SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan Honors Student Excellence

Albany – SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan will honor 283 college students from SUNY campuses throughout the state with the 2007 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, Wednesday, April 18. The Awards are given out annually to students who earn a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.78 or higher and record a significant contribution to their campus or local community.

“Recipients of this year’s awards have excelled academically and, in many cases, far exceeded even their own expectations in their pursuit of higher education and community service,” said Chancellor Ryan. “The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence is given to the best and the brightest students across the SUNY System. I am pleased to see so many recipients this year from nearly all of our campuses. I commend the campus presidents and their faculty and staff for discovering and enhancing student excellence throughout the year.”

The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence was created to recognize students who have best demonstrated, and been recognized, for the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts or career achievement.

Each year, campus presidents establish a selection committee, which reviews exemplary members of their college communities who are graduating. Nominees are then forwarded to the Chancellor’s Office and are subject to a second round of review. Finalists are then recommended to the Chancellor to become recipients of the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

At Wednesday’s ceremony, which will be held at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, beginning at 3:30 p.m., each recipient will receive a framed certificate and medallion, which is traditionally worn at commencement. A complete listing of this year’s recipients is available online, at www.suny.edu, under “News & Announcements.”

The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States, educating more than 417,000 students in 7,669 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses.