{"id":2160,"date":"2014-02-03T16:09:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2014-02-03T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:09:58","slug":"president-harvey-stengers-state-of-the-university-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/2014\/02\/03\/president-harvey-stengers-state-of-the-university-address\/","title":{"rendered":"President Harvey Stenger&#8217;s State of the University Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2161\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/Harvey_SOTU_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2161 \" alt=\"President Harvey Stenger delivers the State of the University address at the Osterhout Concert Theater on Jan. 31. Photo by Jonathan Cohen.\" src=\"http:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/news\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/Harvey_SOTU_1.jpg\" width=\"434\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Harvey Stenger delivers the State of the University address at the Osterhout Concert Theater on Jan. 31.<br \/>Photo by Jonathan Cohen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From a \u201c20 by 2020\u201d enrollment initiative to a new venue for the State of the University address, growth served as the theme of President Harvey Stenger\u2019s annual talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA public university has to meet the demands of the population and has to help society,\u201d Stenger said during the Jan. 31 address. \u201cWe\u2019ve proven to ourselves over the past two years that we can get bigger and better at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To help Binghamton University grow to 20,000 students \u2014 14,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students \u2014 by 2020, Stenger unveiled a 4-1-1 program to attract and retain graduate students. The program would combine career-based, credit-bearing internships with advanced coursework as students pursue master\u2019s degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if we were to think about that time period when an undergraduate finishes his or her degree as a time when we can blend advanced academic work with experiential opportunities?\u201d he said. \u201cThis will allow students to build their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s and build their experiences, while at the same time adding a credential \u2013 a master\u2019s degree \u2013 that will be added to the value of those experiential opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stenger\u2019s talk marked a change in the State of the University, formerly known as the University Forum. The presentation took place in the Anderson Center\u2019s Osterhout Concert Theater instead of the smaller Lecture Hall 1. Most of the 1,170-seat Osterhout theater was filled with faculty members, staff, students, administrators and community leaders. Stenger, eschewing the traditional podium and wearing a microphone headset, walked across the stage and spoke for almost an hour after being introduced by Vice President for Student Affairs Brian Rose and Student Association President Eric Larson.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.binghamton.edu\/inside\/index.php\/inside\/story\/stenger-touts-growth-at-state-of-the-university\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a \u201c20 by 2020\u201d enrollment initiative to a new venue for the State of the University address, growth served as the theme of President Harvey Stenger\u2019s annual talk. \u201cA public university has to meet the demands of the population and has to help society,\u201d Stenger said during the Jan. 31 address. \u201cWe\u2019ve proven to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-binghamton-university-events","7":"category-events","8":"category-university-archives"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libnews.binghamton.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}