SUNY Cortland

There were 29 students honored with SUNY Cortland's Part-time Student Award for Academic Achievement during the Fall 2024 semester. The honor recognizes academic excellence among part-time undergraduate students.

There are 1,051 SUNY Cortland students who earned President's List honors for the Fall 2024 semester. To qualify for the President's List, students must earn a grade of A- or better in each of their classes while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

There were 2,971 students recognized for academic excellence on the SUNY Cortland Dean's List for the Fall 2024 semester. The Dean's List is the highest ranking for undergraduate students in their respective academic areas of the university. Students must earn a minimum 3.3 grade point average for the semester to make the list. Each of SUNY Cortland's three schools publishes its own Dean's List. They are the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Professional Studies and the School of Education.

Twenty SUNY Cortland students were recently elected as members of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

The 9th annual Michael J. Bond '75, M.D. Alumni/Undergraduate Research Science Symposium featured two students chosen to deliver the event's William C. Baerthlein '76, M.D. Student Presenter lectures. The symposium was created to connect Cortland undergraduates and faculty with alumni researchers, demonstrating that important science careers are launched from SUNY Cortland with the experience gained through undergraduate research.

The 9th annual Michael J. Bond '75, M.D. Alumni/Undergraduate Research Science Symposium included a record 29 poster presentations by students with majors that included geology, biology, chemistry, psychology and physics. The symposium was created to connect Cortland undergraduates and faculty with alumni researchers, demonstrating that important science careers are launched from SUNY Cortland with the experience gained through undergraduate research.

There were 2,434 students recognized for academic excellence on the SUNY Cortland Dean's List for the Spring 2024 semester. The Dean's List is the highest ranking for undergraduate students in their respective academic areas of the university. Students must earn a minimum 3.3 grade point average for the semester to make the list. Each of SUNY Cortland's three schools publishes its own Dean's List. They are the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Professional Studies and the School of Education.

There are 710 SUNY Cortland students who earned President's List honors for the Spring 2024 semester. To qualify for the President's List, students must earn a grade of A- or better in each of their classes while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

There are 43 students who were honored with SUNY Cortland's Part-time Student Award for Academic Achievement during the Spring 2024 semester. The honor recognizes academic excellence among part-time undergraduate students.

Forty-five SUNY Cortland transfer students were inducted into Tau Sigma National Honor Society on Monday, April 1. Tau Sigma, including its SUNY Cortland Pi chapter, is an academic honor society designed to recognize and promote the academic excellence and involvement of transfer students. To qualify, students must have transferred to SUNY Cortland from another academic institution with at least one full year's academic credits satisfied and must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 after earning 12 or more credits at Cortland.

This spring, 49 SUNY Cortland students were honored during the university's 39th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet for the integral leadership roles they've had on campus. The event recognizes student leaders for their outstanding service and commitment to the school and community.

SUNY Cortland's chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, welcomed 14 students as new members on April 17.

Three SUNY Cortland seniors will receive the SUNY Chancellor's Award - the highest student honor presented by New York's public university system - at a ceremony to be held April 11 in Albany, N.Y. The Chancellor's Awards are given each year to students from SUNY's 64 campuses who have demonstrated academic excellence while balancing leadership roles, campus involvement, community service and achievements in the arts, athletics or career-related pursuits.

Seventeen students representing nine student organizations spoke with New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado when he visited SUNY Cortland. While here, Delgado discussed the university's wide-ranging community service efforts and how the students can help inspire a new statewide initiative. The student input will help inform the early development of New York's Office of Service and Civic Engagement, a state office announced by Governor Kathy Hochul in January that Delgado is tasked with developing.

Twenty-six students earned SUNY Cortland's Part-time Student Award for Academic Achievement during the Fall 2023 semester. The honor recognizes academic excellence among part-time undergraduate students.

More than 2,800 students earned recognition for academic excellence on the SUNY Cortland Dean's List for the Fall 2023 semester. The Dean's List is the highest ranking for undergraduate students in their respective academic areas of the university. Students must earn a minimum 3.3 grade point average for the semester to make the list. Each of SUNY Cortland's three schools publishes its own Dean's List. They are the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Professional Studies and the School of Education.

A total of 814 SUNY Cortland students earned President's List honors for the Fall 2023 semester. To qualify for the President's List, students must earn a grade of A- or better in each of their classes while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

SUNY Cortland's football team made history when it won its first Division III football national championship at the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, in Salem, Virginia, on Dec. 15. The Red Dragons defeated North Central College (Ill.), the previously unbeaten top-ranked Division III team in the country and last year's national champion, in a game broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN+. Ranked 11th nationally in the final D3football.com poll before the playoffs, Cortland went 14-1 on the season and is the first school from New York state to win the Division III title game since 1991. Full coverage is available at cortlandreddragons.com.

Three SUNY Cortland students traveled to Cuba to present their undergraduate research efforts, marking the university's first student visits to the communist island nation since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cortland group flew to the country for the 2nd Cienfuegos International Scientific Convention at Cuba's Universidad de Cienfuegos. There, the students presented their Cortland research to a wider international audience.

Five SUNY Cortland students had a chance to strengthen their future career goals through a trip to the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) from Nov. 15 to 18 in Phoenix, Arizona. The visit to the conference, which supports historically excluded students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, was organized by the Cortland chapter of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program with help from the Cortland College Foundation, and was funded through a grant from The John Ben Snow Foundation.

SUNY Cortland's football team will make school history when it plays in its first-ever Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the Division III football national championship Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. on ESPNU and ESPN+. The Red Dragons will travel to Salem, Virginia, to take on North Central College (Ill.), the top-ranked Division III team in the country and last year's national champion. Ranked 11th nationally in the final D3football.com poll of the regular season, Cortland is 13-1 on the season and the first school from New York state to reach the Division III title game since 1991. Full coverage is available at cortlandreddragons.com.

Twenty-four SUNY Cortland students presented their original scientific research at the 8th annual Michael J. Bond '75, M.D. Alumni/Undergraduate Science Symposium. The event, which features seminars, research presentations, informal networking and student poster sessions, is a unique university tradition that brings students interested in science careers together with successful alumni scientists on the Cortland campus.

The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) recognized 278 SUNY Cortland student-athletes on its statewide 2022-23 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. Earning a place on the list required a minimum a 3.3 cumulative grade point average through the spring semester.

More than 950 students received bachelor's degrees from the State University of New York at Cortland this spring. "Commencement is a time of great pride on campus," university President Erik J. Bitterbaum said. "For students, their families, the faculty and for SUNY Cortland as an institution, it gives us all a wonderful sense of satisfaction to imagine the future accomplishments ahead of our graduates and to know they will make a positive difference in whatever endeavors they pursue."

More than 2,300 students earned recognition for academic excellence on the SUNY Cortland Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester. The Dean's List is the highest ranking for undergraduate students in their respective academic areas of the university. Students must earn a minimum 3.3 grade point average for the semester to make the list. Each of SUNY Cortland's three schools publishes its own Dean's List. They are the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Professional Studies and the School of Education.

A total of 696 SUNY Cortland students earned President's List honors for the Spring 2023 semester. To qualify for the President's List, students must earn a grade of A- or better in each of their classes while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more.

Three SUNY Cortland seniors recently earned the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence - the highest student honor presented by New York's public university system - at a ceremony held April 24 in Albany, N.Y. The Chancellor's Award is given each year to students from SUNY's 64 campuses who have demonstrated academic excellence while balancing leadership roles, campus involvement, community service and achievements in the arts, athletics or career-related pursuits.

Artwork from the creative minds of SUNY Cortland students was featured during Student Select 2023 at the Dowd Fine Arts Center's Dowd Gallery Hallway Gallery and Critiques Space. The annual free exhibition demonstrates the imagination, acquired skills and enthusiasm of art majors, nontraditional students and non-art majors alike, while letting participants share their creations in a gallery setting and learn about formal presentations.

Forty-eight students who played integral leadership roles on SUNY Cortland's campus were honored at the 38th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet on Thursday, April 20, 2023.

Eighty-four SUNY Cortland students received Kente stoles reflecting an African tradition of accomplishment and passage during the university's 21-year-old Kente Celebration on April 1. These symbols of honor will be worn during Commencement ceremonies this May. The Kente Celebration commemorates the rite of passage for scholars transitioning from institutions of higher learning to the next chapter of their lives. is an important experience for Cortland's multicultural students and their allies. Kente cloth is a traditional African weaving with colors and design that hold a specific meaning. Over time it has become an important symbol for African Americans, people of color in general, and their supporters to highlight their achievements and connection to the first learning centers of the world in Africa.