SUNY Empire College Graduation is a Family Affair

 Parents and their children were among the SUNY Empire State College’s Hudson Valley Center graduates on June 9.  Anne McDonald Galletta, one of the two students selected to address her fellow graduates, and daughter Christine Galletta earned their bachelor’s degrees while Michael Strube, who earned an MBA, graduated with his son Gavin Michael Strube, who earned his bachelor’s degree.
They are among the 175 who graduated from the center and the more than 3,400 students who will graduate from the college this year. 

SUNY Empire is a very unique college.  It was established in 1971 to offer adult learners the opportunity to earn associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the State University of New York.

In addition to awarding credit for prior college-level learning, the college pairs each student with a faculty mentor who supports that student throughout his or her college career. Students engage in guided independent study and course work onsite, online or a combination of both, which provides the flexibility for students to learn at the time, place and pace they choose.

The college serves more than 20,000 students worldwide at more than 35 locations in the state of New York and online. Its 66,000 alumni are active in their communities as entrepreneurs, politicians, business professionals, artists, nonprofit agency employees, teachers, veterans and active military, union members and more. More information about the college is available here.

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