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Lindsay King
  • global and international studies
  • Class of 2014
  • Troy, NY

Lindsay King receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence

2014 Apr 10

Lindsay King of Troy, a SUNY Oswego senior and dual major in global and international studies and in communication and social interaction, has received the 2014 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, the highest student recognition through the State University system.

The award, presented April 2 in a ceremony in Albany, honors students who have best demonstrated and been recognized for their integration of academic excellence with other aspects of their lives, which may include leadership, campus involvement, athletics, career achievement, community service or creative and performing arts.

Recipient of CAPA's Jose Ramon Perez International Beijing Scholarship, King served as an international marketing intern for the Great Wall Club in that Chinese city. She also had study-abroad experiences in Istanbul and Havana.

She interned for U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Dan Maffei. King has volunteered as a peer mentor for first-year students, teaching assistant, study-abroad mentor and intern for Admissions open houses. She is a member of the Vega and Phi Beta Delta honor societies.

"I'm currently in the process of applying to law school. Ultimately, my goal is to work in legislation or government affairs," King said.

Four other SUNY Oswego students joined King as recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence: Larissa Assam of Douala, Cameroon; Kyle Brayton of Fulton, Nicole Leader of Baldwinsville and Rhiannon Peshniak of Hopewell Junction.

About SUNY Oswego

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2014, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2014 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges," as well as its 2014 list of "best value" colleges and universities nationally.

A 153-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.

Visit oswego.edu for more information.