Our initiatives

Priorities for supporting student excellence

Health and well-being
Academic success
Impactful co-curricular experiences
Inclusive campus community
Community-building

Health and wellness

Binghamton believes that supporting our community's well-being extends beyond providing high-quality health and counseling options for students. We meet students, faculty and staff where they are — in their residence halls, offices or student groups — to provide support and education that will lead to better productivity and happier, healthier people.

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Collaborating for academic success

Offices within the Division of Student Affairs work directly with faculty to provide students with valuable experiences that augment and enhance what they learn in the traditional classroom.

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Internships

The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development oversees the largest credit-bearing internship program on campus, collaborating with local, regional, national and international businesses and organizations to provide valuable career development opportunities open to students of all majors. The Fleishman Center also partners with campus entities to provide specialized support, such as Residential Life career consultants, liaisons to each school and college, and on-demand presentations covering a variety of career topics.

Community-engaged learning

The Center for Civic Engagement works with faculty across campus to develop credit-bearing community-engaged learning courses in which students use what they're learning in the classroom to address a real need in the community. Students learn how to be flexible and overcome unexpected barriers and missteps that aren't always obvious in the classroom. They work with diverse communities and individuals, developing tolerance and understanding, critical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, communication and teamwork skills, and are thus better prepared for success in the workplace and as citizens engaging in civic life.

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Common Read Experience

The Common Read Experience offers students the opportunity to gain an important understanding of differing perspectives on the most significant issues of our times. Students build connections to the campus community through purposeful conversations and programs centered on the theme of the common read.

Inclusive access and support

��Ƶ welcomes diverse perspectives, reflective of the world around us. We are committed to making sure that our students, staff and faculty are not only diverse, but also feel welcomed by an inclusive campus community.

Individualized support for identified groups

Student Affairs programs like the Educational Opportunity Program and Student Support Services provide financial assistance and a range of advising and academic support services to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. These and other offices, such as Services for Students with Disabilities, are critical to the success of under-represented and disadvantaged students at Binghamton.

Our Department for Student Transition and Success offers programs and resources to support students' academic, personal and professional development beginning when they first arrive on campus and carrying throughout their collegiate experience.

Student and staff recognition

We believe in the importance of recognizing the hard work and achievements of our students and staff.

Held annually, the ��Ƶ Student Awards honor and recognize the outstanding achievements of our students who shine in and out of the classroom.

A staff recognition committee works year-round to create a pervasive culture of appreciation for the hard work, long hours and passion for supporting students exemplified by our staff.

Divisional Diversity Initiative

The Student Affairs Divisional Diversity Initiatives (SADDI) Committee is a cross-section of professional staff, faculty and students that convenes monthly to strategically identify barriers that impede the success of underrepresented minority students. Culturally sensitive strategies and recommendations are sought for implementation with the divisional diversity officer’s advisement. Initiatives will collaboratively support the goals of ��Ƶ’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

CARE Team

The CARE Team (Consultation, Advocacy, Referral and Education) works through the Office of the Dean of Students to educate and inform members of the ��Ƶ community through caring, advocacy and supportive endeavors, empowering students and attending to their needs holistically through education and personal development.

Diversity Empowerment Education Program

The Residential Life Diversity Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) program promotes student engagement through a social justice lens for underrepresented minority students. DEEP Interns from the ��Ƶ Department of Social Work provide underrepresented students with wrap-around services and support in their residential communities. DEEP interns affirm and celebrate students' intersectional identities, assist with interpersonal conflict or other causes of student distress, and connect students to appropriate campus resources.

Building community

Binghamton prides itself as a beautiful, welcoming residential campus, and we're continually investing in improving the spaces our students live, learn and play. From state-of-the-art recreational facilities to renovated residence and dining halls to gathering places like the University Union, we strive to make campus a place people want to be, which results in lasting friendships, convenient networking and a resilient Bearcat spirit.