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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The
Biology Department
faculty of the SUNY College at Oneonta honored several students for
outstanding scholarship at a gathering on campus on April 7.
Adrian Sullivan of Yonkers received the Jan Kee Ang Memorial Award for
his outstanding academic performance as a senior biology major. Samantha
Kamp, a freshman biology major from Bainbridge, received the 2007-2008 Jan
Kee Ang Scholarship.
The award and the scholarship are presented in memory of SUNY-Oneonta
faculty member Jan Kee Ang, who is remembered as a superb and dedicated
teacher. Following his death in 1975, his colleagues endowed an award to
honor outstanding biology majors. The scholarship was established by Ang's
family.
Elizabeth Beliveau, a junior from Putnam Valley, received the Corning
Award for Excellence in Microbiology. The award is supported by Corning
Incorporated of Oneonta.
The 2007-2008 Biology Scholarship Award was presented to Julie Anna
Sosenko, a sophomore biology major from Johnson City.
The John G. New Scholarship--established by alumni, colleagues, and
family members in memory of the late professor of biology--went to two
juniors majoring in environmental sciences with an environmental biology
concentration: Matthew Jones of Unadilla and Karen Prime of Greenwich.
The Biological Field
Station's summer internship was awarded to John Denby, a senior from
East Setauket majoring in environmental sciences with an environmental
biology concentration.
The SUNY College at Oneonta, which enrolls over 5,800 students, is a
liberal arts college with a pre-professional focus. Established as a state
normal school in 1889 and incorporated as a founding member of the state
university system in 1948, the College is well known for its outstanding
faculty, strong academic programs, community service and character-building
activities, and scenic campus.
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