What is impact?
In its most literal sense, an impact is a force transmitted by two things colliding, like a satisfying high-five or a canoe oar hitting the water. Yet impact can also be intangible—the effect or influence one person or thing has on another.
As we reflect on the past year, we see the impact of SUNY Potsdam donors and alumni in every aspect of our campus and our students’ lives: from the first-year student here because she received a donor-funded scholarship to the graduating senior who accepted a summer internship with an alumni mentor, from innovative research programs to renovated learning spaces.
Your impact is profound and appreciated—by our students, by our faculty and staff, by the entire Potsdam Family. Thank you for all you do for this treasured community.
Your Impact on Future Bears
Reaching More Students
An unrestricted gift to the Fund for Potsdam is one of the most effective ways to support SUNY Potsdam, offering flexibility and foundational support for a variety of programs and priorities at the College. Among those top priorities is sharing Potsdam with more prospective students!
Last year, your gifts to the Fund for Potsdam were used to expand our marketing efforts reaching out to even more prospective students.
Marketing New Programs
Your gifts were also used to create greater awareness for SUNY Potsdam’s growing selection of online graduate programs which offer flexible opportunities for students to transform their careers…from anywhere.
Elise Stetson ’22 always knew she wanted to get her master’s degree, and after four wonderful years as an undergraduate education student at SUNY Potsdam, it was easy for her to decide on Potsdam’s MST program. Fortunately, because SUNY Potsdam began offering master’s degrees fully online, Elise can enjoy her dream job and stay in school. “It was perfect,” she shares.
"I could take this awesome job and do my classes part time without having to drive to Potsdam, and I still get to work with the incredible professors that we have in our program.”
Online MST Program
Your Impact on Applied Learning
Your Impact on Scholarships
Your Impact Creates Opportunity
Your Impact Through Legacy
With a community as tightly knit as SUNY Potsdam, individuals often leave a profound impact on a number of students and programs. In the past year, several spaces have been named to celebrate important emeriti, alumni and organizations in honor of their legacies at the College.
