Troy resident Adam Wolfe at SUNY Oswego earns Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

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OSWEGO, NY (04/17/2012)(readMedia)-- Adam Wolfe of Troy, an honors program dual major in journalism and economics at SUNY 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 257 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 2011 and May 2012 were eligible. SUNY Chancellor's Award recipients were honored in an April 4 ceremony in Albany.

Editor-in-chief of The Oswegonian student-run weekly newspaper and chief justice of the Student Association, Wolfe is a board member of Auxiliary Services, former Student Association senator and tutor for students in economics courses. Wolfe has won top awards in economics and in the journalism program.

He also served as an environmental reporter for WRVO-FM, performed with an improvisational comedy troupe, wrote a comprehensive survey of Student Association legislation since the 1960s and assisted three journalism faculty members in research about domestic violence coverage.

Other Oswego recipients were Earl Bellinger of Schenectady, Rob Kronen of Cato, Amy LaLonde of Dryden and Eric Wojtanik of Eden.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News named it among the "Top Public Regional Universities in the North" for 2012, the Princeton Review and USA Today named SUNY Oswego to their 2012 list of 150 "best value" colleges and universities in the nation, and the Princeton Review included Oswego in its 2012 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges."

A 151-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls more than 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.