Description of Mandatory Fees

This is a mandatory fee for all students who are enrolled in at least one course on the main campus, including online courses. It supports the operational expenses of the Intercollegiate Athletic Program. Students who fall into any of the following categories, however, are exempt from this fee and can deduct it from their bills:

• Students registered in programs requiring that they be more than 35 miles away from the Plattsburgh campus all day, every day (such as student teaching, study abroad, internships and co-ops; branch campus students; and those students taking all independent study courses).
• Full-time employees of SUNY Plattsburgh or the Research Foundation who are enrolled in classes (excludes graduate assistants and dorm assistantships).
• Students enrolled in three credit hours or less who commute more than 35 miles each way to campus.
• Students enrolled in only online courses who live more than 35 miles away from campus.

Extraordinary requests for exemption can be made to :

Larry Allen, Director of Student Conduct
Phone: 518-564-3282
Email: [email protected]

This is an additional fee for matriculated undergraduate and graduate students on the Plattsburgh and Queensbury campuses. It supports enhanced career-related services for students as they prepare for life after attaining their degrees from SUNY Plattsburgh.

Guidelines

• Applies to both undergraduate and graduate students
• Applies only to matriculated students
• Is charged regardless of course mix such as campus courses, online courses, or both
• $4 per credit hour but is capped at $40 per semester
• Is charged only during fall and spring semesters

This fee allows the Career Development Center staff to invest in new technologies (including web-based applications) and it includes:

• Students who are away from campus (examples include study abroad, co-op, internships, student teaching, independent courses, and online courses)
• Students enrolled in three credit hours or less or who commute more than 35 miles each way to campus
• Students whose only classes begin after 4 p.m.

   

  Exceptions

  • Full-time employees of SUNY Plattsburgh or the Research Foundation (excluding graduate assistants and dorm assistants)
  • High school students

Extraordinary requests for exemption of the fee can be made to:

Julia Overton-Healy
Phone: 518-564-2071
Email: [email protected]burgh.edu

The college fee is system-wide and mandatory for all students. Proceeds from this fee are used to supplement campus operations.

The Student Health Fee is a mandatory fee for all students who are enrolled in at least one course on the main campus, including online courses. It supports the cost of staffing The Student Health and Counseling Center, and it provides for a variety of medical, psychological and health education services. This fee covers many, but not all, of the services available in The Student Health and Counseling Center. Some of the services are offered on a fee-for-service basis.

Students who fall into one of the following categories are exempt from this fee and can deduct it from their bills:

• Students registered in programs requiring that they be more than 35 miles away from the Plattsburgh campus all day, every day (such as student teaching, study abroad, internships, co-ops), branch campus students; and those students taking all independent study courses).
• Full-time employees of SUNY Plattsburgh or the Research Foundation who are enrolled in classes (excludes graduate assistants and dorm assistantships).
• Students enrolled in three credit hours or less who commute more than 35 miles each way to campus.
• Students enrolled in only online courses who live more than 35 miles away from campus.

If your status falls into one of the categories above please contact Student Accounts to have the charge removed from your bill. 

Extraordinary requests for exemption can be made to the director of the center or designee:

Linda Dragon, Student Health and Counseling Center 
Phone: 518-564-2187
Email: [email protected]

The Student Association fee provides services for students including access to extended library and learning center hours, peer tutors, vacation buses, shuttle services, free taxis to the hospital and so much more. This fee is charged to matriculated, main-campus students.

A mandatory charge on your student bill, this Ed Tech fee supplements state funding and allows SUNY Plattsburgh to provide you with the best possible technology support, services, and education. The Dean of Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) seeks input from the LITS Student Advisory Committee, maintaining a direct line of communication between SUNY Plattsburgh students and the staff of LITS. An accounting of expenditures is made available annually.

Your Ed Tech fee also establishes a consistent revenue stream that enables the College to conduct long-range planning for technology. It allows the College to respond to short-term needs and to adjust for changing curricular needs and student priorities.

Pay a little. Get a lot.

• Technology-enhanced "smart" classrooms, network infrastructure, internet bandwidth and wireless access
• Computer labs, student printing, instructional software, helpdesk and computing support staff
• Online access to databases, student records, registration, financial aid processing and student support services
• Library automation and electronic reserves, full-text databases, document delivery and library management system

For more information about the SUNY Plattsburgh Educational Technology fee, please contact:

Holly Heller-Ross, Dean and CIO, Library and Information Technology Services
Phone: 518-564-5180
Email: [email protected]

The Wolf Card features extend far beyond that of a simple ID card. It's issued during a student's first semester and lasts for the student's entire career at the branch campus.

The Wolf Card provides access to the following:

• Meal Plans - for both residential and commuter students.
• TimberBucks - the campus declining balance account.
• Library - access as well as borrowing materials.
• Computer Lab Services.
• Campus Fitness Center.
• Free Transportation - on Greater Glens Falls Transit during academic terms.
• Student Activities - Admission and reduced prices to many college events and activities.
• It is used for photo identification and is required for each full-time and part-time student.

The Faculty-Student Association of SUNY Adirondack offers a campus-wide declining balance account (TimberBucks) that is attached with your Wolf Card. Also, Chartwells Dining Services offers both residential and commuter students several meal plan options that are attached with the Wolf Card.

The Wolf Card system is administered by the Student Activities Office in conjunction with the Faculty-Student Association of SUNY Adirondack.