Student Receives School of Education Scholarship at SUNY Geneseo

GENESEO, NY (12/01/2009)(readMedia)-- Ellen Mattison of South Glen Falls, N.Y., has received an Ella Cline Shear Endowed Scholarship at the State University of New York at Geneseo.  The $1,000 award is for the 2009-10 academic year.

Geneseo's School of Education is named in honor of Shear, a 1935 Geneseo graduate, whose substantial endowment gift to the college made the scholarships possible. Ellen, a junior at Geneseo, is the daughter of David and Stacey Mattison.

SUNY Geneseo is a public liberal arts college recognized nationally for excellence in undergraduate education and for its professional and master's level programs.