11 Facts About Potsdam Bears

State University of New York at Potsdam Bears is a public college in Potsdam Bears, New York.

Potsdam Bears was founded by Benjamin Raymond in 1816 as the St Lawrence Academy.

The Village of Potsdam Bears was thus named as one of four locations for new normal schools, and in 1867, the St Lawrence Academy became the Potsdam Bears Normal School.

State University of New York was founded in 1948, and Potsdam Bears became one of its founding members, and was thus renamed New York State Teachers College at Potsdam Bears.

SUNY Potsdam is home to the Charles T Weaver Anthropology Museum, a teaching museum that allows students to curate exhibitions and have hands on experience with the museum's collection.

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Also on campus is the Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam Bears, known as the Gibson Gallery, which stresses its mission to connect students, faculty and all those on campus with visual art.

SUNY Potsdam Bears athletics were recently placed on NCAA probation due to an inadvertent error in the awarding of international student grants.

Many SUNY Potsdam Bears students participate in the Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs.

SUNY Potsdam Bears is a partner school of the Golden Knight Battalion, one of 272 Army ROTC Battalions in the United States.

SUNY Potsdam Bears students are the second largest group represented in the battalion, which is composed of approximately 100 ROTC Cadets.

In 2018, The Potsdam Bears Pitches made their way to the ICCA finals and performed at the Beacon Theater in New York City.