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Despite proven potential to thrive at the college level, neurodivergent students often face challenges. ³ÉÈËӰƬ’s answer is the innovative Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ program, offering academic coaching, career training and a first-in-the-nation sensory room to boost student success. This award-winning program is a national model for providing equity and access to higher education.

³ÉÈËӰƬ University celebrated a momentous achievement during its seventh annual Giving Day on April 17 and 18, 2024, as the community rallied together to raise $684,564 from 2,011 donors—both are Giving Day records.

In 2023, ³ÉÈËӰƬ University’s Women’s Giving Circle celebrated its 12th year by awarding $29,660 to 12 innovative projects, programs and research that will benefit the ³ÉÈËӰƬ community.

For higher education, student retention has become mission critical.

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ program and the ³ÉÈËӰƬ University Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging co-hosted an event focusing on self-advocacy for individuals on the autism spectrum.

At Spirit Weekend, ³ÉÈËӰƬ again announced the students chosen to be this year's Prestigious Panthers and members of the Spirit Court.

See why ³ÉÈËӰƬ is one of just 10 universities throughout New York state to earn the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. Steps taken include a Hispanic-Serving Institution Task Force to build resources for Hispanic students, new career support for neurodivergent students, and a thriving mentoring program with a 100 percent graduation rate.

Professor and three ³ÉÈËӰƬ colleagues initiate and organize a conference to address how to help young adults with disabilities transition to life after high school.

Whether they're caring for patients, working in underserved communities, solving computational problems, launching new businesses or teaching overseas, ³ÉÈËӰƬ's students are supported by those who came before them.

Virtual fall and spring workshops provide tools and strategies so that CAS faculty can help students succeed in the classroom.

For the past 20 years, ³ÉÈËӰƬ has honored students, student organizations and faculty members who have made a commitment to pursue excellence in their various endeavors.

Faculty, administrators and students continue to raise awareness and advocate for the neurodivergent community.

With a generous gift of $25,000, Deborah Viola ’84, PhD, established the endowed Daniel Viola Family Scholarship for Neurodiversity.

It’s been another outstanding year for ³ÉÈËӰƬ University in the news–locally, nationally and around the world.

The Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ program and Gersh Drivers Ed are partnering to help college students on the autism spectrum get their licenses.

This past weekend marked two important anniversaries: the sixth year ³ÉÈËӰƬ held Spirit Weekend and the fifth anniversary of one of the University’s newest traditions: the naming of the Prestigious Panthers—the gender-neutral alternative to the traditional homecoming king and queen—as well as the Spirit Court. While two students—one male, one female—serve as king and queen,…

The Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ program has partnered with TD Bank to assist students on the autism spectrum manage their personal finances.

Among a national field of 1,400 programs, Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ received the highest 2021–2022 honor from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Our Grand Gold recognition is for outstanding inclusion of neurodiverse students in career planning, student life and hands-on academics.

For the fourth year in a row, ³ÉÈËӰƬ has won a top national award for its commitment to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on its campus.

In 2018, ³ÉÈËӰƬ University made history by opening the country's first sensory room at a college or university. The sensory room provides a calming refuge for students and others in the campus community who are on the autism spectrum or have other sensory special needs.

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of colleges and universities to shutter their campuses, a group of ³ÉÈËӰƬ students came up with an idea: They'd build a digital replica of the Garden City campus in the popular game Minecraft so they could have a virtual college experience.

Our commitment to equity and academic opportunities for all students shines through ³ÉÈËӰƬ’s Learning Resource Program—the first of its kind on a college campus—and our Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ Program, for students on the spectrum.

³ÉÈËӰƬ is known for helping each student find their own unique path. Alumna and ³ÉÈËӰƬ University Trustee Emily Ladau ’13 became a disability advocate, speaker, author of the forthcoming book Demystifying Disability, and a warrior for inclusion and justice. We’re proud to be involved in her important work.

In 2007, ³ÉÈËӰƬ University launched Bridges to ³ÉÈËӰƬ, an award-winning program that helps students on the autism spectrum or who have nonverbal learning disabilities transition to college life and succeed academically and socially.

While it was a challenging and in many ways tragic year, 2020 also saw ³ÉÈËӰƬ University and its community highlighted in the news media at a high level.