This site provides information about our mission, organization,
programs, and operations. It aims to facilitate communication and
enable faculty, students, alumni, and friends to better understand and
contribute to our educational pursuits. York College is committed to
the CUNY mission of teaching, research, and public service, and is
guided by the institutional values of Access and Excellence in response
to the special needs of our urban constituency. Thus, students who
chose to study here are able to select majors from the liberal arts and
sciences and from several professional fields. Further, they
participate in a variety of activities outside of the classroom that
extend their educational perimeters.
As Provost, I have the privilege and responsibility of being the
College’s Chief Academic Officer. This entails serving as
principal adviser to the President on academic matters and leading the
College’s academic units and pursuits. As head of the Division of
Academic Affairs I adopt a team approach to guiding the affairs of the
Division, under the leadership of the President and in partnership with
the other division heads. The Deans for the Sciences and Mathematics,
Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Professional Programs play
central roles in the Division, as do the Chairs of our 15 academic
departments, the Chief Librarian, and the director of the Honors
Program.
The CUNY Aviation Institute, the Teachers Academy, and the Center
for Excellence in Teaching and Learning are among our signature
academic ventures. Significant, too, are the academic support areas:
Registrar’s Office, Academic Advising, Testing, Research and
Sponsored Programs, Planning and Institutional Research, the Academic
Achievement Center, the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge
program, and Academic Skills Immersion and Outreach. Moreover, playing
notable teaching, research, and community engagement roles are the
Performing Arts Center and the York College/Food and Drug
Administration Collaborative Initiative.
York College is a relatively young institution, established in 1966.
But over the years we have developed a deep commitment to broadening
the educational and economic horizons of our students and to
facilitating the theoretical and applied research endeavors of our
faculty. Our talented faculty, and dedicated administrators and staff
labor painstakingly to ensure that our students fulfill their
educational dreams. What is more, we are committed to the fulfillment
of those dreams by habituating best practices, mindful of
Aristotle’s dictum: “We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
So, thank you for visiting us. I trust that this virtual visit will
enable you to understand who we are and how you may become a part of or
a contributor to the work we do in the pursuit of excellence in
teaching, research, and service.
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
