For 55 years, the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SBVAC) has promoted a safe and vibrant campus community. Now, SBVAC continues to make strides in healthcare delivery and excellence in providing emergency medical services with over 50 active volunteers, a nationally renowned medical director, professional expert oversight and integration with Stony Brook University’s Division of Enterprise Risk Management, and support from the Division of Student Affairs.
Recently, 22 SBVAC volunteers attended the 2025 National Collegiate EMS Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. At the conference, volunteers received continuing medical education credits, contributed to the Journal of Collegiate EMS and received two recognitions.
Out of 250 collegiate EMS agencies, SBVAC was just one of five to receive the EMS Ready Campus Silver tier award, advancing from the Bronze achievement earned last year. Earning this honor involved integrating an all-hazards EMS-specific annex into Stony Brook’s campus-wide Emergency Operations Plan, signifying enhanced emergency response readiness. SBVAC was also one of the first six recipients of the new MERIT (Modeling Excellence in Response, Innovation, and Training) recognition, reflecting the membership’s continuous dedication to performing at the highest operations, training, community engagement, and care standards.
With these distinctions, SBVAC continues to demonstrate its ability to serve the community as a student-run and student-centered volunteer membership. For more information on SBVAC, visit sbvac.org.
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