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Zimpher spoke to a crowd of aboug 100 people duringa meet-and-greet session at ’s city Earlier in the morning, she visitesd ECC’s Amherst campus. The trip is part of Zimpher’ss 100-day tour of each of SUNY’s 64 campuses. ECC markecd her 14th campus tour, she said. “It’s just workintg magically,” she said about her “I’m getting a chance to have communication with the to build that relationship which is just so Zimpher is also scheduled to spend time next week at andthe .
Besidews serving as introductions to each of the campusesshe oversees, the tour is also mean to generate ideas for a new SUNY-wides strategic plan, which could emerge next spring, Zimpher said. She stressed that it would be an “inclusive” plan that is meanty to betterdefine SUNY’s role in New York state’a economy. “It’s very important to me that we havea well-articulateed 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 strategic plan willbe “It’s all about what you can get done,” she “We are going to get things done and we will hold ourselvesd accountable.” Zimpher takes the helm at a precarious time in New York state. The 2009-10 budgeg crisis cut state funding at severaoSUNY institutions, state Senate lawmakerds are locked in a partisan battle and UB wants to pass a bill that will essentiallyu reduce SUNY’s role in determining tuition rates and new constructioj plans. Tours of other Westerm New York-area SUNY campuses have not yetbeen announced.
Abouf 440,000 students are currently enrolled in the SUNY the largest public collegs and university system inthe country.