SUNY Ulster is a public two-year college supported by Ulster County

Ulster County, New York

Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 182,493. Recent population estimates completed by the United States Census Bureau for the 12-month period ending July 1 are at...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 and the State University of New York

State University of New York

The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...

. The main campus is located in Stone Ridge, New York

Stone Ridge, New York

Stone Ridge is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,173 at the 2000 census.Stone Ridge is located in the Town of Marbletown, along US 209 where it overlaps NY 213.-Geography:...

. The college also maintains a facility in Kingston

Kingston, New York

Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...

 at the Business Resource Center (BRC).

Overview

SUNY Ulster offers nearly 60 undergraduate academic programs, including veterinary technology, graphic arts

Graphic arts

A type of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of art forms. Graphic art is typically two-dimensional and includes calligraphy, photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, lithography, typography, serigraphy , and bindery. Graphic art also consists of drawn plans and layouts for interior...

 and fine arts, education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

, criminal justice

Criminal justice

Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...

, and nursing

Nursing

Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....

. The college has satellite locations in Kingston, New York

Kingston, New York

Kingston is a city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, USA. It is north of New York City and south of Albany. It became New York's first capital in 1777, and was burned by the British Oct. 16, 1777, after the Battles of Saratoga...

 and Highland, New York

Highland, New York

Highland is the name of two places in the U.S. state of New York:*Highland, Sullivan County, New York, a town*Highland, Ulster County, New York, an unincorporated hamlet...

.

Academics

Two-year associate degree programs (transfer
and career track) and one-year certificate and
diploma programs (career oriented)are offered.

• Transfer programs in: advertising design and
graphic technology, business administration
(transfer-oriented program), communications
and media arts, computer science, criminal
justice, engineering science, environmental
studies, fine arts, human services (transfer-oriented
program), industrial technology: drafting
and design technology (transfer-oriented
program), engineering science, individual
studies (can be completed entirely online), music,
theater, liberal arts and sciences: humanities and
social science, liberal arts and sciences:
humanities and social science-adolescence,
childhood and early childhood education, liberal
arts and sciences: science or mathematics,
liberal arts and sciences: science or
mathematics-adolescence, childhood and early
childhood education, and nursing.

• Career programs in: accounting, business
and entrepreneurial studies (career-oriented program),
computer information systems: microcomputers for business,
criminal justice, human services (career-oriented program),
industrial technology: drafting and design
technology (career-oriented program), recreation
leadership, and veterinary technology.

• Certificate and diploma programs in: animal
science office assistant, business studies (business
management), database management, direct care practice,
drafting, geographic information science, industrial
technology: manufacturing option, network
administrator, paramedic, sign language
interpreter, web page design and police basic training.

Presidents of the College

Name	Start of tenure	End of tenure
Dale B. Lake	October 1962	March 1967
George B. Erbstein	April 1967	August 1974
Robert T. Brown	September 1974	March 1997
Barbara A. Adams	August 1997	August 2000
Donald C. Katt	September 2000