Victoria Macri Receives Academic Achievement Award

2017 May 25

Victoria Macri 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.

Macri received the Psychology 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.

Macri was a double major in psychology and biology. She earned dean’s list honors (3.5 GPA) and served as public relations coordinator on the executive board of the Psi Chi psychology honor society. She also was involved in various research projects with Dr. James Zians, including a trait mood study and a project that investigated parents’ attitudes and concerns about youth risk behavior in Oneonta. She and her research team presented the results at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference in New York City. After graduation, she will begin a master’s in physician assistant studies program at Mercy College.