SUNY Potsdam
Melissa Proulx is the Associate Vice President for Administration & Human Resources at SUNY Potsdam since 2010. Prior to that, Melissa worked at Lockheed Martin Information Technology as EEO and Diversity & Inclusion and at Corning Incorporated as a Human Resources Associate. Melissa holds a Master's degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Employee Relations from State University of New York College at Potsdam.
SUNY Potsdam
Part of the respected State University of New York system, SUNY Potsdamin Potsdam, New York offers challenging academics, lots of professionaland recreational student activities, and you don’t even need SAT scoresto get in!Potsdam’s various academic divisions deliver degrees in such diversefields as Archaeological Studies, Art Education,Business of Music,Creative Writing, Criminal Justice, Engineering, Music Performance,Psychology, Theatre and Women’s Studies. Potsdam also hasinterdisciplinary majors, which allow students to build a major out oftwo or more subject areas.Online, hybrid and traditional on-site classes are all offered. Studentsat Potsdam may also benefit from undergraduate research activities,internships, learning communities and service learning projects.With over 100 student organizations available, students have the optionof participating in extracurricular activities as well.Since Potsdam does not believe in using standardized test scores ascriteria for student performance, other factors such as grades andindividual gifts and talents are evaluated in the admissions process.While tuition is lower for state residents and is kept particularly lowto maintain public school accessibility, financial aid is sometimesrequired and is available to those who qualify.