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As Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room." But how do you develop a brand identity? The answer isn't to add more achievements to your résumé; it's to package and showcase your skills and who you are, what you have to offer, where you're going and why someone should hire or work with you.

Farmingdale State College and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú have launched a streamlined partnership to expand student success. Farmingdale students can now access articulated pathways to continue their graduate studies at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú in four master’s degree programs: Business Analytics, Computer Science, General Psychology (with a human resource management concentration) and Sport Management (offering both in-person and online options).

In 2007, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú launched Bridges to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú, an award-winning program that helps students on the autism spectrum or who have nonverbal learning disabilities transition to college life and succeed academically and socially.

In January 2020 and January 2019, undergraduate students taking the Intersession International Business course with Pamela Buckle, PhD, MA ’13, professor of management, and Joseph Sheldrick, MBA ’97, adjunct faculty in decision sciences, were treated to a unique experiential learning and cultural immersion opportunity focused on China. 

With opportunities for traditional gap year activities such as traveling and volunteering limited due to the pandemic, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's virtual Gap Year Experience offers college students the opportunity to work remotely, in small groups, developing projects for companies in their chosen field. Participants in the program can earn college credits or certification.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology will offer a certificate program in trauma treatment for licensed and certified mental health professionals. The new program will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to serve traumatized individuals and communities.

Launching a career in the video-game industry takes skill. Daniel Hickey ’20 is hoping he’s found a winning strategy by creating his own game-development studio while interning for an established one.

Jillian Myers ’20 finished her five-year BBA/MBA program in four years, passed the notoriously difficult CPA Exam on her first try, and is now on staff at the Big Four accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

Few women in Nepal go into science and technology. Neha Adhikari is one of them, majoring in computer science at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú on a #YouAreWelcomeHere scholarship for international students.

In his first job after graduating from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú, Jaime Dasso ’18 discovered a passion for the way data helps businesses make better decisions. Now he’s returned to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú to pursue a master’s degree in our new graduate program in business analytics.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú’s STEP and CSTEP programs are helping to prepare diverse students from local high schools and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú for inspiring careers in science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú will now offer a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations degree for students interested in taking a deep dive into world politics and issues. The new undergraduate program is designed to equip students with analytical tools and interdisciplinary perspectives to make sense of the rapidly changing world and prepare them for a career in diplomacy, international business, law and advocacy, and global public policy.

The trustees of the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) have named four professors in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH) as fellows of the academy. NYAM fellows are a community of distinguished professionals who show evidence of performance or outstanding potential in one or several health professional roles.

Voting for the annual Bethpage Best of Long Island contest has begun and, as in recent years, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú is well represented among the nominations, including these “best” categories: College/University College President College Sports Program Concert Venue Theater Arts Center Mascot Public Garden College Sports Coach—with five Panther head coaches making the cut Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú is…

First-year student Matthew Brophy is a winner of a 9/11 Promise scholarship for children of first responders. Affected by a friend's suicide, he came to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú for our top-tier psychology program.

Josephine Briones is a registered nurse who knows that technology and digital record keeping can be used to improve patient care. That's why she enrolled in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's online master's degree program in healthcare informatics.

In 2016, two Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú anthropology faculty members, working in Alaska with student collaborators, found a virtually complete, 14,000-year-old tusk of what may have been one of the last woolly mammoths on the Alaska mainland. At the time, it was thought to offer clues as to why the mammal later went extinct.

Demystifying blockchain, Bitcoin and other digital money matters

A young alumna tells of her experience at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú’s third Women's Leadership Conference.

A well-known scholar of issues in East Asian politics and international relations, Vincent Wang, PhD, dean of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's College of Arts and Sciences, continues to be a highly sought-out speaker and presenter.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú created a new, state-of-the-art Innovation Center designed to enable students of all disciplines to collaboratively solve problems with real-world projects.

La-Keir Morris has devoted her career and life to working with victims of domestic violence and serving as a foster parent. Now she's entered Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's graduate program in social work with a goal of starting her own youth development organization.

John Christopher Muran, PhD, associate dean of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, has published a new book on rupture in therapy.

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú is committed to the issues of race, social justice and equality and is now offering a new special topic course, Race: A Critical Perspective.

Online classes can present challenges for some students with disabilities. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's Student Access Office has worked overtime during the global health crisis to ensure assistive technologies are available for students who need them.

The College of Nursing and Public Health has secured a $458,000 grant to continue funding Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÔøµÀÈËÐþ»ú's long-running Nurse Faculty Loan Program.