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Spring Commencement Awards and Speakers

The names of the Student Speaker and individuals receiving awards will be announced prior to Spring Commencement 2008.

Previous Commencement Speakers and Honorees

Student Speakers
Winter 2007 Sheena Marie Garrant '07, South Glens Falls, B.S., Magna Cum Laude
Spring 2007 Megan A. Jensen '07, Plattsburgh, B.S., Summa Cum Laude
Winter 2006 RuthAnn Skowronek '06, Readington, N.J., B.A., Summa Cum Laude
Spring 2006 Jaclyne D. Demarse-Marcil '06, Plattsburgh, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
Jannel R. Gabriel '06, St. Lucia, B.S., Magna Cum Laude
Winter 2005 Hira Shafqat '05, Karachi Pakistan, B.S., Magna Cum Laude
Spring 2005 Marvelle C. Roberts '05, Dominica, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
Victoria L. Lu '05, Taipei, Taiwan, B.S., Cum Laude
Baier Rakowski '05, Riverhead, N.Y., B.S., Magna Cum Laude
Winter 2004 Esther Robinson '05, Commonwealth of Dominica, B.S.
Spring 2004 Ashley R. Gambino '04, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., B.S., Summa Cum Laude
Winter 2003 Nazia Habib '03, Dhaka, Bangladesh, B.S., Magna Cum Laude
Spring 2003 James W. Leary III '03, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., B.S., Summa Cum Laude
Gerald Tan Yu Liang '03, Penang, Malaysia, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
SUNY Honorary Degree Recipients
Winter 2007 William "Bill" McKibben, Environmentalist, Author - Doctor of Humane Letters
Spring 2006 Ronald B. Stafford, Former N.Y.S. Senator - Doctor of Laws (Posthumously)
Dr. John Grant III '82, Mars Exploration Rover Mission Scientist - Doctor of Science
Winter 2005 David H. Levy, Astronomer, Author - Doctor of Science
Spring 2004 Nancy Koningisor Kress '69, Author - Doctor of Humane Letters
Spring 2003 Jon Isherwood, Artist, Sculptor - Doctor of Fine Arts
Raghida Dergham '73, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al-Hayat - Doctor of Letters
Distinguished Service Award
Spring 2007 Trent L. Trahan '70, Chazy, N.Y.
Dr. Douglas Skopp, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of History/College Historian
Spring 2006 Arnold A. Amell '53, Scotia, N.Y.
Spring 2005 C. Thomas "Chip" Cummings '56, Putnam Station, N.Y.
Spring 2004 Robert Garrow '52 G'59, Morrisonville, N.Y.
John Clark, Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Spring 2003 John C. Egan, Slingersland, N.Y.
Distinguished Alumni Award
Spring 2007 Kevin P. and Jo Ann (Murtha) Romano '87/'85, Franklin Lakes, N.J.
Spring 2006 Dr. Susan Bauer-Wu '83, Brookline, Mass.
Spring 2005 Robert and Jane (Serencsics) Stagno '81/'81, Redmond, Washington
Spring 2004 Xu Xi (a.k.a. Sussy Komala) '74, Morrisonville, N.Y.
Spring 2003 David and Susan (Mortensen) Zebro '72/'72, East Amherst, N.Y.

Contact Information

For more information about Spring Commencement at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:

Office of the President
159 Hawkins Hall
518-564-2010 (phone)
518-564-3932 (fax)
Email: president_office@plattsburgh.edu

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