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The Potsdam General Education Program developed Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) based on competencies, literacies, and experiences that enrich our students’ lives and help them be active lifelong learners and problem solvers.

The Potsdam Humanities Institute (PHI) fosters interdisciplinary learning and scholarship in the humanities to prepare students from all academic disciplines for a world that will demand leaders who can draw upon the rich historical, literary, and philosophical insights of the past to critically engage and solve the problems of the future.

The Potsdam Institute for Applied Research (PIAR) is a university-based research institute which has as its mission providing high quality, cost effective data collection, evaluation, survey, reporting and other research services to North Country communities, schools, and agenci

SUNY Potsdam is located in New York’s beautiful North Country—smack dab between the scenic Adirondack Mountains and the Canadian border. In our small but vibrant community, you’ll find a historic downtown with Victorian sandstone buildings, and a college town atmosphere that will make you instantly feel right at home.

Potsdam police academy graduates find opportunity at the U.S. CapitolSUNY Potsdam’s Law Enforcement Training Institute is busy training the largest cohort in its history and catching attention from afar. In early November, a representative from the U.S. Capitol Police made the trip north to get eyes on the academy in action, and let its leadership know that Potsdam is top of mind when the agency goes afield in search of promising candidates to fill roles in Washington, D.C. 

Potsdam Rave Alert is the College's emergency alert system, capable of delivering messages to your SUNY Potsdam and personal email addresses, as well as your cell phone and land lines. This system will be used for weather delays and campus alerts.

Potsdam researchers study an insect imperiling New York forestsAs the emerald ash borer eats its way through Northern New York forests, SUNY Potsdam’s Dr. Jess (Rogers) Pearson and her team are getting out ahead with tools to understand and hopefully curtail the threat. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the team has released parasitoids that attack the borer at multiple experiment sites in St. Lawrence County.

Potsdam sometimes experiences severe weather conditions, most notably during the winter months, when heavy snowfall and icy roads can be a safety concern. In general, as a residential campus, SUNY Potsdam tries to maintain classes and services as fully operational as possible.