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Purchase College, State University of New York
The State University of New York at Purchase, also known as '''Purchase College''' and '''SUNY Purchase''', is a public liberal, visual, and performing arts college in Purchase, New York , United States , 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 361 American Universities. ACADEMICS 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, and the faculty and student showcase Purchase Records has earned 3 Grammy nominations for its 5 releases. The Theatre Arts and Film Conservatory is divided into four departments (Acting, Film, Design Technology, and Dramatic Writing). Each department admits only 22 new students each year. 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 College, with its close proximity to the cultural mecca of Manhattan and the variety of arts programs offered to its students, is a well-spring of cultural and counter-cultural movements. Social activism plays a healthy part in shaping the scene at Purchase, and many students choose to participate in Student Government, and various clubs and organizations. Dance, Music, Theater, Film, and the Visual Arts dominate Purchase culture. Murals line the landscape and a cornucopia of music can be heard bellowing from the campus' dormitory windows. Dance and theater productions are always an option for a "night out". The school is home to various performance venues, where Purchase bands and well-known touring artists take stage. The student-run Student Center is home to free-use billiards tables, ping pong tables, videogame arcade, two concert venues, and a film screening area. The students' musical tastes are celebrated at the school's annual Culture Shock Festival, the most well-attended program at the school. The weekend festival, typically held in April showcases the talents of purchase students as well as world renowned musical acts and performance artists. Recent Culture Shock headline performers include Gwar , Kool Keith , Animal Collective , GZA , Cat Power , Ween , Blonde Redhead , and Dead Prez . Purchase is also known for its strong Gay and Lesbian culture, which is celebrated at the annual Fall Ball - where Drag Queens and Kings compete on stage for the year's crown. 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 . Purchase also has a strong history of student publications. Currently, there are three student-run publications; The Independent (weekly news source), The Submission(literary magazine), and Free Words(poli-literary journal). Purchase has its own television station known as "PTV" which is cablecast on channel 69 on campus. The station is entirely student funded and run, and accepts 16 credited interns per semester. Currently, the school is working on developing a senior-learning facility, which would have senior citizens living on campus. These seniors would have the ability to participate in all aspects of campus life, from taking classes to attending performances. 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. 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. 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. Proposed tenants for these spaces include a bookstore, a computer supplies store, and a restaurant called "Green Symphony." Renovations will also include moving the main entrance to campus in order to make the facility more accessible to customers from off-campus. Dorms & Apartments
Freshman dormitory. Students are housed in doubles, triples, and 6-person or 8-person suites.
Dorm for freshman and sophomores. Rooms are doubles, triples, and 6-person or 8 person suites.
Largest of the dormitories. Primarily sophomores. Allows smoking.
Opened in 2002. This dorm houses students of all years, however most are upperclassmen. Outback is not connected to the other three dorms. It has elevators and its out laundry room.
The OLDE has 3 streets - G, J, and H. In recent times G street is known for its parties on the weekend. In the past J street was the party street. All streets have upstairs and downstair apartments with kitchens.
The NEW apartments have several 4-person and 3-person apartment combos. It is generally considered to be the furthest student housing from main campus.
Alumni is the newest apartments on campus. Perks include single rooms and in apartment laundry machines.
The newest dormitory on campus is still under construction. The name was chosen by students in an election. This dorm is rumored to be primarily sophomore housing. FAMOUS ALUMNI Notable alumni and former students of Purchase include: Actors
Ron Eldard Playwrights Producers Screenwriters Directors
Musicians
Artists
Women's activist Some of these and other alumni compose what has been called The Purchase Mafia by several different sources, including Edie Falco and Hal Hartley [http://www.filmmaker.com/reviews-800.html , [http://www.hstech.org/college/Purchase.htm]. The term originated in multiple biographical listings of Purchase alumni on The Internet Movie Database. It was later picked up by the press when actress and Purchase alumn, Edie Falco, came to national attention as a result of her role on HBO's mob drama, "The Sopranos". EXTERNAL LINKS
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