(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal - who heads the Nation's largest Higher Education Union and represents Faculty and Professional Staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Morrisville in rural Madison County, released the following statement after a shooting occurred on campus:

“We are shocked and distressed by news of the shooting which took place on campus Monday afternoon as students attended classes and our Members worked to provide them with a world-class education. Sadly, no community is exempt from senseless violence such as this. To meet their mission to transform lives, our colleges must be safe places for students to learn and for our Members to work. There is no place for gun violence in America, especially on college and university campuses where students live and study and where our Members work. As the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, we abhor gun violence and we will do all we can to speak out against it and advocate for necessary change to make our campuses, our communities and our country safer.”

Syracuse.com reported a 20-year-old man who was shot Monday (November 3rd) at a SUNY Morrisville Dormitory was expected to live. The man, who does not attend the college, was shot in the neck at about 3:15 p.m., Officials said. He was taken by ambulance to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. State Police said the shooting was a “single, targeted event,” but declined to describe any suspects wanted in the shooting or release more details about what happened. State Police also said there is no ongoing threat to the campus in rural Madison County.

UUP represents more than 42,000 Academic And Professional Faculty And Retirees. The Union’s Members work at 29 New York State-operated Campuses, including SUNY's Public Teaching Hospitals and Health Science Centers in Brooklyn, Long Island and Syracuse.

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