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Master’s art student
Sarah Haig
’05 is one
of seven Oswego students who received Chancellor’s
Awards for Student Excellence this year. She is
shown working on a multimedia piece for her thesis
exhibition, inspired by the words of survivors
of abuse. |
SUNY Chancellor John Ryan honored seven SUNY Oswego
students with the Chancellor’s Award for Student
Excellence at a ceremony Wednesday, April 18, in Albany.
The awards go to students who earn high grade-point
averages and make a significant contribution to their
campus or local community.
Oswego’s recipients are Shelly
Dann ’07 of Central Square, a double major
in psychology and public justice; Sarah
Haig ’05 of Saranac Lake, a graduate student
in graphic design; Samantha
Mason ’06 of Portland, Ore., who graduated
summa cum laude with a major in theatre and a minor
in medieval and Renaissance studies; Sarah
Scherer ’07 of Kingston, a double major
in secondary education and English; LeAnne
St. Gelais ’07 of Pulaski, majoring in
psychology; Dan Tascarella BS/MBA
’07 of Oswego, who will graduate with a
bachelor’s and master’s in accounting and
business administration; and Zachary
Winnie ’07 of Fly Creek, a graphic design
major with a minor in information science.
Several of the seven share honors in common. Mason,
Scherer, St. Gelais, Tascarella and Winnie were selected
as Presidential Scholars, receiving the top merit scholarships
that SUNY Oswego offers. Mason, Scherer, St. Gelais
and Tascarella participated in the college’s Honors
Program. And Dann, Mason, Scherer, Tascarella and Winnie
are members of the Phi Kappa Phi national honor society.
Dann excelled on the women’s swimming team, holding
Oswego and SUNY Athletic Conference records as a member
of the 400 free relay team. She helped guide her team
to three consecutive SUNYAC team championships while
earning three honorable mention Academic All-American
Awards. She is a peer adviser in the public justice
program and a member of the women’s honor society
Vega. She volunteered with the Oswego Laker Swim Club
for local children.
Haig has exhibited her artwork at the State University
Plaza in Albany, Tyler Art Gallery on campus and Cherrywood
Studio in Oswego and in several Oswego Art Association
juried exhibitions. She has been vice president of Break
Thru Designs. She received a campus grant to support
her master’s project, which is on display in Tyler
and was the topic of her talk April 18 at Quest, the
college’s symposium of scholarly and creative
activity. She received the art department’s Aulus
Saunders Award.
Mason was nominated three times for the Irene Ryan Acting
Scholarship through the Kennedy Center American College
Theater Festival for her lead performances in campus
productions of “Measure for Measure,” “Infinity’s
House” and “Antigone.” She was president
of the Alpha Psi Omega theatre honors society. She received
Oswego’s Patti McGill Peterson Honors Program
Scholarship and Freshman Achievement Award in History.
While studying abroad, she was elected student council
president at the Center for Academic Programs Abroad,
London chapter.
Scherer was elected as one of two student representatives
to the Northeast National Collegiate Honors Council
conference last spring. On campus, she served as co-leader
of NYPIRG’s Hunger and Homeless Project and as
treasurer of the leadership honor society Omicron Delta
Kappa, and she volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.
She completed her student teaching in England. She gave
a presentation at Quest last year on urban education,
based on her teaching internship in New York City.
On campus, St. Gelais is president of Omicron Delta
Kappa, treasurer of the psychology honor society Psi
Chi and president of the Red Cross Club, and she received
a Student Involvement Award. She was a resident mentor
in Johnson Hall and worked as a resident assistant in
Lonis Hall. She received a campus grant for her project
“What Motivates College Students to Become Leaders?”
which she presented April 18 at Quest.
Tascarella was 2006-07 president of the Student Association
and SA’s chief financial officer in 2005-06. He
is a member of the SUNY Oswego College Council. He serves
on Auxiliary Services’ board of directors. On
the School of Business Student Advisory Council, he
helped organize a symposium that brought alumni business
leaders to campus to meet with students. He was a Sheldon
Leader and collected several awards through his fraternity,
Zeta Beta Tau. In the community, he was a member of
the Campus-City Relations Committee and was named one
of Oswego County Business Magazine's
40 Under 40.
Winnie was one of nine national semi-finalists in the
Hollywood Reporter Key
Arts Movie Competition to create an outstanding film
trailer. He is co-director of Arts Alive, a student
club. He took on several Web design projects on campus
and developed Web sites for community organizations.
His campus honors include the Grant Arnold Award, SA
Juried Art Exhibition Purchase Award, and Jessie and
Jay Rudolph Award. He received a Clark Foundation Scholarship
from the private foundation in Cooperstown.
—Julie Harrison Blissert |
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