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62-542: Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc. , usually referred to as TCAT , is a private, non-profit public transportation operator, created by Cornell University, Tompkins County, and the City of Ithaca to serve Tompkins County, New York . The vast majority of TCAT bus routes are based in the City of Ithaca and surrounding urban area. These routes serve Ithaca College , Cornell University , and Tompkins Cortland Community College . In 2023,

124-533: A $ 172,769 payment. Collado eventually announced in July 2021 that she will step down in January to become president and CEO of College Track. Collado succeeded Thomas Rochon, who was named eighth president of Ithaca College on April 11, 2008. Rochon took over as president of the college following Peggy Williams, who had announced on July 12, 2007, that she would retire from the presidency post effective May 31, 2009, following

186-464: A 40-year action plan to work toward that ambitious goal. The college purchases 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Including offsets from a solar farm, the college's overall energy usage is 45 percent carbon neutral. The college aims to optimize investment returns and does not invest the endowment in on-campus sustainability projects, renewable energy funds, or community development loan funds. The college's investment policy reserves

248-459: A 47,000 square foot, 9-lane 50 meter Olympic-size pool. The building also has Glazer Arena, a 130,000 square foot event space. It is a track and field center that doubles as a practice facility for lacrosse, field hockey, soccer, baseball, tennis, and football. The facility was designed by the architectural firm Moody Nolan and began construction in June 2009. Coached by Jim Butterfield for 27 years,

310-550: A B− grade on the Sustainable Endowments Institute's 2009 College Sustainability Report Card and an A− for 2010. In 2017, Ithaca College was listed as one of Princeton Review 's top "green colleges" for being environmentally responsible. In the spring of 2007, then-President Peggy R. Williams signed the American College & University President's Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), pledging Ithaca College to

372-551: A consortium of municipalities and human service agencies formed GADABOUT Transportation Services to address travel needs of seniors and people with disabilities and today operates the Federally mandated paratransit service for Tompkins County. Although GADABOUT did not join TCAT in 1998, the two companies are still closely related, with GADABOUT leasing space and maintenance services from TCAT. As of December 2019, thirty-six bus routes comprise

434-584: A count of 72% no confidence, 27% confidence, and 1% abstaining. The faculty voted 77.8% no confidence to 22.2% confidence. Rochon retired on July 1, 2017. Ithaca College's current campus was built in the 1960s on South Hill . The college's final academic department moved from downtown to the South Hill campus in 1968, making the move complete. Besides its Ithaca campus, Ithaca College has also operated satellite campuses in other cities. The Ithaca College London Center has been in existence since 1972. Ithaca runs

496-419: A large intramural sport program. This extracurricular program serves approximately 25% of the undergraduate population yearly. Fourteen traditional team activities are offered throughout the year and include basketball , flag football , kickball , soccer , softball , ultimate , ski racing , and volleyball. For most activities, divisions are offered for men's, women's, and co-recreational teams. Throughout

558-596: A multitude of instruments. The School of Music also offers multiple opportunities to perform opera works, such as the school's Opera Workshop, which offers a variety of focused training in such areas as audition technique, interpretation, and scene study through multiple performance opportunities. . The school also offers several non-auditioned ensembles, such as the symphony orchestra Sinfonietta, as well as several non-auditioned ensembles for band, jazz, and choir opened up to non-music majors. The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance also showcases multiple audition-based productions

620-463: A one-year sabbatical . During the fall 2015 semester, multiple protests focusing on campus climate and Rochon's leadership were led by students and faculty. After multiple racially charged events including student house party themes and racially tinged comments at administration led-programs, students, faculty and staff all decided to hold votes of "no confidence" in Rochon. Students voted "no confidence" by

682-1825: A secondary hub. The Shops at Ithaca Mall Green St. @ Commons Cayuga Medical Center Green St. @ Commons Overlook Apts. Walmart Ithaca Commons (Seneca St. @ Commons) – Southside — Titus Towers — WalMart — Titus Towers — Southside — Ithaca Commons (Green St. @ Commons)] TCAT Garage Seneca St. @ Commons Irregular Service Green St. @ Commons ARR:Vet School DEP:Boyce Thompson Institute Hasbrouck Apts. Rts. 20 and 21 also serve West Hill. Select Rt. 36 services also serve Fall Creek. See "Rural Routes" section. College Circle Apts. Green St. @ Commons Ithaca College (College Circle Apts.) – Ithaca Commons (Green St. @ Commons) – Collegetown (Schwartz CPA) Ithaca College (College Circle Apts.) – Ithaca Commons – WalMart — Ithaca Commons — Ithaca College (College Circle Apts.) Ithaca Commons (Seneca St. @ Commons) – Cornell West and Central Campus – Ithaca Commons (Seneca St. @ Commons) The Shops at Ithaca Mall Seneca St. @ Commons Ithaca Commons (Green St. @ Commons) – Cornell Central Campus – Convenient Care – Winston Court — Cornell Central Campus — Ithaca Commons (Seneca St. @ Commons)] Airport ARR:Seneca St. @ Commons DEP:Green St. @ Commons Northwood Apts. Ithaca Commons (Seneca St. @ Commons) – Tower Rd. (Cornell) – East Ithaca – Eastern Heights (Skyvue @ Snyder Hill) – East Ithaca – Tower Rd. (Cornell) – Ithaca Commons (Seneca St. @ Commons) The Shops at Ithaca Mall Seneca St. @ Commons Airport ARR:Seneca St. @ Commons DEP:Green St. @ Commons Northwood Apts. The Shops at Ithaca Mall (The Shops at Ithaca Mall) – Warren Rd. – Winston Court – The Shops at Ithaca Mall (The Shops at Ithaca Mall) Rt. 13 also serves

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744-511: A series of highly publicized hazing incidents in the 1980s, including one that was responsible for the death of a student , the college administration reevaluated their Greek life policy and only professional music fraternities were allowed to remain affiliated with the school. As of 2024 , professional coed music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon is the only remaining recognized Greek organization on campus. Previously, three other recognized music and performing arts houses also existed on campus: It

806-564: A single system. In the 1960s the City and Cornell established independent bus systems which expanded throughout the next two decades. Service was first extended to serve Ithaca's suburbs in the 1970s, and to rural towns beginning in 1982. In 1974, a transit service in Northeast Ithaca (Lansing, Cayuga Heights and the Town of Ithaca) was started by apartment owners contracting with Swarthout Coaches to operate limited service for Cornell students, and as

868-676: A year, typically featuring multiple musical theater productions and an opera . Outside of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, there are several student-run a cappella groups on campus, which include: Ithaca competes in athletics at the NCAA Division III level as a members of the Liberty League and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Ithaca has one of Division III's strongest athletic programs, with

930-596: Is a county located in the U.S. state of New York . As of the 2020 census , the population was 105,740. The county seat is Ithaca . The name is in honor of Daniel D. Tompkins , who served as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States . The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state. Tompkins County comprises the Ithaca Metropolitan Statistical Area . It

992-597: Is also affiliated with study abroad programs such as IES Abroad and offers dozens of exchange or study abroad options to students. The college offers a curriculum with more than 100 degree programs in its five schools: Until the spring of 2011, several cross-disciplinary degree programs, along with the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, were housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies; in 2011,

1054-558: Is highly unlikely any of these houses will ever be reactivated at Ithaca, due to the college's policy on Greek life. However, there are various Greek letter organizations at Ithaca College that are unaffiliated with the school, and therefore not subject to the same housing privileges or rules that contribute to the safety of their members such as non-hazing and non-drinking policies. Additionally, while not particularly common, Ithaca College students may rush for Greek houses affiliated with nearby Ivy institution Cornell University , subject to

1116-536: Is home to Cornell University , Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College . When counties were established in the British Province of New York in 1683, the present Tompkins County was part of Albany County . This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean . This county

1178-528: Is usually geographically grouped with the Finger Lakes region, but some locals consider themselves to be part of Central New York or the Southern Tier . As of the census of 2000, there were 96,501 people, 36,420 households, and 19,120 families residing in the county. The population density was 203 people per square mile (78 people/km ). There were 38,625 housing units at an average density of 81 units per square mile (31/km ). The racial makeup of

1240-570: Is well-known for its music school, and offers many diverse opportunities to perform music, whether it be with ensembles within the official School of Music, Theatre, and Dance or student-organized organizations dedicated to performing music outside of the official School of Music. The School of Music offers many audition-based ensembles, such as symphony orchestra , chamber orchestra , wind ensemble , concert band , multiple choir ensembles, multiple jazz ensembles ranging from instrumental to vocal, as well as several other chamber groups focusing on

1302-670: The Tompkins County Public Library , the Southworth Library and the Ulysses Philomathic Library . 42°27′07″N 76°28′25″W  /  42.451944°N 76.473611°W  / 42.451944; -76.473611 Ithaca College Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892 when a local violin teacher, William Grant Egbert, rented four rooms and arranged for

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1364-641: The SUNY Cortland Red Dragons for the Cortaca Jug , which was added in 1959 to an already competitive rivalry. The match-up is one of the most prominent in Division ;III college football. Gymnastics won the NCAA Division III national championships in 1998. Women's field hockey won the 1982 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship . The Men's and Women's Crew programs are housed in

1426-712: The Bombers winning a total of 14 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports. Ithaca was previously a member of the Empire 8 . The Ithaca athletics nickname "Bombers" is unique in NCAA athletics, and the origins of the nickname are obscure. Ithaca College's sports teams were originally named the Cayugas, but the name was changed to the Bombers sometime in the 1930s. Some other names that have been used for Ithaca College's teams include: Blue Team, Blues, Blue and Gold, Collegians, and

1488-501: The City of Ithaca, Cornell University and Tompkins County established TCAT as a joint venture (public entity) to operate public transit service in Tompkins County, service began in 1999, establishing a unified route and fare system. TCAT re-organized itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, TCAT. Inc. in 2005 with representatives of City of Ithaca, Cornell University, and Tompkins County serving on its board of directors. In 1976,

1550-513: The Hill Center in 2013. The building features hardwood floors (Ben Light Gymnasium) as well as coaches offices. The building is home to Ithaca's men's and women's basketball teams, women's volleyball team, wrestling, and gymnastics. Ithaca also opened the Athletics & Events Center in 2011, a $ 65.5 million facility funded by donors. The facility is mainly used by the school's varsity athletes. It has

1612-1134: The Ithaca College Los Angeles Program at the James B. Pendleton Center. Former programs include the Ithaca College Antigua Program and the Ithaca College Walkabout Down Under Program in Australia. Ithaca College also operates direct enrollment exchange programs with several universities, including Griffith University , La Trobe University , Murdoch University , and University of Tasmania (Australia); Chengdu Sport University and Beijing Sport University (China); University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong); Masaryk University (Czech Republic); Akita International University and University of Tsukuba (Japan); Hanyang University (Korea); Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); University of Valencia (Spain); and Jönköping University (Sweden). Ithaca College

1674-540: The Ithaca College Museum of Art, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. By 1960, the college had some 2,000 students. A campus was built on South Hill in the 1960s, and students were shuttled between the old and new locations during the construction. The hillside campus continued to grow in the ensuing 30 years to accommodate more than 6,000 students. As the campus expanded,

1736-606: The Mall. See "Downtown and West Hill" section. Rts. 41, 53, and 75 also serve Cornell University. See "Rural Routes" Section. Select Services on Rts. 20, 21, 36, 40, 43, 52, 65, and 67 also serve East Hill and Cornell University, mostly during peak hours. See "Rural Routes" section. Select Rt. 17 services also serve East Hill, Collegetown, and Cornell University. Services are limited and irregular. See "Downtown and West Hill" section. Enfield Highway Department Green St. @ Commons Tompkins County, New York Tompkins County

1798-574: The Robert B. Tallman Rowing Center, a $ 2.6 million boathouse dedicated in 2012. The new boathouse replaced the Haskell Davidson Boathouse, which was constructed in 1974 on Cayuga Inlet. The old boathouse was razed to make room for the new facility. At 8,500 square feet, the Tallman boathouse is almost twice the size of the previous structure. Along with Intercollegiate athletics, Ithaca College has

1860-825: The Seneca Streeters. Several possibilities for the change to the "Bombers" have been posited. The most common explanation is that the school's baseball uniforms—white with navy blue pinstripes and an interlocking "IC" on the left chest—bear a striking resemblance to the distinctive home uniforms of the New York Yankees , who are known as the Bronx Bombers. It may also have referred to the Ithaca basketball team of that era and its propensity for half-court "bombs". Grumman Aircraft also manufactured airplanes including bombers in Ithaca for many years. The first "Bombers" reference on record

1922-511: The TCAT system. Routes are identified by number and are usually indicated on a marquee at the front of the bus, and sometimes on the side as well. TCAT's main hub is Green Street Station, off of the Commons , a two-block pedestrian mall in downtown Ithaca. Most non South Hill routes run through the Cornell University campus; East Avenue and Tower Road near Uris and Statler Halls is considered

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1984-527: The Tompkins County legislature unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing freedom from domestic violence as a fundamental human right. In doing so, Tompkins County became the first rural county in the United States to pass such a resolution. There are three institutions of higher education in Tompkins County: The county is served by several school districts (the largest being Ithaca City School District ), and several public libraries including

2046-427: The age of 18 living with them, 41.20% were married couples living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.50% were non-families. 32.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.93. In the county, the population was spread out, with 19.00% under

2108-467: The age of 18, 26.00% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 19.30% from 45 to 64, and 9.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 37,272, and the median income for a family was $ 53,041. Males had a median income of $ 35,420 versus $ 27,686 for females. The per capita income for

2170-462: The building energy comes from renewable sources such as wind power. The college also has a LEED Gold Certified building, the Athletics & Events Center. The college composts its dining hall waste, runs a "Take It or Leave It" Green move-out program, and offers a sustainable living option. It also operates an office supply collection and reuse program, as well as a sustainability education program during new student orientation. Ithaca received

2232-480: The city of Quebec , replacing the name of the hated British governor. In 1789, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Ontario County . The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany , Cattaraugus , Chautauqua , Erie , Genesee , Livingston , Monroe , Niagara , Orleans , Steuben , Wyoming , Yates , and part of Schuyler and Wayne counties. Herkimer County

2294-494: The college also began to expand its curriculum. By the 1990s, some 2,000 courses in more than 100 programs of study were available in the college's five schools. The school attracts a multicultural student body with representatives from almost every state and from 78 other countries. In October 2020 the college announced that 130 of its 547 faculty positions would be cut to reduce the school's budget by $ 30 million because of declining enrollment. 4,957 undergraduate students enrolled in

2356-416: The county strongly supported Clinton over Trump (67.7% to 24.3%). It swung even further to Joe Biden in 2020 , who took 73.5% to 24.3% for Trump, the highest voteshare it has given any candidate since 1956 when incumbent president Dwight D. Eisenhower won the county with 78.3% of the vote. The Tompkins County Legislature consists of fifteen members, each from a single-member district. In November 2014,

2418-521: The county was $ 19,659. About 6.80% of families and 17.60% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.00% of those under age 18 and 5.40% of those age 65 or over. †   County seat Tompkins County was once a reliably Republican county. From 1856 to 1980, the only Democratic candidates to carry it in a presidential election were Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 . However, Democrats have won Tompkins County in every presidential election since 1984, helped by

2480-574: The county was 85.50% White , 3.64% African American , 0.28% Native American , 7.19% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 1.09% from other races , and 2.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.08% of the population. 12.4% were of German , 11.7% English , 11.1% Irish , 9.2% Italian and 6.0% American ancestry according to Census 2000 . 2.85% of the population reported speaking Spanish at home, while 1.86% speak Chinese , 1.07% Korean , and 1.00% French . There were 36,420 households, out of which 25.80% had children under

2542-457: The division was eliminated and its programs, centers and institutes were absorbed into other schools. As of 2017 , the most popular majors included visual and performing arts, health professions and related programs, business, management, marketing, and related support services and biological and biomedical sciences. Historically, various independent and national fraternities and sororities had active chapters at Ithaca College. However, due to

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2604-543: The dominant presence of Cornell University in Ithaca. In 2008, Tompkins County was the only county in New York State in which Senator Barack Obama beat Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary . In the 2008 United States presidential election , Obama won the county by a 41% margin over John McCain , with Obama winning by 25.5% statewide. It was his highest percentage by county in upstate New York . In 2016

2666-454: The fall of 2020, versus 5,852 in 2019 and 6,101 in 2018. Ithaca's current president is La Jerne Terry Cornish . She was named the school's 10th president, in March 2022, after having served in as interim president since August 30, 2021. She replaced Shirley M. Collado who departed Ithaca College to become the president and CEO of College Track, a comprehensive college completion program. She

2728-588: The football team has won three NCAA Division III Football Championships in 1979, 1988 and 1991 (a total surpassed only by Augustana College , Mount Union and the Wisconsin–Whitewater ). Bomber football teams made a record seven appearances in the Division ;III national championship game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl , which has since been surpassed by Mount Union in 2003. The Bombers play

2790-488: The instruction of eight students. For nearly seven decades the institution flourished in the city of Ithaca, adding to its music curriculum the study of elocution , dance, physical education, speech correction, radio, business, and the liberal arts. In 1931 the conservatory was chartered as a private college under its current name, Ithaca College . The college was originally in the Boardman House ; that building later became

2852-497: The last unserved town in the county. In 1992, the city, Cornell and County built a $ 5 million transit facility to base transit operations and fleet maintenance including GADABOUT. In 1996, the New York State Legislature adopted a state law authorizing that "the county of Tompkins, the city of Ithaca and Cornell University may jointly provide for mass transportation services in the county of Tompkins.", and on April 1, 1998,

2914-500: The public demand for service increased, the apartment owners sought assistance from local governments and Cornell University, which became Northeast Transit in 1978. Tompkins County became involved in supporting suburban routes and in developing rural transit service. The County formed TOMTRAN to extend fixed-route bus service to Dryden, Caroline and Newark Valley in 1982, Groton (1983), Newfield and Ulysses (1985), and Lansing and Danby (1991). In 1999, TCAT initiated bus service to Enfield,

2976-477: The right of the investment committee to restrict investments for any reason, which could include environmental and sustainability factors. While the Ithaca College Natural Lands has issued a statement that Ithaca College should join efforts calling for a moratorium on horizontal drilling and high volume ("slick water") hydraulic fracturing, or fracking , the college as a whole has refused to issue

3038-524: The rules of each individual fraternity or sorority. Some Cornell-affiliated Greek organizations actively recruit Ithaca College students. There are a few unaffiliated fraternities that some Ithaca College students join - ΔΚΕ ( Delta Kappa Epsilon ), ΑΕΠ ( Alpha Epsilon Pi ), ΦΚΣ ( Phi Kappa Sigma ), ΦΙΑ ( Phi Iota Alpha ), ΛΥΛ ( Lambda Upsilon Lambda ), and ΚΣ ( Kappa Sigma ). There are also unaffiliated sororities including - ΓΔΠ ( Gamma Delta Pi ), ΠΛΧ ( Pi Lambda Chi ), ΦΜΖ ( Phi Mu Zeta ), . Ithaca College

3100-408: The school does not currently have a physical mascot to personify the name. In 2010 the school launched a contest to choose one. It received over 250 suggestions and narrowed the field down to three: a phoenix , a flying squirrel , and a Lake Beast. In June 2011, President Rochon announced that the school would discontinue the search due to opposition in the alumni community. Ithaca College remodeled

3162-443: The system had a ridership of 2,488,000, or about 8,000 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. As of 2019, TCAT operates 34 bus routes. Door to door paratransit service is provided by GADABOUT Transportation Services, Inc. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) was formed in 1998 by consolidating three public transit systems – Ithaca Transit (City of Ithaca), TOMTRAN (Tompkins County) and CU Transit (Cornell University) into

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3224-550: The task of developing a strategy and long-range plan to achieve " carbon neutrality " at some point in the future. In 2009 the Ithaca College Board of Trustees approved the Ithaca College Climate Action Plan, which calls for 100% carbon neutrality by 2050. In 2009, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees approved the Ithaca College Climate Action Plan, which calls for 100% carbon neutrality by 2050 and offers

3286-465: The west line of lots in Newfield to the newly formed Schuyler County , New York . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 492 square miles (1,270 km ), of which 475 square miles (1,230 km ) is land and 17 square miles (44 km ) (3.4%) is water. Tompkins County is in the west central part of New York State, south of Syracuse and northwest of Binghamton . It

3348-572: The year usually two or more activities run concurrently and participants are able to play on a single sex team and co-recreational team for each activity. Ithaca's School of Business was the first college or university business school in the world to achieve LEED Platinum Certification alongside Yale University, which had the second. Ithaca's Peggy Ryan Williams Center is also LEED Platinum certified. It makes extensive use of day light in occupied spaces. There are sensors that regulate lighting and ventilation based on occupancy and natural light. Over 50% of

3410-404: Was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County. On April 7, 1817, Tompkins County was created by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County. The county was named after then vice-president (to President James Monroe ) and former New York Governor Daniel Tompkins . Tompkins almost certainly never visited the county named for him. In 1854, the county lost the town of Hector and

3472-590: Was in the December 17, 1938 issue of the Rochester Times-Union in a men's basketball article. The name has at times sparked controversy for its perceived violent connotations. It is an occasional source of umbrage from Ithaca's prominent pacifist community, but the athletics department has consistently stated it has no interest in changing the name. The athletics logo has in the past incorporated World War II era fighter planes, but currently does not, and

3534-632: Was named for William Tryon , colonial governor of New York. In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to Canada . In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War , the name of Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County in honor of the general, Richard Montgomery , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture

3596-437: Was named the ninth president of Ithaca College on February 22, 2017, and assumed the presidency on July 1, 2017. She was previously executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University–Newark and vice president of student affairs and dean of the college at Middlebury College . She is the first Dominican American to be named president of a college in the United States. During Collado's time as president she

3658-437: Was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the others being Otsego and Tioga counties) in 1791. Onondaga County was formed in 1794 by the splitting of Herkimer County. Cayuga County was formed in 1799 by the splitting of Onondaga County. This county was, however, much larger than the present Cayuga County. It also included the territory of the present Seneca and Tompkins counties. In 1804, Seneca County

3720-472: Was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County , and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County , both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Tryon County , contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary

3782-625: Was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of Schenectady , and the county included the western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River . The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county

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3844-487: Was the center of multiple controversies. Collado faced backlash when students and faculty discovered she was accused of sexually abusing a female patient while working as a psychologist in Washington, D.C., in 2000 and was convicted of sexual abuse in 2001. Students further questioned her transparency when she announced plans to cut 116 full-time faculty members, some of whom had worked at the school for decades, after receiving

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