Special Learning Opportunities

Upcoming Opportunities | Other Regularly Offered Opportunities

Upcoming Opportunities

• Arts Learning Community: The Arts Learning Community (ALC), which takes place at the Central New York Center in Syracuse, NY, is an opportunity to study face-to-face with other students in unique interdisciplinary arts studies and is open to students across the college. Students will also hear from guest speakers about careers in the arts, internship opportunities, attend workshops, and other topical issues of interest. All studies are open to students in other areas of study. Most of the studies will be offered in a blended mode, with students engaging in on-line activities between the residency meetings.
  
  The ALC meetings are held on three Saturdays during the September and January terms, and opportunities for studio/field work during the May A term. Students may take one, two or three studies, during any one term. There is a $45 residency fee for the September/January terms and $30 residency fee for the May term.
  
  **Note: The Business Learning Community, Human Services Learning Community and Arts Learning Community occur on the same day. Students can enroll in all three communities as long as schedules do not conflict.
  
  For additional information, please contact Phyllis Wright (315 460-3155; Phyllis.Wright@esc.edu).
• Business and Management Weekend Residencies: These residencies provide a rich, high energy academic experience plus opportunities to participate in career development programs, to network with business & management students and faculty, and to fine-tune skills for lifelong learning and professional development. Students who enroll for Weekend Residencies can earn credit in general education and business and management blended studies, participate in non-credit workshops, career services, and meet with guest speakers. Students attend three scheduled sessions for Weekend Residencies in the fall and spring terms, and two in the summer term. Residencies are held at the Niagara Frontier Center (2875 Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY). There is a $150.00 Weekend Residencies fee. This fee is only charged once per term, regardless of how many Weekend Residencies studies a student takes. Financial aid will cover the residency fee.
  
  For additional information, please contact Colleen Reedy at716-686-7856 or e-mail her at colleen.reedy@esc.edu.
• Business Learning Community: The Business Learning Community (BLC), which takes place at the Central New York Center in Syracuse, NY, is an opportunity to study face-to-face with other students in the business, management and economics (BME) area of study. Students are able to network with other BME professionals. Students will also hear from guest speakers about careers in business, internship opportunities, and other topical issues of interest to BME students. Although the studies are designed to be particularly relevant to students pursuing BME degrees, all studies are open to students in other areas of study. Students from all parts of the college are encouraged to enroll. Most of the studies will be offered in a blended mode, with students engaging in on-line activities between the residency meetings.
  
  The BLC meetings are held on three Saturdays during the September and January terms, once or twice during the May terms and attendance at all group meetings is required. Students may take one, two or three studies, during any one term. There is a $45 residency fee for the September/January terms and $30 residency fee for the May term.
  
  For additional information, please contact Phyllis Wright (315 460-3155; Phyllis.Wright@esc.edu).
  
• Business, Management and Economics (BME) Residency: The Northeast Center Business, Management and Economics (BME) Residency is designed for students to take undergraduate studies in a blended-model that combines three face-to-face group meetings with an online component. Our residency takes place in Saratoga Springs, NY and is open to students in all areas of study and from any Empire State College location. The studies offered in the BME residency focus on business, management and economic topics, and in some cases, fulfill general education requirements.
  
  For additional information, please contact Lori McCaffrey (518-783-6203; lori.mccaffrey@esc.edu).
• Cuba at the Crossroads: The Cuba at the Crossroads residency offers students an in-depth look at Cuba today from a range of perspectives, including economic, political, social, cultural and artistic. Offered for the January 2012 term.
• Emergency Service Management Residency: The Metropolitan Center’s Staten Island unit is pleased to announce a 2012 Emergency Service Management Residency, “Understanding Emergency Service Management: A Social Contract”. Offered for the January 2012 term.
• Human Services Learning Community: The Human Services Learning Community is open to students across the college and is held every spring and fall at the Central New York Center in Syracuse. The Human Services Learning Community provides an opportunity to study face-to-face with other students in human services, three Saturdays per term. It also provides an opportunity to network with other Community and Human Services professionals, and is a place to hear from guest speakers about careers in human services, internship opportunities, and other topical issues of interest to human services students.
• Keep-Mills Symposium and Residency: An annual three-day residency and an online discussion on a provocative and timely topic serve as the centerpiece for studies relating to the residency's annual theme. A grant from alumnus, Stephen Mills, funds the food and lodging for 20 students to attend the residency. The theme for 2012 is "Thinking About Love: An Interdisciplinary Exploration." The residency will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in White Plains, NY June 22 - 24, 2012. Offered for the May "A" term.
  See the flyer for more information (PDF; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view this document)
• Long Island and Robert Moses: Join us on March 2 and 3, 2012 for a two-day residency celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Long Island Center and the completion of the Long Island Expressway. Group studies, panels and our keynote spaker will provide students with the opportunity to examine the legacy of Robert Moses and the history and evolution of life on Long Island during the past 40 years.
• Urban Environmental Studies Residency: A Saturday residency with optional field activities on Friday, that aims to enhance students’ understanding of urban areas’ environmental relationships. Offered for the January 2012 term.
• Weekend Writing Intensive Workshops: The Hudson Valley Center hosts Weekend Writing Intensives in Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Memoir and Writing for Children. Beginners as well as seasoned writers are welcome; open to matriculated Empire State College students. Offered for the May A or B term.
• Women's Studies Residency: A residency for students who wish to develop a vocabulary and critical understanding of feminist perspectives and what can be discovered examining the world through a "feminist lens." Offered for the January 2012 term.

Other Regularly Offered Opportunities

• Civil War Residency: The residency will take place on: April 14-17, 2011 and will consist of a 4-day (3-night) field trip to Manassas, Gettysburg, and Antietam.
  
  The purpose of this study is to give the students the opportunity to survey the history of Antebellum slavery, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction Era, and introduce him/her to the major historical problems of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era such as the causes of the war, the character of Antebellum american slavery, the causes behind the Confederacy's defeat, the Lincoln Enigma, and the character and legacy of Reconstruction, within the context of the broad sweep of American history from the Colonial period through the Reconstruction Era.  The students will participate in a 4-day field trip to Manassas, Gettysburg, and Antietam.  During this trip, students will tour the battlefields and participate with other students in evening discussions on the factors leading to the Northern victory in the war.  He/she will also be responsible for giving an oral presentation about one of the stations on the battlefield tour.  Courses offered in conjunction with the residency include: American Military History, American Presidency, American Religious History II, Civil War History, and Generals of the American Civil War.  Each of these courses will fulfill the American History general education requirement.  Students may enroll in the course; attend the residency; and then, complete the other learning activities (required reading, written assignments, and additional discussions) in various ways:  though a study group, as a one-to-one independent study, or as an at-a-distance independent study.  Information can be obtained through your primary mentor or by calling the NFC Jamestown Unit at (716) 338-1370.  
  
  *A limited number of spaces for guests and/or alumni may be available.  Please contact Paula at the NFC Jamestown Unit for more information (716) 338-1370 or Paula.Barber@esc.edu.
  
  Residency fee: $450.00 (includes tour bus transportation, meals and lodging based on double occupancy). Tuition and books are not included in the fee.
  
  Students will be responsible for getting themselves to and from one of our bus pickup/drop-off stations in Jamestown NY, Corning NY, or Mechanicsburg PA (near Harrisburg PA).
  
  This study is offered for the January and March terms.
  
  For additional information, please contact Dr. Gregory Edwards at (716) 338-1370 or gregory.edwards@esc.edu
• The Contamination Waltz: Theatre, HIV and Community Health; A weekend residency in theatre for development.
  October 8, 9 and 10, 2010 Metropolitan Center, New York City; for additional information contact Lucy Winner (Lucy.Winner@esc.edu).
  
  Join participants from the Winter/Summer Institute’s (WSI) collaborative theatre project in Lesotho, southern Africa, for a weekend residency in Theatre for Development from October 8-10.
  
  This interactive, hands-on New York City-based residency will build on the work of the Winter/Summer Institute in theatre for development (WSI). In 2006 and 2008, students from Empire State College joined students and faculty from the UK, South Africa and Lesotho, and rural villagers from Lesotho’s Malealea Valley, to create a model of collaborative, aesthetically provocative theatre around critical issues in the battle against HIV. For more information about the Winter/Summer Institute, visit the web site at http://www.maketheatre.org.
  
  Residency participants will explore the interrelationship of gender inequity, poverty, stigma and denial in the rural communities of sub-Saharan Africa. We will look at ways that theatre can be used to help people grapple with complex and difficult questions about the health of our communities. Using WSI's method of collaborative theatre making, and drawing on research as well as recent experience in Africa, we will dive into complicated issues of cultural difference, including: the tensions of tradition and modernity; the experience of insider/outsider and the feeling of "It's in my culture; it's not in my culture."
  
  The Residency will culminate in a collaborative performance created by participants. Participants can earn up to 4 credits for completing the WSI Residency and associated projects. More information about the residency is available (PDF file; 234 KB)(You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 2.0 or higher to use this file. If you are unable to open this file, please contact Lucy Winner (Lucy.Winner@esc.edu) to have a copy sent to you). For more information about the residency, and for guest participants not seeking college credit, go to http://commons.esc.edu/contaminationwaltz/.
• Cultural Issues in a Global Age: The residency will take place Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, 115 South Avenue, Rochester, New York 14623.
  On the 40^th anniversary of the College, the Genesee Valley Center’s Cultural Issues in a Global Age Residency 2011 enters the 21^st Century by electronically celebrating the diversity of the communities we live in.  This residency will be available college-wide though electronic resources.  Students will have the option of participating face-to-face in Rochester or at-a-distance by the computer. Guest Faculty will deliver sessions at-a-distance by internet connection.
  
  We live in a world of rapid but uneven communications, burgeoning but volatile economic and political entities, and abundant cultural issues that affect how we live in, engage with, and take care of each other, our habitat, society, and the world beyond.  With an opening panel interrogating global issues, this residency will take a comparative, interdisciplinary, and social action-oriented look at how human values, practices, relations, and institutions relate to international and global phenomena.
  
  Session topics include the following:  theories of how "the rest" view the U.S., contending models of globalism versus internationalism, E-inequality, international relations in the ancient world, sustainability and global, environmental, and political impacts of human energy use; whether global communications are really "flat," changing childhood and education in a global age, international-comparative views on disability, local and mediated activists for global change, and whether global cultures can or are emerging.    
  
  Nine sessions of workshops and roundtables are organized to examine these topics, and publicity on "tracks" of interest will be sent to appropriate areas of study across the college. The residency will be streamed on the internet.  Students will be able to participate from a distance.  Student groups may form at other Centers and Units  facilitated by a faculty member.  Students at-a-distance will participate with the Rochester location by electronic sources.  The streamed sessions will be archived and available to for the January Term.  Credit-bearing studies linked to this residency will appear in the Fall (November) and Spring I (January) Term Guides.  Students may also develop other, individualized studies with their mentors to link to this residency.  With the input of their mentors, students may develop projects or research papers informed by this residency.
  
  Residency fee for Rochester In-Person Participation: $30.00
  Residency fee for At-A-Distance Particpation: $15.00
  
  For registration and hotel information, contact Timothy Cosgriff, Empire State College, 1475 Winton Road North, Rochester, NY 14609-5803
  E-mail: timothy.cosgriff@esc.edu; phone: 585 224-3271; fax: 585 224-3299
• Early Childhood Residency: Nature Play: The residency will take place Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, New York.
  
  What are the benefits to children of regular nature based play?  How can you bring the outside in and connect children to real-world, natural, materials in ways that enhance their development? In this residency, participants will examine research related to nature play and discover ways that it can increase social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development in infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children.  Hands on experiences, led by museum educators, will include exploration of natural materials as well as time in Strong National Museum of Play’s Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and Rainbow Reef Aquarium exhibits.  Participants will have opportunities to engage in discussions and to apply their understanding to their own practice.  
  
  Residency fee: $65
  
  For registration and hotel information, contact Timothy Cosgriff, Empire State College, 1475 Winton Road North, Rochester, NY 14609-5803
  E-mail: timothy.cosgriff@esc.edu; phone: 585 224-3271; fax: 585 224-3299
  
  For additional information on this residency, please contact Timothy Cosgriff at timothy.cosgriff@esc.edu.
• Environmental/Adirondack Studies Residency: An annual three-day (with optional fourth day) interdisciplinary residency at a national historic landmark at Raquette Lake, with students and faculty from across New York state. Offered every fall.
• Hudson River Valley Residency: The Hudson River Valley Residency will take place April 16 and 17, 2011 at the Roosevelt Presidential Library's Wallace Center, Hyde Park. This will be an interdisciplinary study that will focus on the history, literature, art, architecture, music, sociology, and ecology of the Hudson Valley.  The residency may satisfy SUNY general education requirements in several different areas. Students will have a choice of workshops and will attend several during the weekend.  Independent follow-up studies on individual topics will be available in the summer session for 2-4 credits. Students wishing to stay overnight will be provided with a list of nearby accommodations.
  
  This residency offers a special opportunity for students to work together in the new Henry Wallace Educational Center located at the scenic Roosevelt estate on the Hudson River.  Space is limited.  Please register under additional options, residency, in your term guide or contact your mentor for registration advisement.
  
  Register for the two credit Hudson Valley Residency through the online registration process. Once you have registered, you will receive a packet of information and an additional registration form from the Hartsdale office. For additional information, please contact Amy Ruth Tobol (amyruth.tobol@esc.edu), Associate Dean (914 948-6206 x3595).
• Photography Program: For photographers who want to work independently and design their own curriculum. Photojournalism workshop every summer; documentary photography every fall.
• Student Academic Conference: The Student All College Conference brings together Empire State College students from all areas of the college to share and learn from each other. This conference serves as a public recognition and celebration of our students and their academic and intellectual achievements and pursuits. Students are encouraged to submit proposals to showcase their academic work. Presenting can give you a well-deserved sense of personal satisfaction. Ideas for presentations can come from research papers, study group projects, internships, credit by evaluation proposals, artwork and/or photography. This year's Conference will take place on October 22-23, 2010 in White Plains, NY. Please visit www.esc.edu/studentacademicconference for further information.