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On Sept. 27, 2013, a group of students, faculty, staff, local business leaders, and government officials looked on as ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State Interim President Valerie Nixon finally cut the ribbon on the newest addition to the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ campus—the Student Leadership Center.

The forum will be held in the Small Events Room of the Student Leadership Center (SLC 310) on Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at 7 p.m. An open conversation will follow Rezak’s prepared remarks. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State has been designated an official military friendly school by top-rated publisher Victory Media and . ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State is one of just 36 SUNY schools awarded the honor.

Their trip—from Sept. 22 to 29—starts in Longmont, Colorado, and ends in Riverside, California.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State is moving on up in the U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Colleges rankings—now 17 (up from 23) among top regional colleges and universities in the North. The college has also earned a fifth place ranking among top public schools in the North.

The newest member of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State’s growing renewable energy family is currently catching the breeze above campus—a 100 kilowatt grid-tied wind turbine that will offset some of the college’s electricity usage. The turbine came online just a few weeks ago and is already producing clean, green energy.

Senior architectural technology student Kyle (Christian) Perry is already making a name for himself in the highly competitive design field—his work has been featured at the 2013 National Convention of the American Institute of Architects and he’s planning a senior thesis that will literally change lives—the design for a new infant care hospital in Honduras.

÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State is proud to announce the kickoff of a new Bachelor of Architecture program by its Department of Architecture and Design this fall. One of only eight BArch programs in the State of New York, it is the only degree of its kind in the SUNY system and the only one offered by a public university.

On August 15, 2013, the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ community welcomed Les Kachurek, a 23-year veteran of the City of Niagara Falls Police Department, as the new chief of police for the University Police Department, which coordinates law enforcement on the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State campus.

The college has been named one of 70 colleges and universities in the nation as a Lead Institution by NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, the leading voice for the student affairs profession.

On August 14, 2013, WETD 90.7 FM moved their Main Studio to ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State's new $33 million Student Leadership Center after submitting a letter of notification to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC).