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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 Purchase campus itself is a work of art. The buildings and open spaces are visually distinctive models of late modernist architecture. The plans and a scale model of the campus were exhibited at MOMA, New York's Museum of Modern Art. The artist and critic Peter Halley once remarked that the SUNY Purchase campus typified a rigid modernist aesthetic, calling it reminiscent of "Nuremburg." 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 Conservatory of Theatre Arts & Film comprises four programs: Acting, Dramatic Writing, Film, and Theatre Design/Technology. Purchase College is one of four schools in the Consortium of Professional Theatre Training Programs, along with Carnegie Mellon, North Carolina School of the Arts and Boston University. Purchase is one of a handful of colleges capable of training artists at this level and primarily as undergraduates. The four programs draw a faculty from the highest ranks of professional theatre and film. Each conservatory program is highly selective and requires either a portfolio or audition for admission. Outside of the renowned conservatory programs, the Lily Lieb School of Creative Writing within the Humanities and Liberal Arts program is the only one to require the submission of a portfolio from students for acceptance. Purchase students in the humanities and sciences make up about 60% of the college's student body. The college emphasizes creativity and independent study that culminates in a senior project featuring the student's original research or creative project. Many Purchase grads use their senior project as a spring board to a job or to professional or graduate school. In addition, the campus offers outstanding athletic facilities and cultural opportunities. 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. CulturePurchase College, with its 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. The Purchase Student Government and the college have provided spaces around campus for the display of student murals 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-funded and operated Student Center was opened in 2003 by the PSGA. Over the last four years the functionality and activities within the Student Center have expanded to feature free-use billiards tables, ping pong tables, a growing videogame arcade, air hockey, foosball, various board games, computers with wireless access, a student run art gallery space, old-school video game systems, two concert venues (the main Student Center stage, and Whitson's Memorial Greeting Hall), and a film screening area. It is known affectionately to many of its patrons as "The Stood" (vowel sound of "dude"). Normal hours of operation are 4PM - 2AM 7 days a week. 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 (4/20 this year) 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, Bouncing Souls, Ghostface Killah, Saul Williams, Ted Leo, Biz Markie and Dead Prez. Culture Shock is funded by the student's mandatory activity fee and put together by the Major Events Coordinator (MEC). Purchase is known for its GLBT culture, which is celebrated during the annual "Fall Ball" - where Drag Queens and Kings compete on stage for the year's crown. Punk and DIY sensibilities are very prominent as evidenced by the school's food co-op and student-run Student Center. Students voice their opinions through a variety of campus media sources. Currently, there are two major student-run publications; The Independent (weekly news source), and The Submission (interdisciplinary journal of creativity). Purchase has its own television station known as "PTV" (Purchase Television) which is cablecast on channel 69 on campus and quite popular amongst students. The station is entirely funded and run by students. In addition to the TV station, the school also has a student-run radio station, WPSR, which broadcasts on 1610 am, and is simulcast on the internet. Skateboarding has a unique presence at Purchase College due to its brick covered campus. The underground tunnels that connect the campus have smooth concrete and ramps. The campus has banned skateboarding on the mall and access to the tunnels is for the most part prohibited, making things difficult for the campus' skateboarding community. Previous classes have contributed to Purchase's skateboarding culture by publishing 5-0 Skate Zine and Trash Compactor. CampusThe 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 and slave 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. Buildings on the campus are located in the center of the property, and are isolated from the surrounding community by wooded areas around the perimeter of the property. The college is adjacent to the Westchester County Airport, and is across the street from PepsiCo's world headquarters. Various parts of the Campus are currently undergoing renovation. The new Student Services building opened in 2006, providing one-stop-shopping for most administrative services. The 'mall', or main campus plaza, is currently undergoing renovations to improve its aesthetics, create communal spaces, and to reduce flooding when it rains. Dorms & ApartmentsCrossroadsDormitory for freshman. Students are housed in doubles, triples, and 4-person, 6-person or 8-person suites (which contain 2, 3 or 4 doubles). There is a laundry room for students in the basement. Connected to Farside & Big Haus via the basement. There are singles in this dorm, although they mostly go to Resident Assistants and Upperclass students who meet the GPA requirements. FarsideDormitory for freshman. Students are housed in doubles, triples, and 4-person, 6-person or 8-person suites (which contain 2, 3 or 4 doubles). Connected to Crossroads, Big Haus, and public laundryroom via the basement. Like Crossroads, this building has some singles, although they are primarily for RA's and upperclass students. During 2004, a large fire erupted from the first floor lounge but the damage was quickly fixed and put back into previous condition. Big HausLargest of the dormitories. Forty percent freshman, although students of all years are allowed there. Students are housed in doubles, triples, and 4-person, 6-person suites (which contain 2, 3 or 4 doubles). A limited number of singles (primarily for RAs) are made available to upperclassmen. Connected to Farside, Crossroads, and public laundryroom via the basement. OutbackOpened in 2002, this dorm houses students of all years, however, the majority of Outback's residents are upperclassmen. Outback is not connected to the other three dorms. It has elevators and its own laundry room. Outback is a "wellness" dorm, with no alcohol, drugs, or tobacco products allowed through its doors. The name was voted on by students, but the winning name, "Wham City," was never used. The rooms in Outback are doubles complete with private bathrooms. There are also 8 suites, 4 of which have kitchens. Fort AwesomeThe newest dormitory, completed in summer of 2006. The name was chosen by students in an election, having been submitted by former General Programming Coordinator and Major Events Coordinator, Jesse Heffler. This dorm is all upperclassmen students, mostly sophomores. The student media services (including Purchase TV, WPSR, and The Independent) will move to the new building in 2007. In addition (and after much controversy) a Starbucks is planned to move in to the site. Rooms are doubles or triples, with Fort Awesome's highlights of HV/AC accommodations and private bathrooms (with shower) for each room, personal mailboxes in the building, and larger rooms compared to the other dorms. The Olde Apartments (Phase I)The Olde comprises 3 "streets" - G, J, and H. The Olde as a whole is known for parties on the weekend. All streets have upstairs and downstairs apartments with kitchens. Most apartments in The Olde are 4 person apartments (with 2 singles and a double), but there are "Duplex" apartments with two floors that house 6 students (with 2 singles and 2 doubles). At one time both sexes were allowed to live together in the Duplex apartments. Several illustrious professors and their families occupy the Duplex apartments here, choosing to live on campus and contribute to the proud community-based atmosphere of the school. The Commons Apartments ("The New"/Phase II)In "The New" apartments have several 4-person and 3-person apartment combos, although there are also 6 person apartments. It is the furthest student housing from the main campus area (except for possibly the back of Alumni). There are no single rooms in The New.
Alumni VillageAlumni is the newest apartment complex on campus. Perks include single rooms for all students and a washer and dryer in every apartment. "Prep" housing is available in Alumni Village for students who need housing all year-round and want the option to stay during the academic year's longer breaks. Famous AlumniSome of these and other alumni compose what has been called "The Purchase Mafia" by several different sources, including Edie Falco and Hal Hartley [3], [4], [5]. 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. Filmmaker[6] Notable alumni and former students of Purchase include: Actors
Theatrical Designers/Technicians
Playwrights and ScreenwritersProducersScreenwritersDirectors
Musicians
Artists
PhotojournalistsJournalistsWomen's Rights activists
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