NY – State and local lawmakers and SUNY system leaders will join members of the SUNY
Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) campus community on October 1 from 9-10 a.m., to highlight the benefits and expansion of the Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) program, a transformative four-year model that has been widely demonstrated to increase student completion rates and narrow opportunity gaps.
There are 150 SUNY Poly students enrolled in the program, utilizing services that include financial assistance, personalized academic advising, career development, and community-building activities, which will help them be successful in their degree pursuits.
This proven national student success model is funded through the $75 million SUNY Transformation Fund, championed by Governor Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature as part of an historic investment of state resources in the SUNY system. The program furthers SUNY’s pillars of advancing student success and upward mobility through broadening access to a quality, affordable higher education.
WHAT: SUNY Poly ACE Press Conference
WHERE: Cayan Library, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, 100 Seymour Rd, Utica, NY 13502
WHEN: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 / 9-10 a.m.
The event will include remarks from New York State Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, SUNY Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Transformational Initiatives Casey O’Brien, SUNY Poly Provost Dr. Andrew Russell, and SUNY Poly students who are benefitting from the ACE program.
The SUNY ACE/ASAP programs were expanded to the SUNY system in Spring 2024, supported by an historic demonstration of state-level support from the $75 million SUNY Transformation Fund and supplemented by private and philanthropic grants. In Fall 2024, SUNY ACE/ASAP will enroll 4,200 students across 25 SUNY campuses.
Conference to Highlight SUNY Poly’s Participation in National Student Success Model to Improve Support, Retention, and Completion
