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MCC Daily Tribune

Six MCC Tribunes Among Students Honored with Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence and Leadership

On May 20, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson announced 213 students from across the state were honored with the 2020 Chancellor's Award for Excellence. Among the honorees are the six outstanding MCC students listed below:

  • Hillary Beaver (Dental Hygiene)
  • Cielos Bernardez-Martinez (Liberal Arts-General Studies)
  • William "Liam" Golden (Liberal Arts-General Studies)
  • Bridget Herald (Addictions Counseling)
  • Oksana Vysochanska (Engineering Science)
  • Alec Waight-Morabito (Liberal Arts-General Studies)

In place of the annual in-person ceremony, Chancellor Johnson and campuses are recognizing their achievements via a virtual video celebration to be shared with families, campus presidents, staff, and faculty. Highlights of each of the students are included on pages 16 and 17 of the award celebration's program.

"SUNY's Chancellor's Award for Excellence winners are the champions of their campuses, each showing a tireless devotion to their academics and extracurricular pursuits, as well as their care for their fellow students as mentors and leaders," said SUNY Chancellor Johnson. "They are inspiring, and I have high expectations for how they will contribute to our society as we rebound from this current pandemic that separates us today."

The Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence was created in 1997 to recognize students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, campus involvement, or career achievement.

Each year, SUNY campus presidents establish a selection committee, which reviews the accomplishments of exemplary students. Nominees are then forwarded to the Chancellor's Office for a second round of review. Finalists are then recommended to the Chancellor to become recipients of the award.

Please join MCC in congratulating our inspiring students, Hillary, Cielos, Liam, Bridget, Oksana and Alec. They are a source of pride for all of us.

Rosanna Yule
Government and Community Relations
05/21/2020