{"id":85116,"date":"2017-10-01T01:26:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T05:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85116"},"modified":"2017-09-30T20:26:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T00:26:58","slug":"new-suny-chancellor-visits-morrisville-state-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85116","title":{"rendered":"New SUNY chancellor visits Morrisville State College"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson is pictured with Morrisville State College President David E. Rogers. Photo courtesy Ken Chapman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During one of her first visits in the 64 SUNY campus circuit, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson spoke with Morrisville State College faculty and staff about energy and environmental goals and the importance of small business innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been to a college like Morrisville State,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s applied learning on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chancellor delivered the keynote address at the college\u2019s learning summit, \u201cSustainability and Growth in the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century Workplace to Ensure New York\u2019s Economic Growth.\u201d The summit supported applied learning initiatives on campus and showcased the college\u2019s efforts to prepare students for 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century careers that will support the economic growth and stability of New York state.<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, Chancellor Johnson met with Morrisville State College President David Rogers, several advisory boards and learned about the college\u2019s latest initiatives, before meeting with students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about the future of applied learning,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very passionate about this. I want to be your partner. I want to use my experiences to bring staying power to this community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In addition to promoting excellence in research and teaching, Chancellor Johnson is focused on environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lead this work through exciting new ventures including on-campus organic farming with both low- and high-tunnel production, and indoor farming or controlled-environment agriculture, involving both aquaponics and hydroponics,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n

The college established a high-tunnel greenhouse last year, when it also received certification for its organic farming. The operation joined the\u00a0college\u2019s 4,000-gallon aquaponics system in a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) greenhouse,<\/a>\u00a0which can produce up to 22,000 heads of lettuce and 1,700 pounds of tilapia per year. Both facilities share the advantage of extending growing seasons and protecting crops.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Johnson also plans to boost\u00a0SUNY\u2019s role as an economic and job-creating engine for the state and sees SUNY colleges as providing the industry with skilled graduates.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs dynamic shifts take place in the New York economy, Morrisville\u2019s applied learning approach is poised to prepare the next generation of innovative leaders for them,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n

Kristi Andersen, chair of the College Council, expressed her excitement over the new chancellor\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is going to be a great supporter and partner for SUNY Morrisville,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cShe is a wonderful match with what we are doing here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a strong sense that we are going to move faster than we ever have,\u201d Rogers said.<\/p>\n

About Chancellor Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

An engineer and inventor who served as undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy in the Obama administration, Chancellor Johnson has been both a teacher and researcher. She\u00a0holds many U.S. patents and has started numerous companies. Her inventions include a camera that can detect cancerous or precancerous cells and technology used in 3-D movies like \u201cAvatar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson was named the 13th<\/sup>\u00a0chancellor of SUNY following Nancy Zimpher\u2019s decision to step down and has served in her new role since Sept. 5.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Johnson received her B.S. with distinction, M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During one of her first visits in the 64 SUNY campus circuit, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson spoke with Morrisville State College faculty and staff about energy and environmental goals and the importance of small business innovation and entrepreneurship. \u201cI\u2019ve never been to a college like Morrisville State,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s applied learning on steroids.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}