SUNY Potsdam

The International Studies Award was created to recognize outstanding academic ability and great potential for further intellectual and professional development of a student majoring in international studies. This award encourages students to deepen their understanding of international events, cross-cultural interactions and the world around them, through academic and experiential learning.

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.

This scholarship is awarded to an outstanding sophomore politics major. The Rebecca R. Pratt Scholarship for Excellence in Politics was created by a friend of the Pratt family in memory of Rebecca Pratt, who was a 1997 politics graduate of SUNY Potsdam.

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

This scholarship is awarded each year to a SUNY Potsdam sophomore or junior political science major who maintains a GPA at the Dean's List level or higher.

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.

Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam graduates have been recognized as the academic honorees for the Class of 2020. The award recipients are chosen by Faculty Senate and are specially recognized during Commencement.

The State University of New York at Potsdam will recognize nearly 900 candidates for graduation with a special virtual Commencement celebration on Saturday, May 23 at 10 a.m. The SUNY Potsdam Class of 2020 will be honored in an online ceremony and watch party on the traditional Commencement day, until the College is able to safely hold an in-person event honoring all of this year's bachelor's and master's graduates at a later date.

Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam students were recently among those honored with the 2020 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.

Twenty SUNY Potsdam students were recently inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the national historical honor society.

The SUNY Potsdam Department of History recently selected four outstanding students as the 2020 Departmental Scholars.

Three SUNY Potsdam students were inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, this semester.

Abigail Tessier had her artwork, "Swirl Girl," chosen for the 2020 College Student Juried Art Exhibit at the Frederic Remington Museum in Ogdensburg, NY.

Lindsey Baker had her artwork, "Unique Fox," chosen for the 2020 College Student Juried Art Exhibit at the Frederic Remington Museum in Ogdensburg, NY.

Rebecca Hasenauer had her artwork, The Beeginning, chosen for the 2020 College Student Juried Art Exhibit at the Frederic Remington Museum in Ogdensburg, NY.

Chynna Tomastyk had her artwork, Girl and Snake I, chosen for the 2020 College Student Juried Art Exhibit at the Frederic Remington Museum in Ogdensburg, NY.

Three SUNY Potsdam students recently completed the Engage in Applied Learning component of the College's Summit Leadership Program.

SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will highlight the talent and artistry of its top students in the annual Student Honors Recital, on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m., in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater. This special concert will feature students selected by professors to represent their respective performance areas, including brass, guitar/harp, percussion, piano, strings, woodwinds and voice.

Emily Morton had her artwork, Water IV, chosen for the 2020 College Student Juried Art Exhibit at the Frederic Remington Museum in Ogdensburg, NY.

SUNY Potsdam student interns traveled to the 2020 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim, Calif., from Jan. 16 to 19. Joined by faculty from The Crane School of Music, the students worked directly with leading music industry firms, through a unique internship program organized by the Crane Institute for Music Business.

Three SUNY Potsdam students recently completed the Explore Leadership Development component of the College's Summit Leadership Program.

Thirty-two SUNY Potsdam students recently earned Mental Health First Aid badges for completing special training through the College's Summit Leadership Program.

The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 946 students to the President's List, in recognition of their academic excellence in the Fall 2019 semester. The SUNY Potsdam students were honored for earning top marks by President Kristin G. Esterberg.

One SUNY Potsdam student recently completed the Career Management: Exploration and Development specialty badge through the College's Summit Leadership Program.

The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 322 students who excelled academically in the Fall 2019 semester to the College's Dean's List.

Crane School of Music student Dominique Santiago '20 recently won the Phyllis Bryn-Julson Award in the Civic Morning Musicals Annual Competition for Singers.

SUNY Potsdam students with a passion and talent for Esports have banded together to establish their own campus club team, now competing in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The 38 students in the SUNY Potsdam Esports Club come from all majors and bring a variety of extracurricular and academic interests with them.

Ten music composition students from SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music are set to premiere their latest new works in a student composers forum concert, on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sara M. Snell Music Theater.

Thirty-one SUNY Potsdam students recently earned Mental Health First Aid badges for completing special training through the College's Summit Leadership Program.

Eleven SUNY Potsdam students are completing an archaeology field school focused on examining the former site of a Civil War training ground in downtown Potsdam this summer.