Brockport State University
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| Motto | Expect the Extraordinary! |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1867 |
| Endowment | $30.4 million (2009) |
| President | Heidi Macpherson |
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Academic staff
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586 |
| Students | 8,106 |
| Undergraduates | 6,354 |
| Postgraduates | 1,752 |
| Location |
Brockport, NY, USA 43°12′43″N 77°57′00″W / 43.21194°N 77.95000°WCoordinates: 43°12′43″N 77°57′00″W / 43.21194°N 77.95000°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | Golden Eagles |
| Affiliations | State University of New York |
| Mascot | Ellsworth |
| Website | gobrockport.com |
The College at Brockport, State University of New York (also known as SUNY Brockport, Brockport State, College at Brockport, or the State University of New York at Brockport) is a four-year liberal arts college in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, United States, near Rochester. A constituent college of the State University of New York, it has been ranked by U.S. News in the first tier of Master's-granting colleges in the Northeast region, and by Kiplinger's among the top 100 "Best Value" public colleges and universities in the United States. Among its faculty are several Fulbright scholars, three Distinguished Professors, and a winner of the 2007 Flannery O'Connor award for fiction.
Over the past decade, The College at Brockport has become one of the most selective of the SUNY comprehensive colleges, with an acceptance rate of 41.9% as of 2007. Average SAT scores have risen from 1,029 ('97) to 1,115 ('06), and high-school averages have increased from 84.4 ('97) to 90.5 ('06). The College offers 42 undergraduate majors, 29 graduate programs and 18 areas of teacher certification, combined bachelor's/master's programs, and has program accreditation in 12 areas. It offers one of the nation's largest Study Abroad programs, a variety of internships with major corporations, 23 NCAA intercollegiate athletic teams, arts and cultural events, and more than 60 clubs and organizations. Ninety percent of freshmen live in residence halls. The 464-acre (1.88 km2) campus includes recent multimillion-dollar renovations to Smith-Lennon Science Center, Hartwell Hall, Seymour College Union and Harrison Dining Hall, a newly opened 208-bed townhome facility, and a $44-million Special Events Recreation Center opened in 2012. There is more than $200 million in planned reconstruction by year 2020.
Heidi Macpherson, Ph.D., began her tenure as The College at Brockport's 7th president on July 16, 2015. Dr. Macpherson is the first female president in the College's history.
The most popular major at The College at Brockport is Business Administration & Economics with more than 1,000 students in enrollment.
The Brockport campus played host to the International Special Olympics on August 8–13, 1979.
The College at Brockport opened as the Brockport Collegiate Institute in 1841, and later became the Brockport State Normal School in 1866.
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