Journal of National Association of College Auxiliary Services - December 2006 NYS ASC Article

ASSOCIATION I PROFESSION New York Institutions N Form Unique ew York State is unique and known for its bigness New York City boasts the largest stock exchange, a Organization to Advance towering skyline and the biggest payroll in baseball Campus Outside of the Big Apple, New York has Adirondack Park, {the largest publicly protected park in the contiguous United Auxiliary Services States), the Catskills Hudson Valley, Niagra Falls, and the State University of New York {SUNY), the nation's largest comprehensive system of public higher education by Big is not always better (the Yankees don't always win) and sometimes small can serve better The New York university Tom Ryder system is comprised of both large universities and small colleges to educate over 400,000 unique students In the 19705, a & group of administrators created an organization called SUNY Auxiliary Services Association (SASA)to better serve students Scott Gorgas through unique campus-based auxiliary service operations from yesterday to today and into the future Yesterday In the 19505, State University and chartered nonprofit small set of campus insulate enterprise accounting, accommodate DECEMBER 2006 to administer activities reporting, requirements and budgeting retail and consumer organized a fairly This was done to help the State from services with high liability and because state agency of New York campuses corporations exposure, and systems for could not effectively service enterprises These SUNY Auxiliary It's all about Services the mission It's all about being unique Unique Campuses = Unique Missions Association and being unique! Unique Missions = Unique Students Unique Students = Unique Services Unique Services = Unique Auxiliary Operations University Centers University Colleges & Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions Technical Colleges