SUNY Oneonta

A total of 138 SUNY Oneonta students earned Provost's List honors for the fall 2014 semester. To qualify for the Provost's List students must earn a perfect 4.0 GPA while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

Three SUNY Oneonta event planning students organized a benefit fashion show for a local food pantry on Dec. 5. Held at the Oneonta Elks Club, the event raised nearly $1,100 for the St. Mary's Food Pantry in Oneonta. More than 50 students were involved in the fundraiser, which included a pasta dinner prepared by food service and restaurant administration students, followed by a fashion show featuring 27 student models.

10 student athletes earned postseason honors in the sport of men's soccer.

17 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team during the recently completed fall season.

26 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta women's cross country team during the recently completed fall season.

Five student athletes earned postseason honors in the sport of field hockey.

SUNY Oneonta recognized five students for academic excellence at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' annual Majors' Night in October. Now in its 38th year, Majors' Night offers the department's undergraduates the opportunity to network with alumni who return to campus for the event, where they share their experiences and offer advice to current students.

A team of 13 economics and business economics students from SUNY Oneonta won an Honorable Mention Award in the 2014 College Fed Challenge, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in November.

20 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta men's cross country team during the recently completed fall season.

19 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta field hockey team during the recently completed fall season.

21 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta women's soccer team during the recently completed fall season.

16 student athletes competed for the SUNY Oneonta volleyball team during the recently completed fall season.

SUNY Oneonta junior Alanna Bergstrom, an environmental science major from Staten Island, has been chosen to receive the SUNY Emerging Leaders Award. The award recognizes students who have demonstrated significant leadership within their campuses and/or communities. Recipients attended the SUNY Student Leadership Institute from Oct. 17-19 in Rochester.

A total of 34 SUNY Oneonta students are studying abroad this fall through semester-long and academic-year programs in 11 countries. SUNY Oneonta offers exchange programs in Ghana, Ecuador, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan through the Office of International Education, plus a variety of short-term, faculty-led programs. Oneonta students also have access to more than 600 study abroad programs through the SUNY network.

SUNY Oneonta has selected 15 freshmen to participate in Critical MaSS: Math and Science Scholars, a scholarship program supporting students who plan to pursue careers or advanced degree programs in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Approximately 560 new transfer students will continue their studies at SUNY Oneonta this fall. Classes started Monday, Aug. 25. The SUNY Oneonta fall 2014 transfer class has an average cumulative grade-point average of 3.2.

Approximately 1,100 new freshmen, selected from 11,589 applicants, will begin their studies at SUNY Oneonta this fall. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 25. The SUNY Oneonta Class of 2018 has an average high school grade-point average of 91 and an average combined math and critical reading SAT score of 1127.

Five SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to serve as Transfer Student Mentors (TSMs) for the 2014-2015 academic year. Transfer Student Mentors lead programs and work closely with transfer students living in the Hulbert Hall T-Side wing. TSMs also assist with the Transfer Committee, which meets monthly to hear and address transfer students' concerns, and with Transfers Take The Lead, a series of programs and events designed to get transfer students engaged in LEAD@Oneonta programming.

Fourteen SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to serve as Very Influential Peers (VIPs) for the 2014-2015 academic year. VIPs work with freshmen who live in the college's First Year Experience (FYE) residence halls or are enrolled in the First Year Seminar. Their role in the seminar is to reinforce messages from the professor, to serve as a peer mentor, and to provide information about college life. They also assist with the Freshman 15, a program series exclusively for new students.

Twenty SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to serve as Orientation Leaders for the 2014-2015 academic year. In addition to leading activities for new students and their parents during 10 summer orientation sessions, Orientation Leaders welcome new students into their new community by leading small groups, answering questions about the college and college life, and mentoring new students through the first few weeks of the semester.

While many college students are spending the summer waiting tables, working as interns or perfecting their tans, SUNY Oneonta junior Michael Morales has been marching to the beat of a different drum. Morales, a music industry major from Warwick, N.Y., is touring the country with Drum Corps International (DCI), a competitive league of drum and bugle corps marching ensembles that presents choreographed musical performances at venues ranging from high school football fields to NFL stadiums.

5 SUNY Oneonta student athletes were named to the State University of New York Athletic Conference Commissioner's List for their performance in the classroom during the spring semester.

50 SUNY Oneonta student athletes earned Academic Honors from the State University of New York Athletic Conference for their performance in the classroom during the spring semester. These student athletes were named to both the All-Academic Team and Commissioner's List.

74 SUNY Oneonta student athletes were named to the State University of New York Athletic Conference All-Academic Team for the spring 2014 semester. To be eligible, a student must be a varsity athlete who has completed the entire season and earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.3 for the semester in which they competed. The following SUNY Oneonta students were named to the All-Academic Team for the spring 2014 semester:

Fashion research conducted by SUNY Oneonta senior Victoria Panyu has been accepted for presentation at the 2014 International Textiles & Apparel Association (ITAA) conference. Panyu, a fashion and textiles major/business communication minor from Staten Island, conducted research on online-only fashion retailers in collaboration with Dr. Hyejune Park, assistant professor of Fashion & Textiles.

The following students were named to the SUNY Oneonta Provost's List for the spring 2014 semester. Of the more than 5,800 undergraduates enrolled at the college, 143 qualified for the spring 2014 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 904 students who graduated from SUNY Oneonta following the spring 2014 semester. The college's commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 17.

The following local residents are among the 1474 students who earned Dean's List honors for the spring 2014 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 recognized 29 outstanding seniors during an Academic Achievement Awards reception this spring. One student was chosen from each of the college's academic departments and programs to receive the 2014 Academic Achievement Awards. Each student selected a faculty guest to accompany them at the recognition event.

Recent SUNY Oneonta graduate Lauren Zimmardi of Middle Island, NY, has received a national award for excellence in geography. Zimmardi, who graduated with honors in May, majored in Geography and Early Childhood/Childhood Education (B-6). She was one of 21 students from colleges and universities across the country chosen by university faculty as the best all-around undergraduate student geography scholars in an awards program sponsored by the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE).