An interview with Dr. John Nader, President of Farmingdale State College

An episode of the Spark: The InnovateLI Podcast podcast, hosted by InnovateLI, titled "An interview with Dr. John Nader, President of Farmingdale State College" was published on August 8, 2022 and runs 37 minutes.

August 8, 2022 ·37m · Spark: The InnovateLI Podcast

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Summary

Long Island is blessed with a multitude of world-class colleges and universities and an impressive roster of all-world scholars to run them – and right at the top is Dr. John Nader, President of Farmingdale State College. A veteran of the SUNY system and former mayor of the City of Oneonta, John – who doubles as co-chairman of the critically influential Long Island Regional Economic Development Council – has led Farmingdale State through six years of remarkable growth, expanding the college’s student body, physical footprint, industry/academic collaborations and cutting-edge programming. In today’s episode, the highly optimistic problem-solver describes how politics prepared him for academia – and why Farmingdale State is so important to Long Island socioeconomics.

Episode Description

A veteran of the SUNY system and former mayor of the City of Oneonta, John – who doubles as co-chairman of the critically influential Long Island Regional Economic Development Council – has led Farmingdale State through six years of remarkable growth, expanding the college’s student body, physical footprint, industry/academic collaborations and cutting-edge programming.

In today’s episode, the highly optimistic problem-solver describes how politics prepared him for academia – and why Farmingdale State is so important to Long Island socioeconomics.