A Message from the Vice President for External Affairs

Welcome to the digital home of Binghamton University’s Division of External Affairs. This site is your link to more information about the University and the people and services that help build greater connections with Binghamton’s alumni, friends, supporters, the Greater Binghamton region, New York state and the world.

Binghamton University is poised for great opportunity with the June 24 passage by the New York State Legislature of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program. By leveraging our academic excellence, outstanding students and world-class faculty and researchers, Binghamton University is perfectly positioned to be a major catalyst for economic revitalization of the Southern Tier as well as the rest of New York. 

Critical to these efforts is our Bold, Brilliant, Binghamton. The Campaign for Binghamton University. Only the second fundraising campaign ever launched by the University, it celebrates Binghamton’s progress, people and promise for the future. The campaign is in its final year and has raised $92.1 million as of June 30, 2011.

External Affairs is at the heart of both these initiatives, and so much more. From advocacy to advertising, fundraising to photography, alumni relations to website migrations, as well as communicating with internal audiences and media worldwide, you will find External Affairs staff involved in many projects and programs:

• The Binghamton University Foundation assists the University with the enhancement of support from the private sector and serves as a resource to the campus for fundraising through the Binghamton Fund, major and principal gifts giving, and estate planning.
• The Binghamton University Alumni Association represents the University's largest constituency, a worldwide network of 100,000+ graduates. The association reaches out to graduates through an array of programs, as well as sponsors programs and events for current students. All Binghamton graduates automatically become Alumni Association members upon graduation. A 21-member, all-volunteer board of directors sets policy for the association and represents a wide range of class years, professions and regions of the country.
• University Communications and Marketing promotes and publicizes little known facts, discoveries, changes and human-interest stories from every department, school and college on campus using print, broadcast and digital media. Communications and Marketing also provides strategic communications, news and public information, writing, editing, graphic design, photography, video production, emergency communications and website services to the University.
• Through the Binghamton Think Tank, our Institutional Advocacy Team engages the public in advocating on behalf of Binghamton University; there are currently 9,000 Think Tank advocates!
• Our division is involved in facilitating relationships and engagement with Binghamton University.

I invite you to explore our webpages and learn more about the Division of External Affairs and Binghamton University.

Marcia R. Craner, MA ’94
Vice President, External Affairs
Executive Director, Binghamton University Foundation