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Graduation Season is Here. What is my Alma Mater Up To?

Graduation Season is here on Long Island and most Colleges in the area will have their Graduation ceremonies in about 30 days. I had recently taken a tour of my…

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Tight detail of the large Farmingdale State College, State University of New York sign on a white panel.


Graduation Season is here on Long Island and most Colleges in the area will have their Graduation ceremonies in about 30 days. I had recently taken a tour of my alma mater, SUNY Farmingdale and noticed some significant changes in only the 5 years since I graduated. It’s a good sign for the Island that we have a Technology College in the heart of Long Island. Here’s what they are working on:

A teal Farmingdale State College EV charging station with a sun graphic, ringed by yellow safety bollards in a parking lot.
An early EV charging station on the Farmingdale campus.
SUNY Farmingdale campus canopy structure overlooking an empty parking lot under a partly cloudy sky, April 2013.
Sign reading Welcome To The Farmingdale State College Institute for Research and Technology Transfer, IRTT — Lupton Hall, above a MADD Garden of Awareness sign.
Welcome sign for IRTT at Lupton Hall, with the MADD Garden of Awareness behind.
A walkway lined with bare trees and a black lamppost separating two academic buildings on the SUNY Farmingdale campus.
Early spring on the walk between buildings at SUNY Farmingdale.
The Farmingdale Campus Center building with its green canopy entrance, glass facade, and rows of bike racks in front.
The main entrance to the Farmingdale Campus Center.
Sunlight streaming over the Farmingdale Campus Center entrance with empty benches in the foreground and a tower sign on the right.
Spring sun pours over the Campus Center at SUNY Farmingdale.
Large embossed letters spelling CAMPUS CENTER on a brick wall, with sunlight raking across the surface.
The Campus Center signage at SUNY Farmingdale catches the morning light.
Brick exterior wall of the Campus Center with CAMPUS CENTER lettering and an accessibility ramp at the corner.
The brick face of the Campus Center at SUNY Farmingdale.
FARMINGDALE CAMPUS CENTER metal lettering on a brick wall beside a green wave canopy and outdoor benches.
The Farmingdale Campus Center sign and its signature green canopy.
Red picnic tables on the Campus Center plaza beneath a green wave canopy, with a clock tower rising above the building.
The Campus Center plaza, clock tower, and signature green canopy at SUNY Farmingdale.
Brick building topped with a barrel-vaulted oculus skylight reading INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IRTT.
The IRTT building at SUNY Farmingdale.

These were just some of the pictures I got off my phone. There is a full blown electric charging center, a bank of solar panels that can charge up some electric cars. There are solar projects all over campus and I would like to get back in here before graduation to see exactly what they are doing.

If you’re looking for a Technology College on the Island, I highly recommend SUNY Farmingdale, otherwise known as Farmingdale State College. 

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