Chelsea Beckemeyer Receives Academic Achievement Award

2014 Jun 16

Chelsea Beckemeyer of Oneonta, 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.

Beckemeyer, who majored in Adolescent Education: Mathematics at SUNY Oneonta, received the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics award and selected Joshua Palmatier 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.

Beckemeyer earned a 3.94 GPA in Mathematics and a 3.96 GPA in Education. She was inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and served as a Teaching Assistant in Calculus I and II.