“To Learn, To Search, To Serve” While our plan is outwardly focused, our vision remains grounded in the three imperatives on the SUNY seal. The words on our seal evoke the centrality of education, the spirit of inquiry, and the full participation in civic life that we expect from our students, our faculty, and the entire SUNY universe.
LEARN We are first and foremost a community of teachers and learners. Courses, disciplines, and degrees may evolve, but our dedication to the exchange of knowledge from generation to generation is a constant.
SEARCH We find and create meaning in our universe. The driving spirit behind research and discovery is the conviction that frontiers demand exploration, that conventional wisdom needs to be questioned, and that each discovery takes us to a new horizon of understanding.
SERVE We are concerned and involved citizens. We have a stake in our community. We direct our skills, our knowledge, and our best intentions toward making a profound and lasting difference where we live— close to home and around the world.
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