a wide range of notable personalities

to campus, such as NPR correspondent Ray Suarez, Senator Cory Booker, former New York Times reporter Amy Waldman, Ambassador Dennis Ross, award-winning author and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College Janna Levin, and most recently television’s Ed Carroll ’85.

SPECIAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES · Excursions to regional businesses, artist studios, museums, and environmental and social service organizations NEW PALTZ TRADITIONS: CONVOCATION, SENIOR TOAST, COMMENCEMENT, REUNION

“When we established our ten scholarship funds, my wife Jeannie and I hoped to inspire others to do the same. Meeting with the student recipients of these scholarships and listening to their accomplishments has been more rewarding than we ever anticipated.”

Former Foundation Board member and alumnus Everton Henriques ’78, Honors Student Miriam Ward ’15, and alumna Jeannie Irvine ’78

IMAGINE enriching the SUNY New Paltz experience for over 7,000 students each year.

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Your engaged generosity unlocks the potential of our public-private funding model. Together, investing in the talent and passions of New Paltz students, we transform the world. This is the shared opportunity.

The financial goals presented in these pages represent

OUR

our fund-raising targets to be achieved through your

VISION

involvement over the next three years.

IMAGINE your role in this shared opportunity. Please join us.

A PERSONAL WORD There is no better investment any society can make than educating the next generation of its citizens.

This is an enduring New Paltz commitment.

Donald P. Christian President The State University of New York at New Paltz

Michael Keegan Chair SUNY New Paltz Foundation Board

The initiative outlined here builds on the rich traditions and distinctive trajectory of SUNY New Paltz.

We have a laser-like focus on continuing the high-quality learning opportunities that students need for their lives as thinkers and doers in a complex world. The initiative reinforces the College’s strategic plan, which embraces our mantra that “no matter how good you are, you can always get better.” We hope you will join us as we grow our capacity to better serve students, our community, and the larger world.

The “Shared Opportunity” initiative will increase our ability to provide unparalleled experiences for students, and help us create possibility for more deserving and capable students to walk through this door to a brighter future. Learn more below about what we do, our plans, and the great promise that private support holds for students at a public university like SUNY New Paltz.

The College’s goals are shared by the SUNY New Paltz Foundation, a volunteer-run organization of business leaders, alumni, and committed citizens who support the College and its students by raising private funds, and stewarding them for the future. Foundation Board Directors are inspired by the values of top-tier public higher education, the profile of SUNY New Paltz as the public university of the Hudson Valley, and the powerful impact that philanthropy holds for the future - of our young people, our communities, New York, and the world beyond.

We hope that what you have read will inspire you to join us in this initiative.

Donald P. Christian

President, The State University of New York at New Paltz 14

Michael Keegan

Chair, SUNY New Paltz Foundation Board

ECOLOGY CLASS AT THE MOHONK PRESERVE

YOUR SUPPORT IS A GIFT AND YOUR GIFT GOES FURTHER AT NEW PALTZ. WWW.NEWPALTZ.EDU

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