Our Vision
Think Green. Think Global. Think Binghamton:
Our plan to leverage Binghamton University’s academic excellence, global awareness and green initiatives to further benefit the region and New York State.
We are living in an age of unprecedented social, economic and environmental change. New York, like the country as a whole, must seize this moment and find a way to position itself to succeed on a global stage that looks like nothing we could ever have imagined. We need more engineers, scientists and nurses. We need sustained—and sustainable—economic growth.
Binghamton University is well positioned to help the state succeed in the knowledge-based global economy of the future. The University has long been a leader in internationalism and sustainability. As the “the premier public university in the Northeast” and a leading university in the SUNY system, Binghamton has proven its effectiveness in providing access to a quality education, generating groundbreaking research and scholarship and contributing substantially to the economic development of the region and the state. We are particularly proud of our track record of smart, sustainable growth, developing cutting-edge “green” technologies and training students to succeed in the global economy. We have been recognized as one of the top 15 environmentally friendly campuses in the nation and have won every major award given in the United States for comprehensive internationalization in higher education.
Think Green. Think Global. Think Binghamton is our plan to leverage Binghamton University’s academic excellence, global awareness and green initiatives to further benefit New York State and the Southern Tier. The plan calls for increased enrollment of thousands of undergraduate and graduate students, hiring of several hundred additional faculty and staff, construction of new campus buildings, the addition of new partnerships and technology transfer programs between the University and businesses, and increased support for local start-up firms.
Similar investments in higher education have had enormous payoffs in other areas, including Silicon Valley in California and the Research Triangle in North Carolina. Investment in Pittsburgh’s universities helped the transition from a declining steel-dominated economy to a growing high-tech economy.
We are excellent stewards of the money taxpayers have already invested in Binghamton University. With greater flexibility and additional investment by the state, Binghamton University can be a catalyst for economic growth and sustainable development. We can educate the future workforce and make the discoveries that will be the foundation of the state’s vitality for years to come.
That’s why we need to Think Green. Think Global. Think Binghamton.
Details of the next phase of our strategic plan will be announced here in the coming weeks.
