On Point for College News Release: On Point For College Utica Students Awarded Highest Honors At College Graduations Across the State
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 - 09:59
Three OPFC Utica students received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence: Kumari Regmi, who just completed her Master’s in Family Nurse Practitioner at SUNY Poly; Mya Kyaw, who graduated from Mohawk Valley Community College with an Associate degree in biology in May; and Ifrah Hassan who completed her associate degree in liberal arts and math and science at Onondaga Community College in December and is now pursuing her bachelor’s at SUNY Binghamton. Less than 1 in every 2,400 students receives this highest SUNY system award. All honorees combined academic excellence with other accomplishments, including leadership, campus involvement, community service, and more.
OPFC Utica student Marquis Palmer spoke at commencement as the recipient of the top 2018 graduate award at Hamilton, the James Soper Merrill Prize, which is given to the student "who, in character and influence, has typified the highest ideals of the College." Marquis also received a Fulbright Scholarship to do research in Czechoslovakia and a Watkins Fellowship to do research around the world. OPFC Utica student grad Moo Taw was the student commencement speaker at Herkimer Community College. She will be attending the university of Albany in the Fall.
OPFC Utica student Marquis Palmer spoke at commencement as the recipient of the top 2018 graduate award at Hamilton, the James Soper Merrill Prize, which is given to the student "who, in character and influence, has typified the highest ideals of the College." Marquis also received a Fulbright Scholarship to do research in Czechoslovakia and a Watkins Fellowship to do research around the world. OPFC Utica student grad Moo Taw was the student commencement speaker at Herkimer Community College. She will be attending the university of Albany in the Fall.
On Point for College Utica Director Kevin Marken commented “We are so very proud of our OPFC Utica awardees, hundreds of OPFC grads from the Utica and Syracuse regions and all of the students who successfully completed their college education.”
On Point for College helps low-income traditional and non-traditional students overcome the barriers to higher education. We support our students from application through graduation and beyond, empowering them to fulfill their dreams and achieve their potential, benefiting both the individual and our community. The On Point for College Utica office is located at 500 Plant Street in Utica in the Plymouth Bethesda Cornerstone Church Building providing free college access and success services 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday.
The services provided by On Point for College Utica are made possible by the support of the wonderful community organizations including the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties (CFHOC), Inc., the Save of the Day Foundation, the M&T Bank Partners Trust Fund of the CFHOC, The United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, The City of Utica CDBG Program, The Gorman Foundation, The State of New York, Utica National Insurance Group Foundation, Adirondack Bank, McDonalds, the Bank of Utica Foundation, The Babenic Foundation, generous individual donors and supportive sponsors.
