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Committee Meeting: Higher Education Meeting

Senate Standing Committee on Higher Education
Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, Chair
10:30 AM, Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Room 510 LOB

March 10, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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Committee Meeting: Higher Education Meeting

Senate Standing Committee on Higher Education
Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, Chair
10:30 AM, Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Room 510 LOB

The committee will consider the following nominations:
Ronald Ehrenberg -- Appointment to SUNY Board of Trustees
Valerie Lancaster-Beal -- Reappointment to CUNY Board of Trustees

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher -- Presentation to the Committee

February 24, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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February 2, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Public Hearing: Public Hearing on Swine Flu Preparedness on College Campuses

In April 2009, the United States government declared a public health emergency following outbreaks of H1N1 Influenza A, also known as the “Swine Flu.” Since then, the 2009 H1N1 influenza has been escalated to Phase 6 worldwide pandemic alert level. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has indicated that many of the confirmed cases of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza have been in healthy young adults aged 19 to 24.

November 16, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Complaints Grow Over Governor's Cuts to SUNY - WXXI Radio Clip

Please visit WXXI's Website to hear the audio clip.

ALBANY, NEW YORK (WXXI) - Governor Paterson is getting some complaints about his decision to target public colleges and universities in the half a billion dollars worth of budget cuts that he has ordered. Among the critics, are several of his fellow Democrats in the State Senate.

October 8, 2009
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THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED CUTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 7, 2009Travis Proulx | travisproulx@gmail.com | 518-455-2415 STATEMENT FROM SENATORS TOBY ANN STAVISKY,DARREL J. AUBERTINE,  NEIL D. BRESLIN, BRIAN X. FOLEY,SUZI OPPENHEIMER,  WILLIAM STACHOWSKI, AND DAVID J.

October 8, 2009
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Proposed Affiliation Polytechnic University and New York University

Assessment of the legal situation regarding the proposed affiliation of New York University with Polytechnic University.

August 31, 2009
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Public School, Public Business

First published in print: Sunday, July 12, 2009  As the State University of New York copes with two years of state funding cuts totaling $334 million, state Sen. Toby Stavisky raises a question worth asking: Why, at a time when SUNY has $450 million in cash, has it apparently rebuffed the Paterson administration's proposal to tap some of that money to offset those budget cuts?  It turns out that SUNY has some answers to those questions. But the official word from Chancellor Nancy Zimpher's office is that she won't discuss the matter in public.

July 15, 2009
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