state university of new york college at plattsburgh

The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, also known as SUNY Plattsburgh or Plattsburgh State College is a four-year, public liberal arts college in Plattsburgh, New York, United States. The college was founded in 1889 and opened in 1890. The college is part of the State University of New Yorksystem and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.[5] The school is also a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. SUNY Plattsburgh has 5,704 students, of whom 5,297 are undergraduates.

Former state politician and influential Plattsburgh businessman Smith M. Weed championed endlessly the cause to build a state normal school (a teachers' college) in the city of Plattsburgh. After multiple proposals to the New York state senate going as far back as 1869, The final bill was formally proposed on January 12, 1888 by George S. Weed, Smith Weed's son and then state assemblyman. With the strong backing of Assemblyman General Stephen Moffitt, the Plattsburgh Normal and Training School bill was passed by both houses of the New York State Legislature and signed into law by Governor David B. Hill in June 1889. The board of directors adopted official by-laws for Plattsburgh State Normal and Training School on September 2, 1889.

SUNY Plattsburgh is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA) since 1952. The college offers more than 60 baccalaureate degrees and a wide variety of minors within three principal academic divisions; Arts and Sciences, an internationally accredited School of Business, and Education, Health and Human Services. Graduate degrees are offered in Education, School Psychology, speech-language pathology, and liberal arts. All courses offered at Plattsburgh are taught by faculty, the majority of which hold doctoral degrees.

A few of SUNY Plattsburgh's more notable academic programs include:

• Education – Plattsburgh was founded as a teacher's college and Education is still the school's largest major.
• Center for Communication and Journalism – Encompassing four distinct majors, it is the only center of its kind in the SUNY system.
• Canadian Studies – The most comprehensive undergraduate Canadian studies program in the United States.
• Expeditionary Studies – The only collegiate academic program in the nation to focus on rock climbing, ice climbing, free-heel skiing and sea kayaking.
• Robotics – One of only 19 undergraduate robotics programs in the nation and the only one within the SUNY system.