normal schools in 1867 and changed its name to the Brockport State Normal School. For the next seven decades, the new institution would be primarily dedicated to training teachers, although other academic programs were maintained.
In 1942, the school gained the right to grant bachelor's degrees and was renamed as the Brockport State Teachers College. Six years later, the college joined the newly-established State University of New York system, becoming the State University of New York at Brockport. Only two years later, Brockport State began to grant graduate degrees, with the first master's degrees awarded in 1950.
Later name changes occurred in 2005, becoming the College at Brockport, State University of New York, and 2020, when it adopted a name similar to its 1948 original one, the State University of New York Brockport.
== Student life ==
=== Greek life ===
In 1869, with the assistance of Professor Charles Donald McLean, the principal of the school, Gamma Sigma fraternity was established at The Brockport …
