SUNY Orange
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| Motto | If you have the dream, we have the way! |
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| Type | Community college |
| Established | 1950 |
| President | Dr. Kristine M. Young |
| Undergraduates | 6,162 |
| Location |
 Middletown, NY, US41°26′24″N 74°25′37″W / 41.439863°N 74.426923°WCoordinates: 41°26′24″N 74°25′37″W / 41.439863°N 74.426923°W |
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Suburban 37 acres (0.15 km2) |
| Colors | navy blue and orange |
| Athletics | www.sunyorange.edu/athletics |
| Nickname | Colts |
| Affiliations | National Junior College Athletic Association, Region XV, Mid-Hudson Athletic Conference |
| Website | www.sunyorange.edu |
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SUNY Orange, or Orange County Community College, is a two-year college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system offering almost 40 associate degrees and certificate programs. As SUNY Orange is a part of the SUNY system, students from SUNY Orange may "seamlessly transfer" their credits to any other SUNY institution to continue towards other degrees, including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and master's degrees. SUNY Orange also has many articulation agreements with four-year institutions outside of the SUNY system. The college has two campuses in Middletown, New York and in Newburgh, New York. The college also offers additional courses at satellite campuses in Warwick, Port Jervis, and Central Valley.
The college is one of the top ten two-year nursing colleges in the SUNY system. SUNY Orange is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The College employs an open enrollment policy in which any student who applies for admittance to the College is accepted.
SUNY Orange also provides a wide array of non-credit classes for community members seeking personal enrichment, career advancement, technical or professional certifications or additional training. SUNY Orange has been certified as a Military Friendly school since 2012.
In 1945 Orange County did not have a college. Except for the military academy at West Point and what would become SUNY New Paltz, there was no college on the west side of the Hudson River from New York City to the state capital at Albany. The research for a permanent college began after World War II in 1948, and a site needed to be chosen for the college.
The Webb Horton House and property, now the 'mansion' at the Middletown campus, was chosen for founding the college. Built by Webb Horton, the mansion was left to his cousin, John H. Morrison, upon his death. His wife Mrs. Christine Morrison, lived there alone after the death of her husband in 1946. In 1950, she donated the mansion and property as the home of Orange County Community College.
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