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State University of New York at Cortland

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The State University of New York College at Cortland, also called SUNY Cortland, is located in Cortland, New York. Cortland is located off of Interstate 81, between Syracuse and Binghamton.

History

The State University of New York College at Cortland was founded in 1848 as the Cortland Normal School, which included among its earliest students inventor and industrialist Elmer A. Sperry of Sperry Rand Corp. fame. It became a full 4-year college in 1868

Over time, the campus continually grew, and in 1941, by an act of legislature and the Board of Regents, the institution officially became a four-year college providing courses leading to the bachelor's degree and soon was widely acknowledged as Cortland State Teachers College. In 1948, Cortland was a founding member of the State University of New York.

Today, approximately 7,000 students are pursuing degrees within the College's three academic divisions — arts and sciences, education and professional studies. Twenty-eight academic departments with a faculty of more than 500 offer the SUNY Cortland student body 63 majors and 44 minors from which to choose.

The College's main campus covers 191 acres (773,000 m²) and includes 30 traditional and modern buildings. Fourteen of these structures are residence halls providing on-campus housing for approximately 3,000 students. SUNY Cortland also operates its Outdoor Education Center at Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks, the Hoxie Gorge Nature Preserve outside Cortland, and the Brauer Education Center on the Helderberg Escarpment near Albany.

The U.S. Department of the Interior in 2004 designated Camp Pine Knot, now known as the Huntington Memorial Camp and part of its Outdoor Education center at Raquette Lake, N.Y., as the first and only National Historic Landmark within the State University of New York (SUNY). Camp Pine Knot was the first Great Camp of the Adirondacks and the birthplace of what is now known as the Adirondack style of architecture. SUNY Cortland has 55,000 alumni living in all 50 states and in more than 40 countries.

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Colleges

  • School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education
  • School of Professional Studies

Athletics

SUNY Cortland has had the most nationally successful men's and women's intercollegiate athletics program in New York over the past decade. In 1995, the Sears Director's Cup was established to gauge and recognize the most successful intercollegiate athletics programs in the nation. SUNY Cortland is one of only six colleges and universities in the U.S. to have finished every year among the Top 20 NCAA Division III programs. Cortland placed ninth out of 430 schools during 2007-08 in the competition that is now known as the United States Sports Academy Director's Cup. The competition is sponsored by USA Today, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, and the United States Sports Academy. The standings are based on schools' national finishes in different sports.

The Cortland Red Dragons annually play Ithaca College Bombers for the Cortaca Jug, which was added in 1959 to an already competitive rivalry. The matchup is one of the most prominent in Division III college football.It was called the "biggest little game in the nation" by Sports Illustrated in 1991.

Cortland snapped Salisbury University's 69-game win streak to capture the 2006 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Div. III National Championship. The team reached the 2007 and 2008 national championship in rematch games against Salisbury University.

Other information

  • Kiplinger's ranked SUNY Cortland among its 100 Best Values in Public Education in 2007
  • Home to the largest teacher education program in the Northeast and 9th largest in the U.S.
  • SUNY Cortland has one of the nation's largest undergraduate programs in physical education.
  • SUNY Cortland's largest student organization is the Sport Management Club.
  • SUNY Cortland offers degrees in 68 areas.
  • Current enrollment is about 7,000 students.
  • Ranked one of America's Top 50 Best Buy Public Colleges and Universities in 2004 by Consumers Digest
  • SUNY Cortland has over 100 student clubs and organizations
  • SUNY Cortland is home to one of the oldest local sororities in the country, Nu Sigma Chi founded in 1928.

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