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Purchase College, also known as SUNY Purchase or State University of New York College at Purchase, is a public liberal, visual, and performing arts college in Purchase, New York and is a part of the State University of New York system. It was founded in 1967 and was designed as a school that would combine conservatory training in the visual and performing arts with liberal arts and sciences programs. It has strong conservatory programs in Theater Arts & Film, Music, and Dance, and its' School of Art + Design is well-respected. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students, and is one of the Princeton Review's top 387 American Universities. Purchase, New York is part of the town of Harrison, in Westchester County. ...
The State University of New York (acronym SUNY; usually pronounced SOO-nee) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. ...
1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Visual Arts Building has 160,000 square feet of studios, exhibition spaces, workshops and labs.
The Dance Building was the first in America created specifically for the training of dancers.
The Music Building has two recital halls, 75 practice rooms, 80 Steinway pianos, and professional recording studios. The Studio Composition program was one of the first in the country.
The Theatre Arts and Film Conservatory only admits 20 new students a year, and graduates an average of 10.
Purchase offers state-of-the-art athletic and fitness facilities.
The Neuberger Museum of Art, the eighth largest university museum in the nation, houses a permanent collection of 6,000 works of art and features a full schedule of exhibitions, lectures, films and inter-media events.
The Performing Arts Center, a five-theater complex considered the finest of its kind on the East Coast, presents more than 100 professional and student performances each year.
Culture Purchase is known for its extremely liberal politics as well as its strong Gay and Lesbian culture. One of the biggest yearly events, along with Pancake Madness (otherwise known as Flapjack Freak-out), is the Fall Ball - where Drag Queens and Kings compete on stage for the title of drag queen/king of the year. This free attitude results in a strong counter culture atmosphere to the point where Fraternities are completely banned. Purchase is considered to be a very fashionable school after being ranked eighth most fashionable school in the United States by Women's Wear Daily. Punk and DIY cultures are very prominent as evidenced by the school's co-op. Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism, an adherent of the ideology espousing individual liberty and private property, meaning varies country to country American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Modern liberalism, in the USA, describes a political ideology that favors government intervention to promote equality Political progressivism, a political...
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A lesbian is a homosexual woman. ...
During the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i. ...
While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada but there are fraternities in the whole world (for...
London Punks Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. ...
See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ...
Co-op is: A cooperative education program. ...
Campus The site chosen for the campus was a 500-acre estate, Strathglass Farm, in the middle of Westchester County, 40 minutes from Manhattan. It was originally the property of Thomas Thomas, a Revolutionary war hero, whose family cemetery still remains on the campus. In order to transform the former cattle farm into a college for thousands of students, SUNY engaged some of the most prominent American architects to design the campus. Edward Larrabee Barnes created the master plan, and nine distinguished architectural firms designed specific buildings. Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...
Thomas Thomas, widely known as Doctor T. Thomas, was the first cardiothoracic surgeon of Indian citizenship, as well as a prolific author and poet. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
Purchase campus is isolated from the surrounding community by way of small forests, the Westchester County airport, and PepsiCo’s world headquarters. The image one gets of the campus is very resigned and flat. Most of the buildings on campus are brown brick. PepsiCo, Inc. ...
Various parts of the Campus are currently undergoing renovation. The 'mall', or main campus, is currently undergoing renovations to include a new student services building and lessen flooding when it rains. Faced with a forced increase in enrollment from Albany and budget cuts, a new dorm building with the first floor devoted to retail space is being built, creating some controversy on campus. A Gap and a Starbucks have been proposed for the space, and renovations will also include moving the main entrance to campus in order to make the facility more accessible to customers from off-campus. Jump to: navigation, search Location in New York Founded Incorporated 1614 1686 County Albany County Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Area - Total - Water 56. ...
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Alumni Notable alumni and former students of Purchase include:
Actors Edie Falco starring as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos Edie Falco (born Edith Falco on July 5, 1963) is a television and film actress who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised and graduated high school in Northport, NY, on Long Island. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Joshua Daniel Hartnett (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor. ...
Michael C. Maronna (born October 8, 1977 in Rhode Island, USA) is an actor who has appeared in several television programs and films. ...
Parker Posey. ...
Wesley Snipes (born July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor and producer. ...
Sherry Stringfield Sherry Stringfield (born June 24, 1967) is a television actress best known for her role of Susan Lewis on the show ER. She graduated from Purchase College in 1989 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, having roomed with fellow actress Parker Posey. ...
Stanley Tucci (born January 11, 1960 in Katonah, New York) is an American actor and film director, known for his work in films such as Road to Perdition and Big Night, and in the television series Murder One. ...
Playwrights Donald Margulies is an American playwright who authored plays including Pulitzer Prize winning Dinner with Friends and Collected Stories. ...
Screenwriters Aaron Sorkin Aaron Sorkin (born on June 9, 1961 in New York City) is an American screenwriter and producer, working in both film and television. ...
Directors Nick Gomez (April 13, 1963is an American film director and actor. ...
Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is a film director and writer, and a pioneer of the independent film movement. ...
Chris Wedge (born December 2, 1968 in New York City, New York) is the director of Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age 2, Fox Dogs and Robots 2 Categories: American people stubs ...
Musicians Langhorne Slim Langhorne Slim is a young folk singer based out of Brooklyn, New York. ...
Jeffrey Lewis is an American singer/songwriter and comic-book artist, part of the Anti-folk movement. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Moby at NASA Rewind, a 2004 rave on Manhattan Island. ...
Ruff Ryders Entertainment is a New York City-based record label and management company, specializing in hip hop music. ...
Despotism is government by a singular authority, either a single person or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute power. ...
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Artists Some of these and other alumni compose what has been called The Purchase Mafia by several different sources, including Edie Falco and Hal Hartley [1], [2], [3]. It is difficult, however, to determine where the title originated. Graduates of the past 5-7 years are quickly becoming known as The Purchase Junior Mafia. Fred Wilson is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. ...
The name given to a group of well-known actors who attended SUNY Purchase College in the 1990s. ...
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