A recent national ranking of colleges and universities that increase economic mobility for low- and moderate-income students has found that SUNY Old Westbury outpaces many traditional academic powerhouses nationwide. SUNY Old Westbury was placed in Tier 1 of the 2023 Third Way Social Mobility Index...
Suffolk County Community College and the State University of New York at Old Westbury have signed a new joint admission agreement, allowing students who complete their studies at Suffolk guaranteed admission into an array of programs at SUNY Old Westbury. As part of the agreement, Suffolk students...
SUNY Old Westbury has been awarded $1.5 million in state funding to build a childcare center. The funding is part of a $15.6 million funding plan to expand childcare services across New York's state university campuses. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the plan last week. "Expanding high-quality...
The State University of New York at Old Westbury has been named one of only 96 institutions of higher education across the nation to receive the 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity publication in higher...
The State University of New York at Old Westbury has been named a recipient of the 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a...
March 28, 2017... The School of Education at SUNY Old Westbury has been awarded a five-year Teacher Opportunity Corps II grant from the New York State Department of Education for $324,934 for each of the five years. The five-year total is in excess of $1.6 million. The award, the fourth largest...
Abound, the online college guidance system for degree-seeking adults, has again named SUNY Old Westbury to its exclusive list of the nation’s Best Colleges for Adults in 2024. Old Westbury was listed among 176 colleges, including 11 from New York State, excelling at meeting the needs of mature...
Ms. Annette Johnson, who serves as the secretary for the English Department at SUNY Old Westbury has been recognized by the State University of New York Board of Trustees with a 2018 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service. The Award recognizes individuals who continuously...
Before an audience of higher education officials from New York and Cuba, State University of New York at Old Westbury President Calvin O. Butts, III, participated in a ceremony recently to sign a memorandum of understanding between Old Westbury and the Universidad de Matanzas in Cuba at the historic...
The University at Buffalo School of Law and SUNY Old Westbury have announced the signing of an agreement for a 3+3 joint degree program that will give Old Westbury students the opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree and a law degree in six rather than seven years. In this accelerated degree...
SUNY Old Westbury has recently received reports concerning potential NCAA rules violations relating to its women’s basketball program. SUNY Old Westbury embraces a steadfast commitment to integrity and ethical behavior. This core principle necessitates that the institution addresses this allegation...
Geanelle R. Sam, Psychology student and Vice President of the Nu Rho Psi Chapter Epsilon at SUNY Old Westbury, was awarded a National Undergraduate Honor Society in Neuroscience (Nu Rho Psi) Chapter Activity Grant for the 4th Advancing Cross-Disciplinary Outreach in Neuroscience (AXON) conference...
State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today announced the SUNY FAFSA Completion Corps, which will help prospective students complete the new federal application for college financial aid. SUNY received a nearly $300,000 grant from AmeriCorps to launch the initiative, which will...
SUNY Old Westbury has announced the addition of women's flag football to its lineup of intercollegiate athletics programs beginning in 2025-26. "With the dramatic increase in popularity of flag football across Long Island, and the nation, I am excited to announce Women's Flag Football as our newest...
First-Ever Award in New York via the U.S. Department of Education grant program The State University of New York at Old Westbury’s commitment to veteran student success has received a boost thanks to a U.S. Department of Education grant via its Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success...
The SUNY Old Westbury School of Education and its New York state-certified educators are offering a free Literacy Learning Clinic to the community beginning January 31, 2019. The Clinic will provide reading and writing strategy instruction sessions once weekly for 45 minutes on the College’s campus...
This event was canceled as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The State University of New York at Old Westbury will host one of two conferences this spring that showcase undergraduate work of SUNY students. The Sixth Annual SUNY/CUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) will...
SUNY Old Westbury lauded its 2018 graduating class with its first-ever ceremony at NYCB Live: Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 20, 2018. The class of 1,300 students from the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Professional Studies made the 52nd Commencement the...
The University Police Department of the State University of New York at Old Westbury held an installation ceremony on December 6, 2023 as it added three new police officers to its team. Joining the SUNY Old Westbury department are Jeffrey Martin of Hicksville, New York; Cristian Mayorga of Coram...
Six members of the SUNY Old Westbury University Police Department were among those honored at the 2020 SUNY Police Chiefs Association Awards this month in a virtual ceremony. Lieutenant Renee Znack, Investigator Ryon Burnett, Investigator Julie Donley, Technical Sergeant Brett Cruickshank, Officer...