Hauppauge Resident Lauded by SUNY Chancellor

Joan Rosenthal, of Hauppauge, was one of 14 Stony Brook University students with the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

Rosenthal is an honors college student majoring in history. She is a Teach for America 2013 Corps member, a volunteer at Parents for Megan’s Law/Crime Victims Center, a viola teacher and violist for the Stony Brook University Orchestra. Rosenthal served as an e-intern for USAID Rwanda Education for the US Department of State, interned for the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, and worked as an assistant to the librarian-archivist at the Smithtown Library District.

The students were presented with the award, designed to recognize students with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts, campus involvement or career achievements, on April 4 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.

“The students we honor today have strong records of achievement as student leaders, scholar athletes, aspiring artists and community volunteers,” Zimpher said. “By exhibiting excellence in class, on campus and in their local communities, these students truly represent the power of SUNY, and we honor them with great pride. Congratulations to all the students being recognized today.”

Honorees include students from the University Scholars Program and honor students with major in everything from English to Mechanical Engineering.

“I am incredibly proud of our students who have won SUNY’s highest student honor,” said Charles Robbins, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Stony Brook University. “We submitted 14 nominations and all were selected."

The 14 students honored are:

• Michael Saccomanno
• Kirolos Ibrahim
• Saira Afzal
• Steven Licardi
• Daniel Jones
• Robert Drago
• Rachel Jaffe
• Karthik Rao
• Kevin Sackel
• Briana Locicero
• Katherine Chu
• Joan Rosenthal
• Samuel Rosner
• Alexandra Santiago