SUNY Potsdam

The State University of New York at Potsdam will recognize the Class of 2022 during the College's 202nd Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 21.

Thanks to a grant from the SUNY Early Childhood Paid Internship Program, two SUNY Potsdam students are wrapping up an unforgettable internship experience at the College's Childcare Center.

The Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam is showcasing works by two graduating seniors in the College's selective BFA program in visual arts. The annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition is on display in the Gibson Gallery through Commencement.

Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam graduates have been recognized as the academic honorees for the Class of 2022. The award recipients are chosen by Faculty Senate and are specially recognized during Commencement.

Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam students were recently among those honored with the 2022 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.

Two SUNY Potsdam students recently earned the Writing Your Way In badge, after completing special training through the College's Summit Leadership Program.

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

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

The Crane Chorus from SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will travel to perform with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta, on April 23 and 24, at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, N.Y.

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 John Massaro Politics Recognition Award is given to a student who displays a high a level of creativity, leadership, or charisma outside the classroom, above and beyond their coursework.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

SUNY Potsdam student Kaitlyn Rivera has been honored for his outstanding undergraduate work by being recognized with two academic awards.

SUNY Potsdam student Conor Callan has been honored for his outstanding undergraduate work by being recognized with two academic awards.

Thirteen 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 2022 Departmental Scholars.

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.

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 is an award to recognize an outstanding seminar paper written in HIST 480, and it commemorates the former chair of the Social Studies Department, who served from 1941 to 1964.

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.

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 Daniel Mariano has been honored for his outstanding undergraduate work by being recognized with an academic award and a scholarship.

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.

Ten students from SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music recently competed in the National Trumpet Competition, held at the University of Colorado - Boulder. The Crane Trumpet Studio ensemble advanced to the finals with their performance of "Dance of the Knights" from "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev, arranged by Marcus Grant.

A group of hard-working SUNY Potsdam undergraduates are spending the next few months conducting a national sample survey on the impact of COVID on public opinion. Led by Dr. Robert Hinckley, an associate professor and chair of SUNY Potsdam's Department of Politics, the students are earning academic credit and valuable firsthand experience in public opinion research.

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, March 15 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.