SUNY Oneonta

Three SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to participate in summer research internships through the SUNY Networks of Excellence. Students will conduct research alongside SUNY faculty members, gaining hands-on experience in their fields of study. The program is administered by the Research Foundation for SUNY.

A total of 141 SUNY Oneonta students earned Provost's List honors for the spring 2015 semester. To qualify for the Provost's List, a student must earn a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

A total of 1,553 SUNY Oneonta students earned Dean's List honors for the spring 2015 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

Junior Traci Lichtenstein was named to the ECAC Division III ECAC Upstate New York All-Star Team.

Brianna Rivera named to the ECAC D3 Upstate All-Star Team.

Freshman Taylor Casey was selected as the ECAC Division III Mid-Atlantic Rookie of the Year in the sport of lacrosse.

39 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta men's track and field team during 2014-15.

Two SUNY Oneonta students and one alumna co-authored a paper on contagious yawning in budgies with Andrew Gallup, assistant professor of psychology. Titled "Experimental evidence of contagious yawning in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)," the paper is published in the May 2015 peer-reviewed journal Animal Cognition. It is the first study to show that contagious yawning occurs between members of a bird species.

51 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta women's track and field team during 2014-15.

Three SUNY Oneonta students were elected to the College at Oneonta Foundation Board of Directors at a board meeting April 10 in New York City. Established in 1982 with the mission of raising and administering gifts and grants to enhance the academic status of the college, the State University College at Oneonta Foundation Corporation is governed by a volunteer board of directors.

Four SUNY Oneonta students presented research alongside three faculty members from the college's Psychology Department at the 27th Annual Convention of American Psychological Science on May 24 in New York City.

Three May 2015 SUNY Oneonta graduates--Amanda Augesen, Sarah Cummings, and Caitlyn Kuzmich--will present research at the 37th annual Thomas Wolfe Society conference in Albany from May 22-24. Their independent research focuses on Thomas Wolfe's two most celebrated novels, "You Can't Go Home Again" and "Look Homeward, Angel." The conference will attract presenters from all over the United States, as well as Europe.

Forty-seven members of the Class of 2015 received Senior Service Awards in recognition of their commitment to community service. Students who completed at least 350 hours of service through the college's Center for Social Responsibility and Community (CSRC) were recognized during a reception in May.

SUNY Oneonta recently recognized 356 students who have attained leadership milestones through the college's LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) program. LEAD@Oneonta is a comprehensive leadership program based on current research and guidelines from the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. There are three levels of leadership certification: Silver, Gold and Platinum. To attain each level, students must meet a mix of programmatic and experiential leadership requirements

45 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta men's lacrosse team during the 2015 spring season.

31 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta baseball team during the 2015 spring season.

SUNY Oneonta graduating senior Dustin Tropp of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently published his first book, "Running for Local & State Office: 150+ Things You Should Know & Do To Win." Tropp, who will graduate from SUNY Oneonta on Saturday, May 16, majored in Music Industry and Business Economics, with minors in Political Science and Audio Production. Released May 1, the book is published by the Millennial Candidate Coalition, an organization Tropp co-founded.

20 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta softball team during the 2015 spring season.

22 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta women's lacrosse team during the 2015 spring season.

A team of five physics and engineering majors was awarded $2,043 by the New York section of the American Physical Society for an outreach project called O-SNAP! (Oneonta Sparking New Attitudes in Physics). Under the direction of Dr. Sunil Labroo, the students will visit four Upstate New York middle schools next year to generate interest in physics and engineering fields, particularly among female and minority students.

14 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta men's team during 2014-15.

The SUNY Oneonta athletics department recently held its annual awards ceremony and honored its student athletes.

Eleven SUNY Oneonta students traveled to New York City in April to participate in the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). The goal of this year's competition was to create an advertising campaign that would increase online orders for Pizza Hut, this year's NSAC corporate sponsor.

10 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta women's team during 2014-15.

SUNY Oneonta recently recognized more than 200 alumni as Alumni of Distinction honorees. In recognition of the college's 125th anniversary, the SUNY Oneonta Alumni Association established the Alumni of Distinction program to recognize alumni who have distinguished themselves through their careers, their service to their communities and their commitment to the college.

Two SUNY Oneonta mathematics students gave research presentations at the spring 2015 conference of the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America, held at Colgate University on April 17-18. Both students worked under the guidance of Dr. Laura Munteanu from the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics.

The SUNY Oneonta History Department faculty recognized 11 students for academic achievement and outstanding essay writing during an awards ceremony on May 1.

A total of 31 students were inducted into the SUNY Oneonta Alpha-Kappa-Iota chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, during a ceremony on May 1.

The SUNY Oneonta Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, inducted 43 new student members and two new faculty members during a ceremony on May 3.

SUNY Oneonta inducted 23 students into its Edward K. Griesmer chapter of National Residence Hall Honorary, a branch of the National Association of Colleges and University Residence Halls, on April 12.