{"id":55178,"date":"2014-04-28T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=55178"},"modified":"2014-04-27T10:24:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T14:24:33","slug":"local-college-students-receive-top-award-from-suny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=55178","title":{"rendered":"Local College Students Receive Top Award from SUNY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Watkins-dObdMqolSUaa8naW0jHOUA<\/a>Amanda Watkins poses with her award with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Morrisville State College President Dr. William J.Murabito.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\"Mirocco-14Qh3NWsZUm-r_g0BW7Edw<\/a>Daniel Mirocco poses with his award with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Morrisville State College President Dr. William J.Murabito.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0By Franci Valenzano, Public Relations Associate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Morrisville, NY \u2013 April 25, 2014) Morrisville State College students Daniel Mirocco of Morrisville, and Amanda Watkins of Cazenovia were recently honored with the SUNY Chancellor\u2019s Awards for Student Excellence.<\/p>\n

The prestigious award is based on outstanding academic and career achievement, as well as service and leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents honored with the Chancellor\u2019s Award for Excellence, truly embody the power of SUNY,\u201d said Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. \u201cAs proven leaders and role models, scholar athletes, creative artists, and civic volunteers, each student is recognized not just for academic achievement, but also for the profound impact they have on college campuses and local communities across New York State.\u201d<\/p>\n

A native of Stony Brook, Mirocco, an automotive technology bachelor degree major, served as president of the Morrisville State Automotive Club. During that time, he spearheaded numerous volunteer and fundraising efforts including the first annual Bouckville Classics Car Show and organized the club\u2019s 2013 trip to SEMA, the largest automotive trade show of its kind.\u00a0 He was also involved with reviving the club\u2019s \u201crat rod\u201d project and was part of the 2011 Syracuse Nationals Factory Five Build Team.<\/p>\n

Mirocco has received numerous accolades including the 2013 Green Grand Prix Doris Bovee Award at Watkins Glen International, the Albany Rodz and Kustoms Award for exemplary performance in the auto program, and the college\u2019s David Vokins Memorial Award in 2011 and 2013. Excelling academically, he was named to Omicron Delta Kappa, the national honor society for baccalaureate students, in addition to the President\u2019s and Dean\u2019s lists.<\/p>\n

An active member of the campus and community, he serves as a peer tutor for automotive and business courses at the Academic Enrichment Center and has volunteered at the Canine Classic for the Wanderer\u2019s Rest Humane Association, Community Bikes Program of Hamilton and participated in Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts on campus.<\/p>\n

A 2010 graduate of Ward Melville High School, he is the son of Andrea DeLong, of Morrisville, and Daniel Mirocco, of Stony Brook.<\/p>\n

An entrepreneurship and small business management bachelor degree student, Watkins\u2019 accomplishments leading to the Chancellor\u2019s Award include serving as president and state reporter of the Morrisville State Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, the Collegiate Division of the Future Business Leaders of America.<\/p>\n

She has been active on the Morrisville campus serving as a peer tutor in the Academic Enrichment Center and as a judge in the SkillsUSA competition. She has also participated in numerous campus and community service activities, including volunteering at the Madison County Winter Fest and the Morrisville Elementary School.<\/p>\n

A graduate of the Institute for Leaders at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference, Watkins\u00a0 placed second in the PBL Institute for Leader\u2019s Shark Tank competition, received the\u00a0Floyd L. Beebe Memorial Award for the 2013-2014 academic year\u00a0and was named to the Dean\u2019s and President\u2019s List.<\/p>\n

Named Student Intern Employee of the Month at the Institute for Veterans and Military families at Syracuse University where she is serving an internship, Watkins is also\u00a0co-founder of the Tully Community Youth Center and served on its executive board and board of directors.<\/p>\n

A 2008 graduate of Tully Junior-Senior High School, Watkins is the daughter of Cindy Watkins of Cazenovia and Andy Watkins, of Baldwinsville.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Watkins poses with her award with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Morrisville State College President Dr. William J.Murabito. \u00a0   Daniel Mirocco poses with his award with SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Morrisville State College President Dr. William J.Murabito. \u00a0By Franci Valenzano, Public Relations Associate (Morrisville, NY \u2013 April 25, 2014) Morrisville State College […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-elY","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}