Locals: People and Businesses in the News: January 25, 2024
STUDENTS AWARDED: Trang Nguyen, Gabriella Ragozzine, and Graham Wooden of Oneonta and Camilla Tabor of Cooperstown were among the 60 SUNY Oneonta students receiving the Richard Siegfried Student Award in the fall 2023 semester for earning a total GPA of 3.9 or higher. To be eligible for the award, a student who meets the GPA requirement must either be a full-time first-year or transfer student. Students received the award on December 5, following the annual Richard Siegfried Junior Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence Lecture. Dr. Matthew Unangst, assistant professor of history at SUNY Oneonta, was this year’s Junior Faculty Prize recipient. He delivered this year’s Richard Siegfried Lecture, titled “Then is Now: History as Politics in Germany, Tanzania, and Beyond,” in the Morris Conference Center on campus. The award is named in memory of Richard K. Siegfried, SUNY Oneonta professor of theatre from 1958 until 1995. Professor Siegfried (or Sieg, as generations of students fondly called him) epitomized excellence in his academic life, through imagination, meticulous scholarship and discipline, and through his expectation of the same pursuit of excellence in his students and colleagues.
MOUSSA EXCELS: Joseph James Moussa of Oneonta excelled during the fall 2023 semester at Hofstra University, achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 to earn a spot on the Dean’s List. Joseph James’s major is undecided-liberal arts and sciences.
CLERK CERTIFICATION: The New York State Association of City and Village Clerks announced last month that Jenna L. Utter, Village of Cooperstown village clerk, has earned the certification of Registered Municipal Clerk. The RMC program is administered by the NYSACVC in conjunction with the New York State Town Clerks Association. The RMC was established in 1997 to recognize the educational and professional accomplishments in the profession of municipal clerk. The program serves to promote the continued education of municipal clerks to enable them to better serve their boards and community. The program’s standards have been developed to strike a balance that allows all clerks to attain certification while meeting standards that support the integrity and credibility of a statewide professional accreditation program. The overall goal of the RMC program is to aid municipal clerks in improving job performance, while recognizing the professionalism of the municipal clerk’s office. “The NYSACVC applauds Jenna Utter for demonstrating a commitment to public service and the pursuit of continuing education,” officials said in a press release.
DEAN’S DESIGNEES: Maura Buck of Richfield Springs and Maya Powers of Worcester were named to the Elmira College Dean’s List for Academic Achievement for the fall 2023 term. The Dean’s List recognizes full-time undergraduate students who were registered for at least 12 computable credit hours and who earned a term grade point average of 3.6 or higher.
CV-S STANDOUT: Jaelyn Jaquay of Cherry Valley, a graduate of Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School majoring in communication sciences and disorders, has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester at Baldwin Wallace University, according to Provost Stephen D. Stahl. The Dean’s List recognizes students who earn a grade point average of 3.8 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more graded hours during the semester.
SEASONAL SONGSTERS: Milford Central School SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) members shared holiday cheer on December 22 by delivering singing telegrams to K-12 students. Pictured at right are eleventh-grader Aidan McWaters, SADD vice-president, third-grader Cora Stringer and senior Jack Yorke, SADD president. “It’s a great way to…reconnect with an old tradition that shows people you care,” said Yorke.
COOPERSTOWN KUDOS: “Travel + Leisure” magazine recently featured Cooperstown in its “Trip Ideas” section, calling it an “Upstate New York gem” and “the perfect small-town getaway.” The article includes input from Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard owner Bill Michaels and former mayor Jeff Katz, and offers tips on hotels and resorts, things to do, restaurants, shopping, the best time to visit, and more. The full article can be found at https://www.travelandleisure.com/cooperstown-new-york-travel-guide-8422702.
PRESIDENTIAL PICK: Mikaila Marie Flavell of Otego, a senior majoring in software engineering, was named a Presidential Scholar for the fall 2023 semester at Clarkson University. Presidential Scholars must achieve a minimum 3.80 grade-point average and carry at least 14 credit hours.
DEAN’S DISTINCTION: Matthew Michael Huestis of Fly Creek, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester at Clarkson University. Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.
SNHU STARS: Amanda Plows of Hartwick and Wyatt Thurber of Richmondville have been named to the Southern New Hampshire University fall 2023 Dean’s List. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.
