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SUNY Canton Esports Offers Winter Day Camps

SUNY Canton will be offering esports day-camp opportunities for area youth during the winter break. Esports day camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2 through Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 in the college's state-of-the-art Esports Arena. Gamepl...

Dec 26, 2019, 11:40am EST

SUNY Canton Awarded $1.3 Million New York State Grant for Canton Midtown Plaza Revitalization

SUNY Canton has been awarded a $1.3 million Empire State Development (ESD) grant toward a project that seeks to redevelop Canton's Midtown Plaza at 19 Miner Street. The award is part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Counci...

Dec 19, 2019, 4:41pm EST

SUNY Canton student Alec K. Knowles prepares to broadcast a live match during the Extreme Connect Conference held in April in Nashville, Tenn. Knowles is currently a Graphic and Multimedia Design major who is interested in transferring into the college’s new Esports Management degree.

SUNY Canton Among First in U.S. to Launch Esports Management Degree

SUNY Canton is launching an innovative new degree program that prepares students for an esports career. SUNY Canton President Zvi Szafran announced the college has received final approval to offer a Bachelor of Business Administration in Esports Ma...

Dec 17, 2019, 5:01pm EST

Kyle Lorey, a Mechanical Engineering Technology major from Corning, tightens a connection on the college’s steel bridge. Lorey is the President of the college’s Steel Bridge Team and is preparing to compete at the 2020 Upstate New York Regional Steel Bridge Competition held at SUNY Canton.

SUNY Canton Prepares to Host AISC Steel Bridge Competition, April 23-24

Students from SUNY Canton's American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Steel Bridge Team are making preparations to host the 2020 Upstate New York Regional Competition. "Our dedicated students from the Canino School of Engineering Technology a...

Dec 16, 2019, 12:19pm EST

ESPORTS WELCOME – Pictured (l to r) are Garrit Stukemeier, Alec Knowles of Parishville, Steven Chen, and Kasey Palmer of Verona. Knowles and Palmer presented SUNY Canton Esports Jerseys to Stukemeier and Chen who both play League of Legends professionally for SK Gaming during a campus visit sponsored by Mountain Dew AMP Game Fuel.

SK Gaming Helps SUNY Canton Esports Level Up the Game

Two professional League of Legends players and their manager from SK Gaming in Germany coached SUNY Canton's esports students over the weekend. Last spring, SUNY Canton students entered an Instagram challenge to promote Mountain Dew's newest release...

Dec 10, 2019, 11:42am EST

SUNY Canton Holds Inaugural Women in Esports Open House, Dec. 6

SUNY Canton will be holding a Women in eSports, or WeSports, Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in the SUNY Canton Esports Arena in Nevaldine Hall South 133. The event is free and is exclusively offered to females of all ages. "We hope to ...

Nov 27, 2019, 3:32pm EST

Pictured is Umesh Kumar, Ph.D., associate professor and curriculum coordinator for SUNY Canton’s Finance program. Finance was recently ranked 12th of 44 public institutions across the nation by intelligent.com and Kumar has authored award-winning research papers corresponding with the subjects he instructs.

Intelligent.com: SUNY Canton Ranks Among the Top Finance Degree Programs in the U.S.

SUNY Canton has been recognized as a top ranked institution offering one of the best Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance programs by Intelligent.com. The college ranked 12th of 44 public institutions across the nation. The comprehensive ...

Nov 25, 2019, 11:25am EST

SUNY Canton's College Council Seeks Distinguished Citizen Nominations

The SUNY Canton College Council is seeking nominations for its annual Distinguished Citizen Award. Since 1976, the council has given this prestigious award in recognition of distinguished service to SUNY Canton and/or to the community. Members of...

Nov 18, 2019, 9:45am EST

SUNY Canton student Marcos L. Martinez recently received the statewide Norman R. McConney Jr. Award, which is bestowed to recognize excellence in the SUNY Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). Pictured (l to r) are SUNY Canton President Zvi Szafran, Martinez, and EOP Director Walvi DeJesus.

SUNY Canton Nursing Student Wins Statewide Award

A SUNY Canton student was recently recognized with a statewide award for overcoming difficulties during his education. Marcos L. Martinez, a Practical Nursing major from the Bronx, received the 2019 Norman R. McConney Jr. Award, which is bestowed t...

Nov 15, 2019, 12:02pm EST

Native American poet Santee Frazier will speak at SUNY Canton November 20.

SUNY Canton Welcomes Back Native American Poet Santee Frazier for Living Writers Series

The SUNY Canton Living Writers Series is honoring Native American Heritage Month with a guest speaker whose poetry deals with the marginalization of Native people. Santee Frazier will speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Richard W. Miller C...

Nov 14, 2019, 2:04pm EST

About SUNY Canton

As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, management, and healthcare fields. It is home to the Center for Criminal Justice, Intelligence and Cybersecurity. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.