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More than 200 SUNY Oneonta students and faculty were honored for academic excellence at the annual Susan Sutton Smith Lecture and Award Reception on April 9.
![Chancellors Award for Student Excellence 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/news_teaser/public/uploads/2024-04/2024-chancellors-award-for-student-excellence-news-tile.jpg.webp?itok=t_jT5Hq5)
Three SUNY Oneonta students—Dasia Harrigan, Graham Wooden and Olivia Schuler—have been named 2024 recipients of the prestigious SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.
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Approximately 3,000 SUNY Oneonta students, staff and community members came together on Monday, April 8, to watch the highly anticipated total solar eclipse on campus.
![Museum Studies Student Creates Dinosaur Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/news_teaser/public/uploads/2024-04/calen-cavallaro-with-photo-of-dino-he-3d-printed-24.jpg.webp?itok=In4VSSVD)
Museum Studies graduate student Calen Cavallaro’s lifelong love of dinosaurs will reach new heights this summer, when the Museum of the Rockies opens a first-of-its kind Troodon exhibit that Cavallaro helped create during a summer internship.
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SUNY Oneonta has been awarded $706,455 in grant funding to provide local workforce training and fill a growing need for specially trained support professionals across Otsego County and the region.
![Spring Artist-In-Residence Natan Diacon-Furtado](/sites/default/files/styles/news_teaser/public/uploads/2024-03/slab-artist-in-residence-intern-natan-diacon-furtado-works-with-student-intern.jpg.webp?itok=ScoM_Ucv)
SUNY Oneonta’s second Artist-in-Residence program will culminate in two large multimedia installations on the glass windows of Fitzelle Hall and the exterior of the Fine Arts building.
Profiles
![Kento Igarashi](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2024-02/kento-igarashi-profile-24.jpg.webp?itok=rIOVw0vv)
During his sophomore year as an international student from Japan, Kento Igarashi transferred to SUNY Oneonta, discovered a passion for photography and landed a graphic design internship.
![Grace Tran](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2024-01/grace-tran-proflie-hs-24.jpg.webp?itok=h8emHKAD)
Grace Tran, a Media Studies major from Albany, NY, came to SUNY Oneonta undecided about her major and discovered Media Studies after joining the campus’s TV production club.
![Wilden Bruce](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2024-01/wilden-bruce-proflie-hs-24.jpg.webp?itok=OkMRMKov)
With a dual major in Communication Studies and Business Administration and a passion for the silver screen, Wilden Bruce is eager to pursue a career as a behind-the-scenes force in the movie industry, overseeing everything from securing funds to helping writers bring their vision to life.
![Victoria Villaverde](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2024-01/victoria-villaverde-proflie-hs-24.jpg.webp?itok=80J2gf-M)
Having left SUNY Oneonta in 2020 during the pandemic, Victoria Villaverde put her degree on hold and saw success as a drawing portrait artist, graphic designer and tattoo apprentice before returning to college in 2022.
![Marisa Codi](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2024-02/marisa-codi-profile-2024.jpg.webp?itok=2eCMxJDw)
Halfway through her college career, Marisa Codi was forced to rethink her path when the college she was attending, Cazenovia, closed. Transferring to SUNY Oneonta allowed her to continue her education seamlessly and find a new place to call home.
![Chung Wong](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2024-01/chung-wong-alumni-profile-2004-24_4.jpg.webp?itok=yDWIT4Ha)
Aerospace professional Chung Wong first discovered the world of physics inside the A.J. Read Science Discovery Center. Enrolling in SUNY Oneonta’s 3-2 Engineering Program gave him the tools and confidence to be successful and was “the best decision” he ever made.
![Hailee Steinberg](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2023-12/hailee-steinberg-profile-23.jpg.webp?itok=Lbb5b9u-)
"The classes I have loved are the ones where I get to be in the kitchen, the more hands-on classes and hospitality classes. I enjoyed Intro to Foods, and I loved Demos, and I liked learning the child psychology and interior design content, too."
![Morgan Whittington](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2023-12/morgan-whittington-student-profile-23.jpg.webp?itok=s1ZFVyZ3)
Having grown up in a household that valued environmental sustainability, Morgan Whittington came to SUNY Oneonta with one of her two majors already in mind. From camping trips to traveling across the United States visiting national parks, Whittington has been an “advocate for the planet” ever since she was a child.
![Clayton Davis](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2023-10/clayton-davis-hs-profile-23a.jpg.webp?itok=JI85qw_S)
Clayton Davis arrived at SUNY Oneonta with no art or design classes under his belt from high school. By the end of his junior year, he had taken on SUNY Oneonta as a client and designed 10 new banners that now hang on the exterior of the Fine Arts Center on campus.
![Fatoumata Ouattara Alumni Profile](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2023-09/fatoumata-ouattara-profile-23.jpg.webp?itok=3Uu4dtSM)
Growing up, Fatoumata Ouattara loved sports but didn’t realize that she could make a career out of them. Majoring in Sport Management and Communication at Oneonta, she learned the ins and outs of the industry and gained leadership and event-planning skills with her sorority, club rugby team, and as an RA. As Associate Director of Program, School & Community for Special Olympics New York, she is now sharing her passion and encouraging others to do the same.
![Juan Cirilo](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2023-06/juan-cirilo-profile-hs-2023.jpg.webp?itok=Nk12Y0PG)
Juan Cirilo, a Computer Science major, threw himself into new experiences at SUNY Oneonta, ranging from joining the Mountain Biking Club to landing a part in “Evil Dead: The Musical.”
![Sarah Faulisi](/sites/default/files/styles/860_x_500_scale_and_crop/public/uploads/2023-06/sarah-faulisi-profile-hs-2023.jpg.webp?itok=LwzblyY9)
With a passion for fitness and working with people, Sarah Faulisi transferred to SUNY Oneonta to study Exercise Science and Sport Management.
Majors and Programs
Liberal Arts and Business
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Liberal Arts and Business
- Professional Accounting
- Africana and Latinx Studies
- Art and Design
- Business Administration
- Communication Studies
- Digital and Studio Art
- Economics
- English
- French and Francophone Studies
- History
- International Studies
- Media Studies
- Music
- Music Industry
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Spanish
- Theatre
- Women's and Gender Studies
Sciences
Education, Human Ecology, and Sports Studies
Graduate School
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Graduate School
- Biology MS
- Museum Studies MA
- Lake Management MS
- Nutrition and Dietetics MS - ONLINE
- Educational Technology Specialist (K-12) MSEd - ONLINE
- Literacy Education MSEd - ONLINE
- School Counselor (K-12) MSEd
- Special Education MSEd or MST
- School Counselor Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) - ONLINE
- Bilingual Education Advanced Certificate Program - ONLINE
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Fast Facts
Location
SUNY Oneonta is located in Central New York in the city of Oneonta (pop. 14,000),
about halfway between Albany and Binghamton.
about halfway between Albany and Binghamton.
Retention
Freshman-to-sophomore retention rate: 72.50%
Graduation Rate
Six-year graduation rate: 77%