UC Continues Toward Independence
UC to Grant Independent Diploma Starting in 2011
Danielle Kane and Jonathan Monfiletto
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: News
Beginning in January 2011, all incoming freshman and transfer students will receive a Utica College diploma, as the college continues to move toward its independence from Syracuse University.
The Tangerine reported in September 2008 that UC and SU had announced that the two institutions were in negotiations to sever ties. In May 2016, the academic relationship between the two schools will officially end.
"I'm very excited," UC President Todd Hutton said in the Sept. 25, 2008 issue of The Tangerine. "The board is very excited, and a lot of our major supports are excited that we're taking the next step toward becoming a university."
The decision to separate is not one that the UC Board of Trustees made lightly. The move towards independence has been going on for almost as long as UC has been around.
Since UC was founded by SU in 1946, there have been plans for UC to one day become its own independently accredited university.
UC was established to coincide with the G.I. Bill of Rights, which gave returning World War II veterans money to attend college. Utica, at the time, was the only major city in New York State that lacked a four-year college.
SU founded UC as a branch college of SU, not as an independent establishment. Later on, UC decided to begin the process toward independence.
In 1963, UC was granted the right to elect its own president, and in 1978, UC created its own accrediting process.
This was a major step in the eyes of all those who were aware of what was going on, said Kim Lambert, executive assistant to UC president Todd Hutton.
Following these milestones was another major move for the college. In 1995, UC received financial and legal independence from SU and became less affiliated with its founding institution.
"We were not always such a private institution, but we always had potential," Lambert said.
The era of actual independence began in 1995, as the issue of funding was a growing problem with the affiliation with SU. The academic relationship was also beginning to hurt UC instead of help it, as UC did not always receive proper funding from SU.
The Tangerine reported in September 2008 that UC and SU had announced that the two institutions were in negotiations to sever ties. In May 2016, the academic relationship between the two schools will officially end.
"I'm very excited," UC President Todd Hutton said in the Sept. 25, 2008 issue of The Tangerine. "The board is very excited, and a lot of our major supports are excited that we're taking the next step toward becoming a university."
The decision to separate is not one that the UC Board of Trustees made lightly. The move towards independence has been going on for almost as long as UC has been around.
Since UC was founded by SU in 1946, there have been plans for UC to one day become its own independently accredited university.
UC was established to coincide with the G.I. Bill of Rights, which gave returning World War II veterans money to attend college. Utica, at the time, was the only major city in New York State that lacked a four-year college.
SU founded UC as a branch college of SU, not as an independent establishment. Later on, UC decided to begin the process toward independence.
In 1963, UC was granted the right to elect its own president, and in 1978, UC created its own accrediting process.
This was a major step in the eyes of all those who were aware of what was going on, said Kim Lambert, executive assistant to UC president Todd Hutton.
Following these milestones was another major move for the college. In 1995, UC received financial and legal independence from SU and became less affiliated with its founding institution.
"We were not always such a private institution, but we always had potential," Lambert said.
The era of actual independence began in 1995, as the issue of funding was a growing problem with the affiliation with SU. The academic relationship was also beginning to hurt UC instead of help it, as UC did not always receive proper funding from SU.
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