Former president of SUNY Brockport, Dr. John R. Halstead and his wife Kathleen A. Halstead established the John R. Halstead Family Leadership in Higher Education Award to recognize an outstanding junior- or senior-level student who aspires to a career in student...

Before joining the faculty at Brockport Normal School in 1928, Josephine Mannix taught in rural western Pennsylvania. She came to Brockport as the second-grade critic teacher for the demonstration program of the Normal School. In 1944, she became an instructor when...

Dr. Joseph R. Kandor, a 39-year faculty member at The College of Brockport, influenced the counseling profession by educating future counselors and by serving in leadership roles in accrediting associations. He joined the faculty at Brockport in 1960 after receiving...

The Office of Residential Life/Learning Communities established an award to recognize the hard work and dedication of resident assistants at The College at Brockport in 2003. In 2011, the office renamed the award to honor Joseph S. Franek, Jr., who had served the...

Josh Silber ’93 established this award to recognize an outstanding student at The College at Brockport who demonstrates the potential for leadership while attending the College. During his time at Brockport, Mr. Silber was a member of the board of directors for the...

Recognizing journalism and broadcasting majors at SUNY Brockport, this award honors one junior and one senior in the department. The first scholarship is for a matriculated journalism and broadcasting student who has completed at least 12 academic hours with a better...

A native of Rochester, J. Scott Atkinson earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Roberts Wesleyan College, where he began his career. There, he worked in financial aid, residential life, conference services, and central administration. He then joined the...

Jerome Watts ’97, Ed.D., an avid sports enthusiast, established the Kanga Klothing/Watts Education Re-Enrollment Center Resilience Scholarship at SUNY Brockport to encourage students, especially Black males, to complete their degrees and become elementary school...

During the 18 years that Dr. Karen Schuhle-Williams served as executive director, Special Sessions and Programs, at The College at Brockport, she constantly advocated for older or non-traditional students. These students were working full-time, managing a family, or...

Katherine Murphy Parker represented service to The College at Brockport and to the local community. During her 23 years at the College, Mrs. Parker served as librarian to the Department of Art, where she established the slide library as one of its resources. She was...

The Kathleen Krebs Scholarship at SUNY Brockport was established in her memory by her spouse Mary Santoro to support counselor education students at The College at Brockport. The award recognizes a non-traditionally aged graduate student accepted into the Department...

David Ramirez established the Kathy J. McGrath Excellence in Service Memorial Scholarship to honor the memory of his late wife and the hard work, compassion, and dedication that she demonstrated in her life and as a social worker. This scholarship at SUNY Brockport...

Dr. Kempes Schnell was a member of the Department of History at The College at Brockport from 1963 to 1988. His colleagues noted that he was a superb scholar and superb teacher. The Kempes Schnell History Scholarship established in 1997 honors his involvement as a...

Volena Henningsen Howe ’65 established the Kerry Lynn Howe Memorial Scholarship at SUNY Brockport to honor the memory of her daughter. The scholarship recognizes an outstanding student at the college who is studying nursing, social work, or public health and health...

Shirley Aichel established the Kurt Williams Scholarship for Excellence in Reporting to honor the memory of her son, Kurt Williams, a member of the Class of 1994 at SUNY Brockport. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Williams served on the staff of The Stylus, where he developed...

Alyce M. Lampen ’34 established the Lathan H. and Alyce M. Lampen Award in memory of her husband to recognize a worthy undergraduate student continuing their studies at The College at Brockport. Mrs. Lampen was associate librarian at the College from 1961 to 1979 and...

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Arcarese established the Lawrence C. and Stasia J. Arcarese Scholarship at The College at Brockport to recognize a deserving undergraduate student. A member of the Brockport Class of 1952, Mr. Arcarese taught for three years with the Rochester...

Marguerite Hare Browne, Dr. Arthur M. Lee, and other friends established the Lea Cowles Masters Award in memory of Lea Agnes Boyle, an outstanding graduate from the Brockport Normal Class of 1917, to recognize a student teacher at the primary level whose performance...

Dr. Louis R. Desfosses enjoyed an education and consulting career that spanned 10 institutions in the United States and abroad before joining The College at Brockport faculty in 1979. A 1960 graduate of Villanova (PA) University, he earned his master’s degree in...

A graduate of The College at Brockport, Luisa Rios-Owens established a scholarship to recognize an outstanding, continuing student at the College who is majoring or minoring in Spanish. Ms. Rios-Owens believes in education for all and notes it is a privilege to help...

Dr. P. Michael Fox, associate professor of biology, who spent more than 20 years in academic administration at SUNY Brockport, established the Maggie Morgan Fox Award for Creativity in Poetry to honor his mother’s interest in poetry. Dr. Fox came to Brockport in the...

Established by friends of SUNY Brockport, the Make a Difference Scholarship recognizes outstanding incoming and current students who demonstrate a commitment for academic excellence and a need for financial assistance. Both undergraduate and graduate students are...

The Manning-Henderson Family Mathematics Education Scholarship honors the family of Associate Professor Carol Wade, PhD, and her husband Tim Wade by recognizing an outstanding student enrolled in the College at Brockport Mathematics Education program. Dr. Wade, a...

Dr. Roosevelt Mareus ’04 and his family established a scholarship to assist a SUNY Brockport undergraduate student, whose permanent residence is outside the United States, by supporting their studies at the college. A native of Haiti, Dr. Mareus immigrated to the...

Marguerite Hare Browne enjoyed a reputation as strong, wise, and caring, embodying the spirit of The College at Brockport. Peg – as her friends and colleagues knew her – was an innovative educator and contributor to the Brockport community. She graduated from...

Established by gifts from Marguerite Hare Browne and from her friends and colleagues to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Marguerite Hare Brown High School Senior Award, the Marguerite Hare Browne Scholarship at The College at Brockport is the fourth and final in...

The Marion D. Schrank Student Leadership Award is the pinnacle of student leadership awards at The College at Brockport. The recipient exemplifies integrity and civility, with a demonstrated desire to build a better community. The Schrank Student Leadership Award...

The Marion J. Wells Library Service Award recognizes a student of outstanding academic achievement who has consistently demonstrated exceptional work performance as an employee of the SUNY Brockport library. Friends and colleagues of Mrs. Wells established this award...

Marion R. Sortore, a native of Binghamton, joined the education faculty at The College at Brockport Campus School in 1944 as the primary level demonstration/supervising teacher. She had earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from New York University, and had...

Dr. Martin H. Rogers, emeritus professor, coach, and administrator at The College at Brockport, endowed this scholarship to recognize an outstanding student in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies. He was a 1935 graduate of Oberlin (OH) College where he...