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When the College of Community and Public Affairs was created in 2006, it was with a singular vision: to place Binghamton University firmly in the vanguard of universities partnering with the communities they call home to create new opportunities for both. CCPA’s home in the lovely Downtown Center strongly supported and emphasized this mission.
Now, nearly five years later, the College of Community and Public Affairs is a growing and inspired community in its own right. All of our programs have grown and developed important new directions. Our students are diverse, earnest and committed, and very talented. The quality of the nearly 900 students enrolled in CCPA programs is rising steadily. Our students are frequently among the first in their families to attend a college or a university. Every day, they are sources of pride for our faculty and staff, as well as, we know, their families. Many struggle financially. Despite Binghamton University’s very low costs, over eighty percent of our students have unmet financial needs. Our students and faculty are the next generation of Binghamton University’s stars. They need and deserve our support.
How can you help? The short answer is “in any way you can”. CCPA alumni are young, but it is never too early to establish a tradition of giving back. Giving back can contribute to scholarships, to support and recognition of outstanding faculty, or to support of some of our exemplary programs, such as the new Program in Immigration Studies, or Non-Profit Management, or our Institute for Intergenerational Studies. Gifts can contribute to the creation and growth of an endowment fund for the College. They can contribute to the creation of Endowed Chairs, which will help us continue to recruit nationally and internationally recognized scholars. The bottom line is that your gift can help us maintain the vitality and energy that has characterized the College of Community and Public Affairs in its first five years. We may be the university’s “little kid on the block” right now, but we’re growing fast. With your help, the next generation of Binghamton University’s stars will be even better.
Pat Ingraham
Founding Dean
