What is the Lougheed Center for Applied Learning?
The Lougheed Center for Applied Learning can be found in the library and includes the office of experiential education, career services, international education and student research.
Lougheed Center for Applied Learning
The Lougheed Center for Applied Learning was founded in 2015, rededicated in 2018, and convened a new Advisory Board in 2020.
Career Services
The Lougheed Center for Applied Learning supports students in exploring their career interests, identifying strengths and opportunities, applying for jobs and internships, preparing for interviews and learning professional skills.
Past Learning & Research Fair Winners
The Lougheed Center for Applied Learning celebrates the achievements of independent student research and creative projects. For our past award winners, see below.
Lougheed Learning Commons
The Lougheed Learning Commons is a place for students, faculty and staff to study, collaborate, socialize and create.Spring 2026 Building HoursSunday: 3 - 10 p.m.Monday - Thursday: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.Friday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.Saturdays: Closed
Lougheed Learning Commons
The Lougheed Learning Commons is a place for students, faculty and staff to study, collaborate, socialize and create. Learn More
“Action is the Antidote to Despair”
Low-impact ecovillage holds tools and lessons for Potsdam studentsPacked for an overnight trip, a group of SUNY Potsdam students set out for the Finger Lakes in hopes of glimpsing a future where less can be so much more.
A Guiding Light for Diversity Initiatives
A lush green canopy extends in all directions as Clifton Harcum and his students traverse over a suspended bridge connecting giant treetops at the Wild Center. Around the corner, they enter an enormous manmade bird’s nest that provides an awe-inspiring, birds-eye view of the Adirondacks—all part of a week-long alternative spring break program that Harcum launched at SUNY Potsdam in 2020.
Embracing Adventure
A lush green canopy extends in all directions, as Clifton Harcum and his students traverse through the treetops, their feet carefully balancing on metal wires leading from one obstacle to the next, before attaching to a zipline that sends them careening through the fresh mountain air.
The Business Pitch
As Lyvia Chambers ’25 stands at the front of Dr. Edwin Portugal’s Strategic and Global Management class, she rehearses her pitch for the 61st Strategic Business Plan Competition.