The College Campus
The campus is spacious and uncluttered, with 60 buildings and
athletic playing fields occupying about one-quarter of the 591-acre
campus. The remaining area is gently rolling open or wooded land.
The College mall, which stretches from traditional Hartwell Hall
to contemporary high-rise residence halls, is bordered by trees,
lawns and striking contemporary architecture. Near the midpoint
of the mall is Seymour College Union, the center of student activities.
In warm weather, the mall itself becomes the hub of activities
for students as they socialize and recreate.
The buildings along the mall house classrooms, lecture halls,
seminar rooms, faculty members' offices, science laboratories,
dining halls, a bookstore, the health center, counselors' offices
and residence halls, all conveniently located.
North of the mall is the Donald M. Tower Fine Arts Center, set
against the bank of the New York State Barge Canal. The site
of cultural activities and the home of the Departments of Art,
Theatre and Foreign Languages and Literatures, it houses a 400-seat
theater, two art galleries, studios, rehearsal halls, practice
rooms, listening laboratories and classrooms fully equipped for
sculpture, ceramics, photography, jewelry making, painting, scene
designing and stagecraft.
South of the mall are the Gordon F. Allen Administration Building,
Drake Memorial Library and a large physical education complex
known as the Ernest H. Tuttle Building. Two monumental sculptures
by Soviet artist Zurab Tsereteli are situated in this area, one
of which is dedicated to the International Special Olympic Games,
held at SUNY Brockport in 1979.
Centers and Institues For Research Learning and Service
Center for Applied Aquatic Science and Aquaculture
The Center coordinates the research program in applied aquatic
biology, aquaculture and related sciences. Its efforts are directed
toward research, education, extension, and commercial development.
Various facilities are available including aquatic research laboratories,
boats and other field equipment, and aquaculture research ponds.
SUNY Brockport is a recognized leader in freshwater aquaculture
and aquatic science in New York and the Northeastern United States.
Garth Fagan Dance
The internationally recognized Garth Fagan Dance is affiliated
with the College through its director, Garth Fagan, who is a Distinguished
University Professor of the State University of New York.
Despite the demanding international schedule of company rehearsals,
travel and performances, Fagan and company member Norwood Pennewell
continue to regularly teach in the Department of Dance. Pennewell
and dancer Valentina Alexander recently performed on the "Tonight
Show," while Pennewell and company member Natalie Rogers
danced at the Academy Awards. The company has received a long
list of awards including four Bessies, the Oscars of dance. Garth
Fagan started his company when he moved to Rochester in 1970 to
take a teaching post at SUNY Brockport. The association provides
a unique opportunity to Brockport dancers to experience both the
Fagan trademark movement, "Fagan Technique," and the
Fagan ethics of always striving, always risking. The public concerts
and workshops offered by Garth Fagan Dance at SUNY Brockport enrich
the College and the community.
Child and Adolescent Stress Management Institute
A variety of preventive programs are offered by the Institute
on campus, and by arrangement, at off-campus locations, including
worksite settings. These programs help young people, and the
adults who work with them, to control the stress in their lives.
Programs range from one to 10 days and are presented to groups
of 10-15 children and 15-25 adults. The workshop participants
learn how to recognize stress; identify the sources of stress
in their lives; develop a strategy to control stress; create an
action plan to execute a stress control strategy; and master techniques
for managing stress. Faculty of The Child and Adolescent Stress
Management Institute also offer graduate courses for college credit
in the Department of Health Science.
Community Research Center
This center is a coalition of study groups and research projects
united by a common theme of study of the economic, political,
cultural, and social institutions in the Rochester metropolitan
area.
Institute of Local Studies
The Institute seeks to increase public awareness of our local
and regional heritage as it influences contemporary life. It
seeks to provide a forum that will bring together under one roof
the generally unconnected, disparate histories, photos, records,
and memorabilia of local and county-level governmental agencies,
churches, and fraternal, service, and other organizations.
International Institute
The International Institute at SUNY Brockport links the College's
overseas programs with its international business and economics
and international studies majors, as well as other international
academic areas such as Asian, Canadian, and Latin American studies,
and the Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures and African
and Afro-American Studies. The International Institute extends
SUNY Brockport's commitment to preparing students for the global
challenges of life and careers in the 21st century. For more
information, contact Dr. Walter Boston, Jr., Director, Rakov Center,
(716) 395-5467.
Monroe County Historian's Office
The Historian's Office of the County of Monroe is affiliated with
the College. This association meets the needs of a wide range
of constituents, including area teachers who need assistance with
local history projects, the County's town and village historians,
as well as the general public. The County Historian's Office
also actively supports historical research by offering summer
research seminars and historical presentations. The Research
Office, which is located in Drake Library, is open to the public
one day per week. For hours, please call (716)428-7375.
Visual Studies Workshop
As an affiliate of SUNY Brockport, the Visual Studies Workshop
offers courses and the MFA program for Brockport art students.
The Workshop is located in the heart of Rochester's museum district
at 31 Prince Street. Facilities include black-and-white, color,
and special-process darkrooms; offset production printing facilities;
a Macintosh computer lab; small-format video production and post-production,
computer imaging and computer audio systems; the VSW Research
Center with extensive collections, library and Independent Press
Archive; exhibition galleries and a bookstore. The Visual Studies
Workshop serves visual artists and the general public with diversified
programming in education, exhibitions, and publishing. VSW is
an internationally recognized center for photography, visual books,
video, and independent film.
Writers Forum and Videotape Library
The Writers Forum seeks to advance the appreciation and practice
of the art of writing by bringing to the SUNY Brockport campus
for public readings poets, dramatists, fiction writers, and writers
of non-fiction prose (scholars, critics, biographers, and editors)
who have established local, national, and international reputations,
as well as promising new writers. The Videotape Library is a
scholarly archive of some 300 "discussions of craft"
with contemporary writers. It is a nationally known scholarly
and educational resource. The Writers Forum Summer Writing Workshops
is a week-long program for writers with participants from around
the country. It can be taken for credit (with permission).
