SUNY Potsdam

SUNY Potsdam's Department of Business Administration recently hosted its 59th Business Plan Competition, which challenges students to develop an entrepreneurial business plan fulfilling the need of a specific group of consumers.

SUNY Potsdam recently recognized students and faculty mentors for excellence in research and creative projects, following the College's 2023 Learning and Research Fair.

Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam graduates have been recognized as the academic honorees for the Class of 2023. The award recipients are chosen by Faculty Senate and are specially recognized during Commencement.

The award is given to an outstanding graduating senior pre-law student in the SUNY Potsdam Department of Politics.

This award was created by the SUNY Potsdam Department of Politics to honor former chair and faculty member, Dr. David E. Brown, who co-created, along with Dr. Richard Del Guidice, Potsdam's political science program and helped to establish the Department of Political Science in 1971. It is presented to a student who has submitted an outstanding paper for senior seminar.

This award goes to a freshman or sophomore student who has demonstrated outstanding performance in an American history survey course during the preceding calendar year. It was established in honor of Dr. Robert L. Briggs, a valued member of the history faculty from 1961 to his retirement in 1985.

SUNY Potsdam student Annabelle Kahle has been honored for her outstanding undergraduate work by being recognized with two academic awards.

This award is for outstanding performance by a freshman or sophomore in a world history course during the preceding calendar year. The award honors Dr. John F. Schwaller, a colonial Latin American historian, who served as the college President from 2006 to 2013.

The Ilse J. Shaw History Award goes to the senior history major with the best scholarship and highest cumulative GPA in history courses during his or her undergraduate career.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of History recently selected two outstanding students as the 2023 Departmental Scholars.

This is an award to recognize an outstanding paper submitted in a departmental seminar, and it commemorates the former chair of the Social Studies Department, who served from 1941 to 1964.

SUNY Potsdam student Simisola Macaulay has been honored for her outstanding undergraduate work by being recognized with two academic awards.

This award is named for Dr. Philip T. Neisser '79, who served as member of the Department of Politics at SUNY Potsdam for many years as an instructor, department chair, assistant dean, and most recently as the College's officer-in-charge. It is presented to a politics or international studies major, who, through their efforts in any combination of student clubs, co-curricular events or other service activities associated with the Department of Politics, contributes to upholding Dr. Neisser's vision of the department as a place of inclusion, excellence and open dialogue.

SUNY Potsdam student Daniel Mariano has been honored for his outstanding undergraduate work by being recognized with three academic awards.

Six students from SUNY Potsdam's Department of Business Administration recently made virtual presentations to judges in the International Business Ethics Case Competition, during a two day competition, held on April 20 and 21.

Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam students were recently among those honored with the 2023 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.

SUNY Potsdam's Department of Business Administration recently hosted its 57th Business Plan Competition, which challenges students to develop an entrepreneurial business plan fulfilling the need of a specific group of consumers.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of Environmental Studies honored two students as its 2022 Departmental Scholars.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of English and Communications honored eight students as its 2022 Departmental Scholars.

This award is presented annually to the student who demonstrates the greatest achievement and promise in creative writing.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences honored a student as its 2022 Departmental Scholar.

Dr. Alice Williams taught science at SUNY Potsdam for 38 years and retired in 1965. Her extensive rock and mineral collection makes up a significant portion of the College's collection. This award is presented to a student who performs outstanding service to the department.

Jessie J. McNall, who was Professor Emerita of Science, served as Science Department Chair at SUNY Potsdam for many years prior to her retirement in 1946. She established an endowed fund with the Potsdam College Foundation in order that awards be made to sophomores for excellence in science, especially if preparing for teaching.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of Computer Science honored two students as its 2022 Departmental Scholars.

The Stillman Memorial Award was established in 1973 in memory of Professor Alan H. Stillman, Director of the Computer Center and Chair of the SUNY Potsdam Department of Computer Science from 1967 to 1973. Professor Stillman was instrumental in establishing the highly regarded academic program in Computer and Information Sciences at SUNY Potsdam.

Two SUNY Potsdam students were among a select group of students from across New York State to be honored with the 2022 Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for EOP Student Excellence. The award, which bears the name of the late Norman McConney, one of the architects of the statewide Educational Opportunity Program and a champion of youth empowerment, celebrates EOP students who have overcome significant obstacles in life to achieve their educational and personal goals.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of Mathematics honored two students as its 2022 Mathematics Departmental Scholars. To achieve the honor, a student must earn a mathematics average of 3.50 or better, and a college GPA of 3.50 or better.

The Clarence F. Stephens Mathematics Scholar Award is given to the non-graduating mathematics major who, by his or her achievement in mathematics, best personifies C. F. Stephens' vision of the mathematics student who is becoming all he or she is capable of being. The award is a check from the C. L. Smith Mathematics Scholarship Fund and SUNY Potsdam Foundation. In addition, the recipient is designated a Clarence F. Stephens Mathematics Scholar and his or her name is inscribed on a plaque displayed in Carson Hall. The recipients of the C. F. Stephens Mathematics Scholar Award are chosen by the mathematics faculty.

The Pi Mu Epsilon Senior Award is given by the Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society chapter at SUNY Potsdam to a graduating senior, in recognition of outstanding achievement in mathematics and for the promotion of scholarly activity in mathematics.

The Mathematics Alumni Award for Excellence in Mathematics was established by the alumni of the SUNY Potsdam Department of Mathematics, and is given to at least one graduating mathematics major chosen by the faculty. Each recipient has his/her name inscribed on a plaque that is on permanent display in the department. Additionally, a monetary award is given for excellence in mathematics to at least one outstanding senior, junior and sophomore mathematics major.