Gemma Pinto Receives Academic Achievement Award

2017 May 25

Gemma Pinto of Staten Island, NY, was one of 54 outstanding SUNY Oneonta students selected to receive a 2017 Academic Achievement Award this spring. Each academic department or program selected one to three outstanding seniors to receive the award.

Pinto received the English Department award.

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

Pinto earned membership in Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, and received the English Department Scholarship, the Susan Sutton Smith Award (3.9 GPA), and the OAS Diversity Scholarship. In spring 2015, she earned an honorable mention award for the English Department's Lawrence B. Goodrich Poetry Prize, and in spring 2016, she won the prize. She also completed an internship with Writopia Lab New York City.