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ALBANY, NY – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced yesterday that the SUNY for All campaign is expanding to include SUNY Startup Summer School (S4), which is designed to help seasoned and prospective entrepreneurs commercialize breakthrough technology.
Registration is open now for the free, 11-week S4 virtual training program, which includes instructional webinars led by renowned speakers, accelerated Innovation Corps entrepreneurial training by experienced coaches, and proposal development support from experts who specialize in working with researchers and startups. Anyone with entrepreneurial ambition is encouraged to enroll. S4 which runs from early June through mid-August culminates with a Demo Day celebration where participants pitch their technology or venture, with the top two proposals earning a $10,000 Technology Accelerator Fund Catalyst Investment.
Friday, January 29, 2021 - 1:19 pm
SUNY Potsdam welcomes Chancellor Jim Malatras bumps elbows with SUNY Potsdam President Kristen Esterberg in a COVID-safe greeting gesture. Photo submitted by SUNY.
POTSDAM State University Chancellor Jim Malatras visited SUNY Canton and Potsdam on Thursday to meet with school presidents Zvi Szafran and Kristin Esterberg as pre-semester testing takes place on their respective campuses for all students.
Both campuses have moved to weekly testing of all students, faculty, and staff in alignment with SUNY policy to do so during the spring semester.
Spring classes will begin for both campuses on Monday, Feb. 1, with limited in-person classes for students testing negative for COVID at Canton, and Feb. 15 for SUNY Potsdam to allow for staggered testing and quarantining on campus for all students.
ALBANY, N.Y. â State University of New York has launched a free Online Training Center to give more New Yorkers a gateway to college, no matter where they live across the state.
The center, announced by State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras, features high school equivalency, college prep, and employment certification programs.
As phase one of Malatrasâ new SUNY For All campaign to expand access to higher education, the center will prepare eligible students for college and post-COVID careers with training and success coaches to guide them.
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Eligible students must be a New York state resident from a low- or moderate-income household, without a post-secondary degree, who may be unemployed or recently laid off.