Brooklyn resident Barbara Ciceron honored with Chancellor's Award

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OSWEGO, NY (04/24/2013)(readMedia)--  SUNY Oswego political science and communication and social interaction dual major Barbara Ciceron of Brooklyn is the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, the highest student recognition through the statewide university system.

Last spring, Ciceron received a grant to coordinate a women's conference on sexual assault and domestic violence. A past president of the Political Science Club, the McNair Scholar serves as treasurer of Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society, a director of the Student Association Programming Board, program coordinator and longtime volunteer at the Newman Center and with Operation Southern Comfort rebuilding homes in New Orleans.

A native of Haiti, Ciceron won the Ms. Multicultural Award of the Caribbean Student Association. A certified home health aide, she cares for elderly and disabled patients in Brooklyn when she is home.

"I will be attending law school," Ciceron said of her plans. "My ultimate dream is to work for the United Nations."

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News named it among the "Top 20 Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2013, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2013 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges" and named the college to its 2013 list of "Best Value Colleges."

A 152-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.