Rose L. Strasser Dance Award

This fund was established by Rose L. Strasser, Emeritus Professor (1946-1970) and founder of the Dance Department at SUNY Brockport, to further the study of Dance at Brockport and recognize high achievement to an entering or continuing student in the Department of Dance.

Rose Strasser came to Brockport in 1946, just after WWII, when we were still a very small teachers college. A member of the physical education staff, her passion and focus was on dance. At that time, however, as a teachers college, faculty and programs were lumped into several large units, and there was no separate dance department. Over the years, Rose Strasser continued to add to and raise the prominence of dance at Brockport, leaving a remarkable legacy.

Eligible students must

1. Be an incoming freshman who has demonstrated exceptional ability in Dance during their first year of study in the Department of Dance at Brockport OR be a returning second year student who has demonstrated exceptional ability during the freshman year.
2. Demonstrate a high level of academic achievement or potential, artistic and creative ability in dance and promise as a performer or choreographer.

This scholarship will be credited to the recipient’s bill in the form of a non-tuition educational expense grant. It must be used for educational expenses and may not be received as cash.