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Emerging Leaders Host Potsdam Appreciation Week
Medical, IKON, LaValley Real Estate, McDuff ’s and Julian’s, Nicholville/SLIC, North Country Savings Bank, Larry Reece CPA, PACES, Rose & Kiernan, SeaComm Federal Credit Union, Usherwood Office Technology, Walmart and XpedX Paper & Packaging. AWARDS
SGA 2010, HP and Michael Galane ’74 Classroom Dedicated
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Online Excellence Award Kelly K. Bonnar-Kidd, professor of community health, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Thomas L. and Jane D. Russell Distance Education Faculty Excellence Award. She received the award for her course titled “Navigating the American Diet,” which she taught online in Summer 2009. ATHLETICS
Four Alumni Inducted into Hall of Fame Fall 2010 marked the 2nd Annual Potsdam Appreciation Week (PAW), an on-campus celebration. Students from the Emerging Leaders program, a group that focuses on philanthropy and a love for Potsdam, planned and coordinated the week-long event held in the Barrington Student Union. Each day is dedicated to students; faculty; staff; and student groups, organizations and teams. The culminating day of the event is Potsdam Pride Day. Students, faculty, staff and members of the Alumni Board and the Foundation Board of Trustees on campus for the day had a chance to show their school spirit. This year the event raised over $1,000 for the 2011 student gift, which by vote of the student body, will go to the College’s Greatest Needs. COLLEGE NEWS
Potsdam Expresses Appreciation to Business Supporters SUNY Potsdam is extremely grateful to its many business partners that contribute each year. On November 18, 2010, President and Mrs. Schwaller invited business donors to their home to personally thank them for their support. The following businesses were represented: Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Community Bank, Frenchie’s Chevrolet, Harris 6
POTSDAM PEOPLE SPR I NG 2011
On November 5, 2010, the Potsdam community celebrated the partnership of the 2010 Student Government Association, Hewlett-Packard and Foundation Board Trustee Michael Galane. Potsdam students will benefit from four additional projection classrooms on campus as a result of the partnership. Pictured are Michael Galane ’74, Josh Rich ’10 (former SGA vice president), SGA President Leanne Merrill ’11 and SGA Secretary Alice Sorensen ’11. COLLEGE NEWS
Fulbright Awarded to Professor Edwin J. Portugal, professor of strategic and global management in SUNY Potsdam’s Business Administration Department, has been granted a Fulbright Senior Specialist Award by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The grant award is for a five-year period in which Dr. Portugal can spend from two to six weeks in up to three different host institutions overseas.
Karen Burns Dandrow ’90, Jason Lang ’01, Daryn McLean ’96 and Andre Peterson ’04 became the 30th class inducted into the Bears Hall of Fame since it began in 1979. During her three-year career with the Bears women’s basketball team, Dandrow was a two-time honorable mention All-American and All-SUNYAC performer. Lang was named all-region once and All-SUNYAC three times during his four-year basketball career. McLean was the captain of the men’s hockey team for two years and captured All-SUNYAC honors. During his four-year basketball career, Peterson received all-regional recognition as a senior and was a three-time All-SUNYAC honoree.
McCullough Drafted to Pro Lacrosse Team Ben McCullough, a fouryear member of the SUNY Potsdam men’s lacrosse team, was selected 13th overall by the Buffalo Bandits in the second round of the 2010 National
Lacrosse League Entry Draft on Wednesday, Sept. 8, in Toronto. McCullough, a midfielder from Brampton, Ontario, was a threetime All-State University of New York Athletic Conference performer during his standout career at Potsdam. He started all 15 games for the Bears last season, finishing among team leaders in points, goals and assists, and was named first-team All-SUNYAC.
Bears Ciampa garners academic honor SUNY Potsdam senior Tim Ciampa has been named to the 2010 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District I Men’s Soccer second team. A Castleton, NY, native, Ciampa currently maintains a stellar 3.95 cumulative grade point average and is majoring in mathematics and education.
Romaniello named all-conference SUNY Potsdam senior Erica Romaniello received second team All-State University of New York Athletic Conference East Division Volleyball Recognition. Romaniello, from Selden, NY, was second in the SUNYAC in digs in conference play only with 5.21 per set, and third in the league overall with 4.54 per set. She led the 2010 Bears with 499 total digs and tallied 29 service aces, serving as the team’s lone senior and one of its two captains.
Show your pride with a SUNY Potsdam VISA Visit www.potsdam.edu/alumni or call 1-800853-5576 ext. 8723 to learn more about the SUNY Potsdam Visa card.
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