SUNYIT will hold new transfer and graduate student orientation on Friday, August 16, in the Student Center. The program, for new degree transfer and graduate students starting classes in the fall 2013 semester, begins at 8:30 a.m. and will include meetings with faculty, academic advisement and registration.

Orientation for freshmen is August 22-25. Fall semester classes start Monday, August 26. For more information, www.sunyit.edu/orientation, e-mail orientation@sunypoly.edu or call 315-792-7530.

SUNYIT, the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, is New York’s public polytechnic, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in technology and professional studies. Its academic offerings in technology, including engineering, cybersecurity, computer science, and the engineering technologies, and its programs in professional studies, including business, communication, and nursing, are complemented by athletics, recreational, cultural and campus life programs, events and activities. Founded in 1966, SUNYIT is a unique high-tech learning environment on hundreds of acres, offering degree programs online as well as on campus. The SUNYIT family of alumni now numbers 25,000.