SUNY Cortland

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 900 students received bachelor's degrees from the State University of New York at Cortland this spring. President Erik J. Bitterbaum congratulated them during Cortland's Commencement weekend in May, noting their determination in the face of COVID-19. "Your college experience was, in many ways, shaped by a pandemic that changed how we learned, taught and lived as a community," Bitterbaum told them. "Time and time again you rose to the challenge. You were innovators, even when it was not easy. Most of all, you persevered."