State University of New York College at Cortland

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State University of New York College at Cortland
SUNY Cortland seal.svg
Seal of SUNY Cortland
MottoSeize the Moment, Feel the Momentum
TypePublic college
Established1868; 153 years ago (1868)
Parent institution
State University of New York
Endowment$49.1 million (2020)[1]
PresidentErik Bitterbaum
ProvostMark Prus
Students6,858[2]
Undergraduates6,343
Postgraduates515
Location
Cortland
,
New York
,
United States
Campus211 acres (0.85 km2)
Colorsred and white
NicknameRed Dragons
MascotBlaze
Websitewww.cortland.edu
SUNY Cortland Logo.svg

The State University of New York College at Cortland (SUNY Cortland or Cortland State College) is a public college in Cortland, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

History[]

The State University of New York College at Cortland was founded in 1868 as the Cortland Normal School, which included among its earliest students inventor and industrialist Elmer A. Sperry of Sperry Rand Corp.[3]

The campus continually grew, and in 1941, by an act of legislature and the Board of Regents, the institution became a four-year college providing courses leading to the bachelor's degree and soon was widely acknowledged as Cortland State Teachers College. In 1948, Cortland was a founding member of the State University of New York.

Campus[]

Cortland is off of Interstate 81, between Syracuse and Binghamton. The college's main campus covers 191 acres (773,000 m²) and includes 30 traditional and modern buildings. Fourteen of these structures are residence halls that provide housing for approximately 3,000 students. SUNY Cortland also operates its Outdoor Education Center at Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks, the Hoxie Gorge Nature Preserve outside Cortland, and the Brauer Education Center on the Helderberg Escarpment near Albany.

The U.S. Department of the Interior in 2004 designated Camp Pine Knot, now known as the Huntington Memorial Camp and part of its Outdoor Education center at Raquette Lake, N.Y., as the first and only National Historic Landmark within the State University of New York (SUNY). Camp Pine Knot was the first Great Camp of the Adirondacks and the birthplace of what is now known as the Adirondack style of architecture. SUNY Cortland has 55,000 alumni who live in all 50 states and in more than 40 countries.

Organization and administration[]

Cortland is a comprehensive college within the State University of New York system.

Academics[]

Today, approximately 6,800 students are pursuing degrees within the College's three academic divisions — arts and sciences, education and professional studies. Twenty-eight academic departments with a faculty of more than 600 offer the SUNY Cortland student body 50 majors[4] and 38 minors from which to choose, plus 33 graduate majors and four certificates of advanced study.

Student life[]

SUNY Cortland has over 100 student clubs.[5]

In 2015, the school opened a $56 million Student Life Center (SLC).[6] The SLC covers more than 150,000 square feet and includes a three-court gymnasium, a swimming pool, indoor running track, rock climbing wall, dining bistro, table tennis room, game room, combatives room, various exercise spaces, a golf simulator, and state-of-the-art cardio and weight training equipment.

Athletics[]

Main article: Cortland Red Dragons

The Cortland Red Dragons are the athletic teams for SUNY Cortland. The college competes in NCAA Division III in the State University of New York Athletic Conference for most sports. Football played in the New Jersey Athletic Conference from 2000–14 and became an affiliate member of the Empire 8 in 2015.[7] Wrestling competes in the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference, the women's ice hockey team competes in the ECAC West, women's gymnastics is a National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) East member, and women's golf is an independent, as those sports are not offered by the SUNYAC.

SUNY Cortland has had the most regional successful men's and women's intercollegiate athletics program in New York over the past two decades. In 1995, the Sears Directors' Cup was established to gauge and recognize the most successful intercollegiate athletics programs in the nation. SUNY Cortland is one of only five colleges and universities in the U.S. to have finished every year among the Top 25 NCAA Division III programs. Cortland placed 12th out of approximately 440 schools during the 2015–16 competition that is now known as the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup. The competition is sponsored by USA Today, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, and Learfield Sports. The standings are based on schools' national finishes in different sports.

The Cortland Red Dragons annually play Ithaca College Bombers for the Cortaca Jug, which was added in 1959 to an already competitive rivalry. The match-up is one of the most prominent in Division III college football. It was called the "biggest little game in the nation" by Sports Illustrated in 1991. The Red Dragons had a seven-game winning streak as of November 2016, but lost 48-20 in 2017. They also play the Cortaca Mic game every Friday before the Cortaca Jug game. Which is played between the Ithaca (WICB) and Cortland (WSUC) school radio stations. Cortland has never lost this game since it has been played.[8]

Cortland snapped Salisbury University's 69-game win streak to capture the 2006 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Div. III National Championship. The team reached the 2007 and 2008 national championship in rematch games against Salisbury University. The lacrosse team cemented its spot as a premier team with its second Division III national championship in 2009, defeating Gettysburg in the finals.

In 2006 as part of its Silver Anniversary of sponsoring women's sports, the NCAA named the SUNY Cortland women's cross country program as its top cross country program of the past 25 years. The Cortland women captured seven NCAA Division III national championships in a nine-year span between 1989 and 1997 (1989, 1991–95, 1997). In addition, the Cortland men's cross country team won the 2008 NCAA Div. III championship.

In all, Cortland teams have won 25 national titles, including 18 NCAA crowns. Along with the titles mentioned above, the field hockey team won NCAA Div. III titles in 1993, 1994 and 2001, the women's outdoor track and field team won an NCAA Div. III title in 1985 and the women's indoor track and field team was the 1991 NCAA Div. III champion. The men's lacrosse squad won the NCAA Div. II title in 1975 and the USILA College Division championship in 1973. The women's soccer won the 1992 NCAA Div. III tournament and captured the first-ever U.S. National Women's Soccer Championship in 1980, defeating UCLA in the finals. The men's gymnastics team won USGF Div. II-III titles in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990. The baseball and Women's Lacrosse teams each won their first ever Div. III titles in 2015. The women's lacrosse team won 18 SUNYAC titles between 1997 and 2015.[9]

Cortland previously hosted the summer training camp of the NFL's New York Jets from 2009–14, except for 2011 due to the NFL lockout.

International Exchange Program[]

SUNY Cortland has 18 partner universities across the world such as the German Sport University and the Griffith University in Australia [10]

Notable people[]

Alumni[]

Faculty[]

Cortland University campus
SUNY Cortland campus

References[]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  2. ^ https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Cortland&s=all&id=196149
  3. ^ "History - SUNY Cortland". www2.cortland.edu.
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  5. ^ "Clubs and Organizations - SUNY Cortland". www2.cortland.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  6. ^ "Student Life Center Officially Opens at SUNY Cortland". spectrumlocalnews.com.
  7. ^ Empire 8
  8. ^ "Cortaca Jug Inspires Week of Activity - SUNY Cortland". www2.cortland.edu.
  9. ^ "SUNYAC Conference - Women's Lacrosse Team Champions". sunyac.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  10. ^ "Apply for an Exchange Program - SUNY Cortland". www2.cortland.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  11. ^ "Alumnus and Olympian Wins Super Bowl Raffle". cortland.edu. December 23, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2016. One of the most decorated student-athletes in SUNY Cortland’s history, Breen, 76, earned national and international prominence as a swimmer.
  12. ^ Malinowski, Eric (July 3, 2012). "Better Know An Umpire: CB Bucknor". Deadspin. Retrieved January 16, 2016. True fact: Played center field at SUNY-Cortland before graduating in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in recreation therapy.
  13. ^ Hamill, Denis (September 20, 1998). "A 'MONUMENT' TO HARD WORK COMEDY DIRECTOR TED DEMME'S NEW FILM MARKS A MOVE INTO SERIOUS DRAMA". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 16, 2016. After college at SUNY-Cortland, he coached an area football team, bartended at night at Joe Klecko's Long Island restaurant and became a production assistant at MTV by day.
  14. ^ Baker, Chris (July 29, 2014). "WWE legend Mick Foley brings his stand-up comedy to Destiny USA: GET OUT". Syracuse Post Standard. Retrieved December 30, 2015. Foley, a graduate of SUNY Cortland, shot to fame in the mid-1990s during the heyday of the World Wrestling Federation.
  15. ^ "Dunwoody To Be Honored At SUNY Cortland". The Post-Journal. March 30, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  16. ^ Swisher, Skyler. "Sheriff Scott Israel: Career defined by controversy and fury over failures during Parkland shooting". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  17. ^ "Tamdan McCrory UFC Profile".
  18. ^ Maryland Commission for Women (2008). "Toby Barbara Orenstein, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  19. ^ Marcus, Steven (May 26, 2012). "Senk Loves Being Big Fish in SBU's Small Pond". Newsday.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  20. ^ "Aljamain Sterling UFC Profile". Retrieved 2014-01-01.

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