The Head and Heart of SUCO

 

President Nancy Kleniewski

Leading SUNY Oneonta To The Future

By: Corey Williams --ONEONTA, NEW YORK

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  Dr. Nancy Kleniewski was appointed as the seventh President of the SUNY College at Oneonta in July of 2008.She has the important task supervising over the university and its policies. The president must supervise over the vice presidents and work on improving the college. Kleniewski must be the face of the college to the oneonta community and to students. She was go to policy makers and legislator to get funding for SUCO. She must deal with problems such as getting an  increase in the SUCO budget.Dr. Kleniewski has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in sociology from Temple University. She also has her bachelor’s degree in sociology and behavioral sciences from Emmanuel College.  She is an urban sociologist and has written various books on of them is Cities, Change and Conflict: A Political Economy of Urban Life, and this book is now on its third edition.

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Kleniewski served as Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts from 1996 to 2008. She came to Oneonta from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, where she served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2002 to 2008.  Dr. Kleniewski is worked with SUNY Geneseo from 1981 to 1996 as the Executive Assistant to the President, Chair of the Sociology Department, Associate Dean of the College, Coordinator of Urban Studies, and Professor in Sociology. She also had received the SUNY Chancellor award for teaching at SUNY Geneseo. The President has a busy schedule with daily routines such as cabinet meetings.