Division of Extended Learning to oversee new Metro Center
SUNY Oswego's Division of Continuing Education and its director have new titles.
Division head Yvonne Petrella assumed the title dean of extended learning on July 1. The change from the Division of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions to the Division of Extended Learning coincided with the opening of SUNY Oswego Metro Center in downtown Syracuse this summer.
"When you start to look at the full scope of what we do, 'extended learning' provides a good umbrella term that covers all those things," said Petrella, who joined Oswego in 1977 and the former Continuing Education Division in 1994.
The division will oversee Metro Center operations and continue to administer evening and online degree completion programs as well as summer and winter sessions. The Extended Learning Division also covers contract training and programs at Fort Drum and in the Oswego State Education Center in Phoenix.
Professional development offerings and greater use of the Web are part of future plans, which will mainly depend on students and clients.
"We want to stay in touch with that audience and try to anticipate what they might need," Petrella said. "Our goal is to be responsive."
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