SUNY Oneonta

Six SUNY Oneonta students were among the 22 student scholars selected to present papers at SUNY Oneonta's fifth annual Undergraduate Political Science Conference on Friday, March 15. The daylong conference included a keynote address by Dr. Kristi Andersen, Professor of Political Science at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and 22 student presentations on topics ranging from the Oslo Accords to workers' rights.

The following local residents are among the 307 students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the fall 2012 semester. The college's commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, Dec. 2.

The following students were named to the SUNY Oneonta Provost's List for the fall 2012 semester. Of the more than 5,800 undergraduates enrolled at the college, 106 qualified for the fall 2012 Provost's List by earning a perfect GPA while carrying a course load of at least 12 semester hours.

The following local residents are among the 1,329 students who earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2012 semester at SUNY Oneonta. To qualify for the Dean's List, undergraduate students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 semester hours or more.

Four SUNY Oneonta business students were invited to join the SUNY Oneonta chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma during the fall 2012 semester. Students ranking in the top 10 percent of baccalaureate programs and the top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business are eligible for this invitation.

Approximately 1,100 new students, selected from more than 12,000 applicants, began their studies at SUNY Oneonta this fall. The following local students have been admitted to SUNY Oneonta:

The following local residents are among the 943 students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the spring 2012 semester. The college's commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 19.

The following have been named to the college's Provost's List. Of the more than 5,800 undergraduates enrolled at the college, 124 qualified for the spring 2012 Provost's List by earning a perfect GPA while carrying a course load of at least 12 semester hours.

The following local resident's are among the 1,423 students who earned Dean's List honors for the spring 2012 semester at SUNY Oneonta. To qualify for the Dean's List, undergraduate students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 semester hours or more.

The following local residents were among nine SUNY Oneonta graduate students honored as recipients of the college's 2011-2012 Best and Brightest awards at the college's annual Students of Distinction reception on May 9.

The following local residents were among 78 SUNY Oneonta undergraduate students honored as recipients of the college's 2011-2012 Best and Brightest awards at the college's annual Students of Distinction reception on May 9.

The following local residents were part of a 16-member SUNY Oneonta student delegation recognized with an Honorable Mention Award at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City from April 1- 5. The conference attracted over 2,000 students representing more than 100 colleges and universities from around the world, and only the top 10 percent of participants achieved this recognition.

The following local residents were among 123 new members inducted into the SUNY Oneonta chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national scholastic honor society for college freshmen, during a ceremony in the Hunt College Union Ballroom on March 11.

Area residents earned a perfect grade point average of 4.0 during the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Oneonta and have been named to the college's Provost's List. Of the more than 5,800 undergraduates enrolled at the college, 124 qualified for the fall 2011 Provost's List by earning a perfect GPA while carrying a course load of at least 12 semester hours.

Area residents were among the 281 students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the fall 2011 semester. Graduates were honored at a December recognition ceremony hosted by College President Nancy Kleniewski and held in the Dewar Arena of the Alumni Field House. They also are eligible to participate in the college's commencement on May 19.

The following area residents were among the 1,458 students who earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2011 semester at SUNY Oneonta. To qualify for the Dean's List, undergraduate students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying a course load of 12 semester hours or more.

SUNY Oneonta was extremely well represented at the annual conference of the Geological Society of America held in Minneapolis earlier this week. Thirteen students and five members of the college's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences faculty were invited to present their research at the event. Distinguished Teaching Professor James Ebert, chair of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, said the size of the delegation, though unusual, reflects the high level of quality among SUNY Oneonta students' scholarly work. "It's far from typical for so many undergraduates from a single department to present at any conference, especially the national conference of one of the preeminent geoscience societies," said Ebert. "This is an unbelievably powerful experience for our students and provides a significant jumpstart to their careers as professional geoscientists. We are extremely proud of them." The students among SUNY Oneonta's conference delegation are:

The following local residents were among the 690 students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the spring 2011 semester. The college's commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 21.

The following local residents earned a perfect grade point average of 4.0 during the spring 2011 semester at SUNY Oneonta and have been named to the college's Provost's List.

The following local residents are among 1,422 students from SUNY Oneonta who earned Dean's List honors for the spring 2011 semester:

The following local residents were among the 278 students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the fall 2010 semester. Graduates were honored at a December recognition ceremony hosted by College President Nancy Kleniewski and held in the Dewar Arena of the Alumni Field House. They also are eligible to participate in the college's commencement on May 21.

The following local residents earned a perfect grade point average of 4.0 during the fall 2010 semester at SUNY Oneonta and have been named to the college's Provost's List.

The following local residents are among 1,507 students from SUNY Oneonta who earned Dean's List honors for the fall 2010 semester.

SUNY Oneonta has honored 45 students as the college's "Best and Brightest" for the fall 2010 semester. The "Best and Brightest" program acknowledges students for outstanding performance in academic work, community involvement, research, or special projects. Faculty and staff members at SUNY Oneonta nominate the students for the recognition.

Four seniors at the SUNY College at Oneonta are among a select group of State University of New York students chosen to receive the 2010 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher presented the awards to the students on April 6 at a reception in their honor at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence is the highest honor that SUNY bestows upon students. It is presented annually to SUNY students who demonstrate academic excellence and integrate it with other qualities such as leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, entrepreneurship, or career achievement. The four SUNY Oneonta students who received the 2010 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence are as follows:

The folloing local residents were among seventeen students from the SUNY College at Oneonta who have been selected to present the results of the research projects that they conducted with guidance from faculty members at the first SUNY-wide symposium of undergraduate research and creative activities. "SUNY Undergraduates Shaping New York's Future: A Showcase of Scholarly Posters at the Capitol" will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, in the well of the Legislative Office Building in Albany.

The following local students were among a team of students from the SUNY College at Oneonta who reached the finals of the highly competitive College Fed Challenge sponsored by the Eastern Economic Association in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The SUNY Oneonta team defeated teams from more than 30 colleges and universities, including Cornell, Princeton, and SUNY Binghamton. Advised by Associate Professor of Economics David Ring, the team finished third in the regional competition open to all colleges and universities in the Federal Reserve's second district.

The following local residents are among the 85 students who are being honored by SUNY College at Oneonta as "The Best and Brightest" students for the fall 2009 semester.

The Chamber Singers of SUNY Oneonta, conducted by Dr. Timothy Newton of the SUNY Oneonta Music Department, have been selected as one of 11 collegiate choirs to perform at Yale University as part of the National Collegiate Choral Organization's national conference in November. The SUNY Oneonta Chamber Singers will form a double chorus with the Indiana University-Pennsylvania Concert Choir in a performance conducted by Grammy-Award-winning conductor Vance George, retired conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

John Relethford, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Anthropology Department of the SUNY College at Oneonta, has completed the eighth edition of his popular college textbook "The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology." The text was released recently by McGraw-Hill Publishers.