Leadership in ACADEMICS Swasey Awarded Hahn Memorial Scholarship Jon Swasey of Syracuse, a second year associate degree student in turfgrass management and president of SUNY Cobleskill’s Turf Club, received the $1,000 Hahn Memorial Scholarship in recognition of his service and desire to become a contributing member of the turfgrass profession in the Northeast. The scholarship is supported by friends and family of Peter and Matt Hahn.
Students Receive Diversity Scholarships Eight SUNY Cobleskill students were honored with $775 SUNY Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarships that provide direct aid to undergraduate students who have demonstrated high academic achievement, have overcome a disadvantage, and contributed to the diversity of the student body. Recipients were: Alicia Marie Kloczko of Schoharie, who is working toward her bachelor’s degree in wildlife management; Michael Matonis of Howes Cave, who is studying computer information and network administration; Jenny Murtaugh of Schenectady, who is working on her bachelor’s in wildlife management; Erin Myhre of Greenville, who is an agricultural business management student; David Porter of Canajoharie, who is studying social sciences; Richard Stanton Jr. of Yorkshire, who is working toward a degree in wildlife management; Nixida Hernandez of the Bronx, who is studying liberal arts and sciences and dreams of being a physician; and Ioni Reyes of Cobleskill, who is studying liberal arts and sciences.
Truax Receives Keating Scholarship
Three Receive Dorwin Hamm Scholarship Tom Koepf, Dan Stich and Richard Stanton each received a $250 Dorwin Hamm Scholarship from the Schoharie County Conservation Association for their efforts in wildlife conservation. The Dorwin Hamm Scholarship is in honor of the active sportsman and SCCA member who was killed in a farm accident. Students apply for the scholarships based on field projects they are conducting as part of their studies. They must complete an application and interview and give a presentation about their project during an SCCA meeting. Tom Koepf of Arcade conducted an independent project in Wildlife Management working cooperatively with the NewYork State Department of Environmental Conservation and SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Dan Stich of Scotia studied the movements of walleyed pike in Otsego Lake by capturing and surgically implanting sonic devices in several of the fish. Richard Stanton of Yorkshire categorized the wildlife habitats on the Cobleskill Stone Products property near the Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology into several broad types.
Cronin Named our second Fulbright Senior Scholar SUNY Cobleskill Associate Professor Dr. Thomas Cronin was recently named a Senior Fulbright Scholar through the Fulbright Scholar Program and will travel to Turkey in September. Cronin, one of only two SUNY Cobleskill professors to be named a Fulbright Senior Scholar, will spend nine months teaching and conducting research at Ataturk University in Erzurum, Turkey.
During his time at Ataturk University, Cronin will continue his research into peer instruction techniques and will share his knowledge with graduate students, in addition to teaching some physics and science courses. He may also contribute to the research of Dr. Mehmet Ertugral, “The Fulbright program is very dean of Ataturk University’s graduate competitive and very difficult to get,” school, consisting of nanotubes or said SUNY Cobleskill Distinguished superconductivity. Teaching Professor Dr. Michael
Justin Truax of Broadalbin/Amsterdam was awarded the first $2,000 Dr. E. Gregory Keating Memorial Scholarship. Truax, a health sciences student, demonstrated the utmost desire for practicing rural medicine upon completion of his education and has been accepted to the SUNY Cobleskill/
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Murphy, himself a Fulbright Senior Scholar alumnus. “This recognition speaks very highly of Tom and of SUNY Cobleskill.”
Upstate Medical University Early Medical School Assurance program. In honor of Keating, SUNY Cobleskill founded the scholarship for students from rural New York communities who wish to pursue a career as a physician in a rural community.
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