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Peter and Marguerite Kane Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship in Communication

Peter and Marguerite Kane Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship in Communication

Dr. Peter Kane and Mrs. Marguerite Kane established and endowed their scholarship to support graduate education in communication at SUNY Brockport by recognizing an outstanding student in the program. Dr. Kane joined the Brockport faculty in 1968 to create the...

Pettis Pools Entrepreneurship Award

Pettis Pools Entrepreneurship Award

Pettis Pools has endowed the Pettis Pools Entrepreneurship Awards to recognize business students who are interested in launching entrepreneurial ideas through their studies within the School of Business and Management at SUNY Brockport. The fund honors the memory of...

P. Gibson Ralph Technical Theatre Scholarship

P. Gibson Ralph Technical Theatre Scholarship

Supporting her interest in theatre design and technology, P. Gibson Ralph established a scholarship in the Department of Theatre at SUNY Brockport. The P. Gibson Ralph Technical Theatre Scholarship recognizes an outstanding student at the College who demonstrates the...

Phyllisa McEwan '06 Prize

Phyllisa McEwan '06 Prize

Virginia Bacheler, associate professor emerita in communication, established the Phyllisa McEwan ’06 Prize to honor the memory of Ms. McEwan by recognizing an outstanding student in the Department of Communication at SUNY Brockport. Phyllisa McEwan was an adult...

Precision Optical Transceivers Scholarship in Business

Precision Optical Transceivers Scholarship in Business

Precision Optical Transceivers and Todd Davis, the company’s chief executive officer, established the Precision Optical Transceivers Scholarship in Business at SUNY Brockport to recognize outstanding students in Brockport’s School of Business and...

President Albert W. and Marjorie H. Brown

President Albert W. and Marjorie H. Brown

President emeritus Albert W. Brown, PhD, and Mrs. Marjorie Brown, established the President Albert W. and Marjorie H. Brown Scholarship at SUNY Brockport to provide scholarships for Honors College students. This scholarship also honors the memory of Albert’s mother,...

Pylyshenko Family Endowment for International Studies

Pylyshenko Family Endowment for International Studies

A fund established by emeriti faculty Wolodymyrn (Mirko) and Irma Pylyshenko recognizes an international graduate student annually who is studying at SUNY Brockport in either Dance or FIne Arts. A native of the Ukraine, Mr. Pylyshenko came to the United States after...

Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award

Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award

Rose L. Strasser, professor emerita and founder of the Department of Dance at SUNY Brockport established the Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award at the College to recognize the department and its co-founder, Irma Pylyshenko. Ms. Strasser earned her bachelor’s...

Racheal Wood Scholarship for Nursing

Racheal Wood Scholarship for Nursing

U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Racheal Wood ’05 established the Rachael Wood Scholarship for Nursing in the Department of Nursing at SUNY Brockport to recognize an outstanding student in the department who demonstrates the potential for excellence and commitment in a...

Ralph P. and Elizabeth B. Gennarino Scholarship

Ralph P. and Elizabeth B. Gennarino Scholarship

Dr. Ralph P. and Dr. Elizabeth B. Gennarino established a scholarship at SUNY Brockport to support a qualified student in any academic program. Dr. Ralph Gennarino, emeritus vice president for Educational Services at Brockport, earned his bachelor’s degree from SUNY...

Ray DiPasquale Student Life Award

Ray DiPasquale Student Life Award

The staff of the Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Division established the Ray DiPasquale Student Life Award at SUNY Brockport to honor Mr. DiPasquale’s commitment to students by recognizing a student who is actively involved on campus or with a student...

Raymond C. Shaheen Award in Business

Raymond C. Shaheen Award in Business

Rochester business owner and active supporter of SUNY Brockport, Raymond C. Shaheen established the Raymond C. Shaheen Award in Business to promote academic excellence in the School of Business and Management by recognizing students who have demonstrated an interest...

Reading Educator Emeriti Scholarship

Reading Educator Emeriti Scholarship

Four reading faculty emeriti established the Reading Educator Emeriti Scholarship to support the teaching of literacy within the Department of Education and Human Development at SUNY Brockport. The four are Thelma Vinal Brown, associate professor emerita; Mary I....

Richard and Ronni Zusman Scholarship

Richard and Ronni Zusman Scholarship

Dr. Richard ’66 and Ronni ’68 Zusman established the Richard and Ronni Zusman Scholarship at SUNY Brockport to support a student who is a resident of the State of Massachusetts before attending the College. Dr. Zusman earned a master’s degree at SUNY Albany in...

Richard J. and Joan S. Fenton Scholarship

Richard J. and Joan S. Fenton Scholarship

Emeritus professor Dr. Richard Fenton and Mrs. Joan Fenton established the Richard J. and Joan S. Fenton scholarship at SUNY Brockport to support an undergraduate student who is planning a career in education. Dr. and Mrs. Fenton were both teachers. Mrs. Fenton...

Richard L. and Richard P. Canuteson Award

Richard L. and Richard P. Canuteson Award

The family of Dr. Richard L. Canuteson, emeritus professor of education, established a scholarship at SUNY Brockport in his memory in 1979. His son and namesake, Richard P. Canuteson, was added to the award’s title in 2001 to recognize love of learning and support...

Rick Woodson Journalism Scholarship

Rick Woodson Journalism Scholarship

Rick Woodson was a recognized sports writer, columnist, and newspaper editor who became an adjunct faculty member in journalism at SUNY Brockport for 11 years before he retired in 2012. When he began teaching at Brockport, Mr. Woodson had already received more than...

R, Mark and Robert M. Fenton Scholarship in Arts for Children

R, Mark and Robert M. Fenton Scholarship in Arts for Children

Emeritus professor Richard J. Fenton, PhD, and Mrs. Joan Fenton, MS ’79, endowed the R. Mark and Robert M. Fenton Scholarship in Arts for Children to honor their sons, Mark and Robert, by recognizing an outstanding Arts for Children student at SUNY Brockport. Dr....

Robert E. Hall Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics

Robert E. Hall Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics

Dr. Robert E. Hall, a native of New Castle, PA, began his career at SUNY Brockport in 1969. He was a faculty member in the former Department of Mathematics and Computer Science until his passing in 1986. In recognition of his dedication as a teacher of mathematics...

Robert J. and Nancy B. Marino Business Leader Scholarship

Robert J. and Nancy B. Marino Business Leader Scholarship

Robert J. and Nancy B. Marino established their scholarship at SUNY Brockport to recognize two academically-successful students annually. Recipients of the Marino Business Leader Scholarship must combine a strong work ethic and the potential for excellence for...

Robert R. Griswold History Award

Robert R. Griswold History Award

The colleagues and friends of Dr. Robert R. Griswold at SUNY Brockport honored his memory with a scholarship in his name that recognizes an outstanding junior or senior student in the Department of History at the college. Dr. Griswold was a professor of history at...

Rochester West Central Kiwanis Club

Rochester West Central Kiwanis Club

The Rochester West Central Kiwanis Club established a scholarship at SUNY Brockport to recognize students who have demonstrated academic success and leadership through service in their high school careers. Rochester West Central Kiwanis is a chapter of Kiwanis...

Rose and Earl Ingersoll Scholarship

Rose and Earl Ingersoll Scholarship

Mrs. Mary ’61/’67 and Dr. Earl Ingersoll established the Rose and Earl Ingersoll Scholarship at SUNY Brockport to demonstrate their long-term commitment to education. The scholarship honors the memory of Rose and Earl Ingersoll, parents of Dr. Ingersoll,...

Rose L. Strasser Dance Award

Rose L. Strasser Dance Award

Emerita professor Rose L. Strasser, founder of the Department of Dance at SUNY Brockport, established this scholarship in her name to recognize high achievement by an entering or continuing student in the dance department. Ms. Strasser first came into contact with...

Ross Vasta Memorial Scholarship

Ross Vasta Memorial Scholarship

Family and friends of Dr. Ross F. Vasta established the scholarship in his memory to recognize an outstanding student in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Brockport. Acknowledged as a gifted teacher and an outstanding scholar, Dr. Vasta taught at Brockport for 26...

Roy and Helen Doody Scholarship in Business

Roy and Helen Doody Scholarship in Business

Joseph ’74 and Margaret Doody established the Roy and Helen Doody Scholarship in Business at SUNY Brockport in honor of his mother Helen and in memory of his beloved father Roy. This scholarship recognizes Brockport students in the School of Business and Management...

Ruth A. Garis Scholarship

Ruth A. Garis Scholarship

Family and friends of Associate Professor Emerita Ruth A. Garis created a scholarship in her name at SUNY Brockport to recognize demonstrated excellence in an outdoor activity by a student with junior standing who is pursuing teacher certification in physical...

Ruth Donahue Maurer '53 Scholarship

Ruth Donahue Maurer '53 Scholarship

Mr. James Maurer established the Ruth Donahue Maurer ’53 Scholarship at SUNY Brockport to honor his late wife, her love of Brockport, and her teaching career in the Greece Central School District by recognizing an outstanding English major who is pursuing a teaching...

Sabina Kutolowski Scholarship

Sabina Kutolowski Scholarship

Dr. John Kutolowski and Dr. Kathleen Kutolowski, professors emeriti from the Department of History at SUNY Brockport, established the Sabina Kutolowski Scholarship in memory of his mother to recognize an outstanding incoming student at the College who exhibits a...

Salahuddin and Sarwat Malik History Scholarship

Salahuddin and Sarwat Malik History Scholarship

Dr. Salahuddin Malik, a retired professor in the Department of History at SUNY Brockport, established a scholarship in his name and that of his late wife, Sarwat, to recognize an outstanding student in the department. A member of the Brockport faculty for more than...