IWA Student, Melissa Graham

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Interview With A: A video series where we talk with real SUNY students and faculty on their experience, achievements, and research at any of SUNY’s 64 campuses in New York State.

Melissa Graham, a student at SUNY Geneseo, chats with the Generation SUNY team about her recent Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, which she received in the spring of 2013. Ms. Graham studies Biology, which she plans on using to continue studying epidemiology at the University at Buffalo. We explore Ms. Graham’s motivation and goals in this exciting #IWA!

Watch the interview below and join the conversation on Twitter with @SUNY using #IWA!

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Senior Wall Painting: SUNY Oneonta Class of 2013

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SUNY Oneonta logo“Painting the wall” is a longstanding tradition for students at SUNY Oneonta and neighboring Hartwick College. Throughout the year, students take turns painting the concrete wall on West Street, just below the Hartwick campus and a few blocks from the main SUNY Oneonta campus entrance, to advertise campus and community events. An enthusiastic group of SUNY Oneonta seniors painted the wall Thursday morning in celebration of the college’s 124th commencement, to be held on Saturday, May 18.

Watch a video of this year’s seniors at work after the jump.

 

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Finger Lakes STEM Hub Video Contest Shows Student Creativity and Knowledge

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Students at STEM You Can Video Contest Awards Gala

Student participants at the STEM You Can! Video Contest Awards Gala

On April 30th the STEM You Can! Video Contest Awards Gala was held at the Rochester Museum & Science Center.

Eight teams of students from area schools were recognized for outstanding videos highlighting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Students from elementary, middle, and high school all submitted short videos illustrating concepts such as robotics, electricity, and the weight of electricity.

All of the youth who participated were from grades 3 to 12 in the Finger Lakes region. The students worked individually or in teams with two or three other students, plus an adult mentor or adviser, to create three-minute videos that explored STEM topics and their impact in our world today.
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SUNY Distinguished Academy – Class of 2012

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SUNY Distinguished Academy logoThe second annual meeting of the SUNY Distinguished Academy will be held, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Twenty-nine SUNY faculty will be inducted into the Distinguished Academy. They will be honored for their promotion to the distinguished rank – the highest system honor conferred upon SUNY faculty.

Also being recognized on this occasion as the Distinguished Academy Honorary Inductee is Richard Gambino of Stony Brook University for his extensive work in Engineering. All distinguished faculty in active service within SUNY are also members of the SUNY Distinguished Academy, established last March. These active members have undertaken a strong set of initiatives to work on in the coming year, and they will gather at this meeting to strategize on a plan for accomplishing these goals.

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Beekman Banter at SUNY Delhi

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Beekman Boys pose with Delhi students

The Beekman Boys from the Cooking Channel and the Amazing Race pose for a picture with SUNY Delhi students

When Dr. David Brower, Hospitality Management Department Chair at SUNY Delhi, asked the Fabulous Beekman Boys of Cooking Channel and The Amazing Race fame to impart their entrepreneurial wisdom to Delhi students, they quickly said yes.

Dr. Brower whipped off an email on a Sunday night inviting Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge (The Beekman Boys) to the Delhi campus. He thought, “it couldn’t hurt,” and within the hour the Beekman Boys accepted the invitation.

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