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Zimpher spoke to a crowd of abouft 100 people duringa meet-and-greet session at ’s city Earlier in the morning, she visited ECC’s Amhersr campus. The trip is part of Zimpher’z 100-day tour of each of SUNY’s 64 campuses. ECC markex her 14th campus tour, she said. “It’s just workingf magically,” she said about her visits. “I’jm getting a chance to have communication withthe president, to builds that relationship which is just so Zimpher is also scheduled to spene time next week at and the .
Besidese serving as introductions to each of the campuses she the tour is also meant to generate ideas for anew SUNY-widse strategic plan, which could emerge next spring, Zimpher She stressed that it would be an plan that is meant to better definre SUNY’s role in New York state’a economy. “It’s very important to me that we havea well-articulatex vision of our future,” Zimpherf said. “We need an audacious goal for that so that we can be partners with the state of New She said the strategifc plan willbe “action-oriented.” “It’s all about what you can get she said.
“We are going to get things done and we will holdourselveds accountable.” Zimpher takes the helm at a precarious time in New York The 2009-10 budget crisis cut state funding at severaol SUNY institutions, state Senate lawmakerds are locked in a partisan battle and UB wants to pass a bill that will essentiallgy reduce SUNY’s role in determining tuition rates and new construction Tours of other Western New York-area SUNY campusews have not yet been announced.
Abouyt 440,000 students are currently enrolled in the SUNY the largest public college and university system inthe