Myles Moore of Mahopac Receives SUNY Oneonta Award for Academic Excellence

ONEONTA, NY (11/04/2011)(readMedia)-- Myles Moore of Mahopac, N.Y., received a scholarship award during the SUNY Oneonta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Majors Night on Oct. 20.

Moore, a water resources major, was selected by the department's faculty to receive the Steve Kluge Earth Science Scholarship. This scholarship was established in honor of Kluge, a two-time recipient of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award and a 1990 finalist for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. Since his retirement, Kluge has played a prominent role on the national level in geoscience education, including collaborating with SUNY Oneonta faculty on a successful grant from the National Science Foundation.

The scholarship was presented as part of the 35th annual Majors' Night, during which alumni of the department's programs return to campus to discuss their careers and offer advice to current students.

The SUNY Oneonta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science offers some of the college's fastest-growing programs. In the past two years, the number of students pursuing majors in earth science, environmental science, geology, meteorology, water resources and earth science education increased by 45 percent.