FSC SUNY’s Most Veteran-Friendly Campus
January 9, 2017
SUNY has counted heads and the numbers tell the story: FSC has the highest percentage of veterans on campus – 2.1% – of all SUNY schools. 
By comparison, SUNY’s Albany campus has 255 veterans (FSC has 194), but that’s only 1.48% of a student body that is nearly double FSC’s.
“There are a number of reasons for the numbers, but I think one of the primary reasons is that FSC is a veterans/military-friendly campus,” said Dr. Tom Corti, Vice President for Student Affairs and a veteran himself. “Our Veterans Services department has created a climate of inclusion. Many student-veterans tell us that having a Veterans Services office has made a difference for them in choosing to attend FSC and, more importantly, to remain at FSC and graduate.”
Eric Farina, who heads the Veterans Services department, added: “Our office has grown 35% over the last five years as a result of the high level of personal care given to each veteran. It is the ethos of this office to treat each applicant and new student as an individual, not a number filing through an office door. Once accepted and attending classes, the student-veterans are embraced by a cohort of like-minded fellow veterans who aid in the facilitation of certain programs and benefits aimed at assimilating them to the civilian college environment. We benefit by being located in a geographic region with the second highest concentration of veterans per capita in the United States.”
