SUNY Potsdam

This scholarship recipient is selected by the chair of the Department of Art. Recipients must be a declared art studio or art history major who have completed at least one year of study and are in good academic standing, who exhibit passion and commitment for the field.

The recipient(s) of this scholarship are selected annually by the SUNY Potsdam Scholarship Coordinator and the faculty of the SUNY Potsdam Department of Philosophy. Recipients must be full-time undergraduates in good academic standing, who are entering the junior or senior year of study with a declared major in and a demonstrated passion for the study of philosophy.

This scholarship is awarded to outstanding junior history majors based on the students' overall GPA, their GPA in history, and the department's knowledge of the student. The scholarship was established by the wife of the former priest of Potsdam's Trinity Episcopal Church and mayor of Potsdam.

This funding may be presented to a deserving student, or used for faculty development priorities, or acquisition of materials for faculty or student use, or technology or any need determined by the Department of Modern Languages as deemed appropriate for the growth and success of the program and the individual faculty and students working within it.

The Excellence in Academics Scholarship is presented annually to recognize outstanding student pursuit in academics and/or research. Recipients also have noteworthy evidence of academic contribution and a distinguished GPA.

The St. Lawrence River Patrons of the Arts Scholarship is awarded to outstanding students studying the arts at SUNY Potsdam.

The McCall Family Scholarship is a renewal scholarship which is awarded each year to a rising sophomore majoring in art studio, art education, art history, or a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree program, who has shown potential for success in their major and is in good academic standing.

The Marty Phillips Scholarship is awarded each spring to an outstanding junior or senior art major. The selection is based on achievement, demonstrated ability and potential for further professional growth.

The Lucy Dai Scholarship is awarded each year to outstanding sophomores who intend to declare a major in art and who show exceptional promise as artists and teachers of art, and remain in good academic standing.

The D. Allen Edrington Scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding junior or senior art student, who graduated from a high school in St. Lawrence County, and who has demonstrated artistic ability.

The Diane Day, Class of 1970, Art Scholarship is awarded each year to outstanding junior or senior art majors who are in good academic standing.

The Dr. Teresa Sophia Watts Scholarship for Art History is awarded each year to an outstanding student with a declared major or minor in art history.

The John C. Riordan Book Award for Excellence in Art History is awarded each year to a senior student in art history who has demonstrated outstanding ability and potential for significant achievement in the area of art history.

The Katya Greer Memorial Scholarship for Art Education is awarded each year to an outstanding junior art education student, based on academic achievement and potential in the field of art education.

This scholarship is awarded to a student studying philosophy at SUNY Potsdam.

This scholarship is awarded to a student, preferably from St. Lawrence County, who is majoring in history and who can be expected to achieve an average of 3.25 in history courses and 3.0 GPA overall. Dr. Robert L. Briggs was a valued member of the history faculty from 1961 to his retirement in 1985.

The Noreen M. Canfield Scholarship is awarded based on achievement, demonstrated ability and potential for further professional growth.

The Noreen M. Canfield Scholarship is awarded each spring to an outstanding junior or first-semester senior politics major at SUNY Potsdam. The selection of the Canfield Scholar is based on achievement, demonstrated ability and potential for further professional growth.

The Richard Del Guidice Scholarship is an award created by alumni and friends of the Politics Department on the occasion of Professor Del Guidice's retirement in 2002. The endowment provides an annual scholarship to a junior pre-law student to assist in paying the costs associated with taking the Law School Admission Test and applying to various law schools.

This scholarship is awarded to the outstanding junior history major based on the student's overall GPA, their GPA in history, and the department's knowledge of the student. The scholarship was established by the wife of the former priest of Potsdam's Trinity Episcopal Church and mayor of Potsdam.

This scholarship is awarded to a student, preferably from St. Lawrence County, who is majoring in history and who can be expected to achieve an average of 3.25 in history courses and 3.0 GPA overall. Dr. Robert L. Briggs was a valued member of the history faculty from 1961 to his retirement in 1985.

Candidates for this award will be, in most cases, a SUNY Potsdam sophomore or junior politics or international studies major, who have maintained an overall GPA at the Dean's List level (3.25) or higher. The award is renewable for three years (until graduation), contingent upon the maintenance of a GPA above 3.25.

Three SUNY Potsdam students were recently honored with the Allen J. Danks Memorial Scholarship.

The Canfield Scholarships are awarded by academic departments at SUNY Potsdam to recognize students with demonstrated academic excellence and potential.

The Scholarship for Excellence in the Study of Advanced Computer Science is awarded to computer science majors in their second or third year at SUNY Potsdam who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference is given to students who have expressed an interest in graduate school and who are considered capable of succeeding in further study by the computer science faculty.

This Alumni Scholarship was started by a donation from former faculty members Tim Fossum and Susan Haller. Funds are used to assist computer science students who have completed at least one semester at SUNY Potsdam in computer science and who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

The Scholarship for Excellence in the Study of Advanced Mathematics is awarded annually to recipients who excel academically in mathematics and have demonstrated an interest in attending graduate school in mathematics post-graduation. Recipients must have sophomore or junior status at the time of selection and will receive the scholarship in their junior or senior year. This scholarship, established in 2016 by an anonymous donor, was created to encourage those students who show promise and interest in attending graduate school in mathematics.

The Vasily Cateforis Scholarship fund was established in 2004, and the first award was presented in the Fall of 2007. The award is given annually, by the SUNY Potsdam Department of Mathematics, to non-graduating mathematics majors, who are fully admitted into the BA/MA program. Both merit and financial need are considered. The ultimate, long-term goal is to reach an endowment of $100,000 to provide multiple scholarships. The recipients of the Vasily Cateforis Award are chosen by the mathematics faculty.

Allen J. Danks was a 1978 graduate of SUNY Potsdam with a major in Political Science. He was awarded a Lehman Scholarship and went on to do his graduate work at Columbia University. He is remembered as a man of great intellect who believed in making a positive and heartfelt contribution to the world around him and who gave of himself for the benefit of others. At his death in 1991 at the age of 35, his classmates at Potsdam endowed this award in his honor to help an undergraduate at the College who is active in social, community and/or political issues.

The Noreen M. Canfield Scholarship is awarded each spring to an outstanding junior or first-semester senior politics major at SUNY Potsdam. The selection of the Canfield Scholar is based on achievement, demonstrated ability and potential for further professional growth.