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Cheryl Kavanagh Receives Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

Suffolk County Community College student from Holbrook honored.

Holbrook’s Cheryl Kavanagh, a student from Suffolk County Community College’s Ammerman Campus in Selden, recently received a 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence from the State University of New York and a Phi Theta Kappa Award from the national honor society for community colleges.

The awards were presented during a ceremony held at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. In all, more than 300 students from SUNY’s 64 campuses throughout the state were honored with the 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. SUNY and CUNY students also received awards from Phi Theta Kappa.

The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence was created in 1997 to recognize students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, campus involvement, or career achievement.

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“The students we honor today have taken full advantage of the academic and extracurricular programs that SUNY provides both in the classroom and in the community,” said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. “These proven leaders, athletes, artists, and civic volunteers truly represent the power of SUNY. I congratulate all of the students being recognized today and thank them for the positive impact each has had on New York State, our university system, and the communities we serve.”


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