Beverly Buo Receives Academic Achievement Award

2014 Jun 16

Beverly Buo of the Bronx, NY, was one of 29 outstanding SUNY Oneonta seniors selected to receive a 2014 Academic Achievement Award. Each academic department or program selected one student to receive the award, and one senior was chosen to represent Oneonta's intercollegiate athletics program.

Buo, who majored in Africana and Latino Studies at SUNY Oneonta, received the Department of Africana and Latino Studies award and selected Betty Wambui to accompany her as a faculty guest at a recognition reception this spring.

To be considered for the award, a student must be a senior with a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 in his or her major and must demonstrate exceptional academic improvement over four semesters; excellence in research; leadership and involvement in department, campus and community activities; and participation in academic and/or professional activities outside the college.

Buo has volunteered at Relay for Life, at homeless shelters, and during a faculty-led trip to Ghana, West Africa. She is a member of the Phi Eta Sigma and Chi Alpha Epsilon honor societies, part of the AALANA mentor program, a Diversity Peer Educator, Educational Opportunity Program tutor, events coordinator for the college's Caribbean Students Association and a member of the Oneonta's women's rugby club.