SUNY Potsdam Graduate Student Wins Award for Best Audio at Rochester's First 360-Degree Film Festival
SUNY Potsdam Student Stephen Ford '26 Takes Home Honors from Lights, Camera, Planetarium! 360-Degree Film Festival
Potsdam, NY (05/12/2025) — SUNY Potsdam graduate student Stephen Ford '26 of Rochester, N.Y., earned honors for best audio at Lights, Camera, Planetarium!, Rochester's first 360 Film Festival.
In April, University of Rochester and Studio X hosted their first ever 360-degree film festival at the Strasenburgh Planetarium. Ford, a graduate student in SUNY Potsdam's educational technology specialist program, entered the contest and competed with students and faculty from the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology. He was fortunate enough to win an award for best audio for his project, "Public Art and Murals of Rochester, N.Y."
SUNY Potsdam's educational technology specialist graduate (MSED) program is a fully online 30-credit-hour program that prepares students to be leaders in K-12 schools. Throughout the course of their studies, students hone their interpersonal and technology skills and work collaboratively, to create and manage highly engaging learning environments. To learn more, visit www.potsdam.edu/academics/programs-study/educational-technology-specialist.
About SUNY Potsdam:
Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 50 colleges -- and the oldest institution within SUNY. Now in its third century, SUNY Potsdam is distinguished by a legacy of pioneering programs and educational excellence. The College currently enrolls approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its challenging liberal arts and sciences core, distinction in teacher training and culture of creativity. To learn more, visit www.potsdam.edu.
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SUNY Potsdam graduate student Stephen Ford '26 won honors for best audio at Rochester's first 360-degree film festival, titled Lights, Camera, Planetarium!
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