Michelle Hamann honored as Outstanding Senior at SUNY Oswego

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Michelle Hamann, left, accepts the Outstanding Senior Award from SUNY Oswego Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Stewardship Betsy Oberst.

OSWEGO, NY (05/31/2011)(readMedia)-- State University of New York at Oswego leaders, faculty members and students recognized Peru native and Dirigo High School graduate Michelle Hamann as "Outstanding Senior" at the college's annual Torchlight Ceremony in May.

The Outstanding Senior Award goes to a graduating student who is highly involved on campus and maintains an exceptional academic record.

Hamann, a regular on the Deans' and President's lists, graduated with a Master of Business Administration degree this May. As president of Oswego's Omicron Delta Kappa circle, she was instrumental in organizing the inaugural Future Oswego Leaders Conference this year.

A 2010 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence recipient and the Outstanding Business Student (John Parr) Award winner in May, Hamann is involved with numerous student organizations and honor societies, including Vega, WTOP-TV, the Newman Center and Beta Gamma Sigma.

In a short speech at the Torchlight Dinner May 13, Hamann thanked her classmates, professors and family.

She has accepted a position as audit associate at KPMG accounting, an accounting firm in Syracuse, and plans to pursue a law degree.

Hamann shared the stage with Torchlight Master of Ceremonies Steve Levy, a 1987 SUNY Oswego graduate and well-known ESPN anchor.

The Torchlight Ceremony is a long-standing annual event where several decades of SUNY Oswego alumni light candles from the torch of learning and spread the glow among graduating seniors to welcome them as the newest members of the Oswego Alumni Association. This year's Torchlight Ceremony included 30 alumni representing classes from the past seven decades.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News named it among the "Top Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2011, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges."

A 150-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls over 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.

PHOTO CAPTION: Michelle Hamann, left, accepts the Outstanding Senior Award from SUNY Oswego Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Stewardship Betsy Oberst.