SUNY Poly Strategic Plan
The strategic plan for 2024-2029.
SUNY Poly continues to be guided by its strategic plan and made meaningful progress across its four pillars during the past year: Student Success, Brand & External Partnerships, Campus Infrastructure and Academic Excellence.
From strengthening student support and academic programs to expanding partnerships, research and campus facilities, accomplishments across each pillar reflect the university’s continued momentum toward its long-term goals.
Pillar 1
Student Success
Accomplishments Include
- Institutionalizing the STAR advising model across all four colleges, with more than 90% of first-year students assigned to an advisor
- Launching TimelyCare and adding flexible and late-night counseling hours to expand student support
- Launching Wildcats Care with strong participation and multiple community partnerships
- Finalizing internship-for-credit procedures and providing stipend funding to support 25 students
- Increasing Multicultural Center usage by more than 70% compared with Spring 2025
- Fully redesigning online orientation with gamification and accessibility integrated
Pillar 2
Brand & External Partnerships
Accomplishments Include
- Completing an integrated marketing plan for implementation in 2026–27
- Generating more than 2.5 million impressions, 1,528 conversions and 484 completed forms through the spring marketing campaign
- Raising nearly $317,000 through a record-breaking Day of Giving
- Expanding workforce partnerships, including securing the Griffiss Institute extension site
- Securing funding for two semiconductor workforce curriculum proposals through NNME and PowerAmerica
- Advancing new agreements and partnerships with SUNY Optometry, Purdue University, Rice University and other external partners
- Executing major defense contracts, including the $61.9 million Army TDAC award
Pillar 3
Campus Infrastructure
Accomplishments Include
- Completing significant improvements to research and teaching laboratories in Donovan Hall
- Advancing the Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, Bio, Characterization and Multifunction labs
- Nearing completion of the Campus Center renovation
- Establishing strategic workforce development extension-site partnerships with Griffiss Institute and Upstate Caring Partners
- Refreshing clinical rooms in Donovan Hall with upgraded lighting, paint, water access and power
- Advancing additional campus improvements, including spaces in Kunsela and Adirondack
Pillar 4
Academic Excellence
Accomplishments Include
- Reaching 81% first-year retention for the Fall 2024 cohort, exceeding the 2029 goal of 80%
- Increasing fall-to-spring retention for the Fall 2025 cohort to 89%, up from 84%
- Advancing multiple new microcredentials through campus governance approval
- Securing approval for the M.S. in Civil Engineering, with several additional graduate programs advancing through review
- Increasing research expenditures by 68% from FY24 to FY25
- Increasing faculty participation in external funding applications
- Expanding Teaching and Learning Center programming, including professional development focused on accessibility and artificial intelligence