Michelle Hamann of SUNY Oswego Earns Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

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OSWEGO, NY (04/18/2011)(readMedia)-- Michelle Hamann of Peru, an accounting major at the State University of New York at Oswego, has received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, the highest student recognition through the State University system.

Five SUNY Oswego students were among the 350 honorees at 64 SUNY institutions across New York state recognized for high grade-point average and extraordinary contributions to the campus and community. Students graduating between June 2010 and May 2011 were eligible. SUNY Chancellor's Award recipients were honored in an April ceremony in Albany.

Hamann also has been selected to receive the Outstanding Senior Award at SUNY Oswego, presented by the Oswego Alumni Association, at the college's Torchlight Ceremony preceding Commencement in May. She further received the Outstanding Business Student (John Parr) Award at SUNY Oswego's Honors Convocation.

As president of Omicron Delta Kappa, a leadership honor society, Hamann accepted the Region II SUNY Association of Council Members and College Trustees Student Initiative Award in recognition of Omicron Delta Kappa's "Take the Lead" program. She was active in several student organizations including WTOP student television and the Financial Management Association. She is a member of Vega, the women's honor society; three honor societies in the School of Business; and Phi Kappa Phi, an all-discipline honor society.

Among her many campus awards are the Edward Austin Sheldon Scholar Award, Maroney Family Newman Center Scholarship, Olive Brannan Spargo '31 Endowed Leadership Award and Charles Turner Graduate Award. She is the daughter of Joan and Roger Hamann.

Other Oswego recipients were Nicole Dean of Lansing, N.Y.; Adam King of Houston, Texas; Courtney Lupton of Central Square, N.Y.; and Joshua Valentino of Mexico, N.Y.

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.

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Below is a link to an online gallery of the photos of award recipients with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher; on page 9 are Oswego's recipients with Oswego's Associate Dean of Students Kathy Evans.

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2656296/1/ChancellorsAwards2011?h=2fd6aa