On Monday, March 28th, Chancellor Robert L. King honored 264 graduating students from 60 SUNY campuses with the Chancellor�s Award for Student Excellence. Each of the honorees has excelled both in academic achievement and in at least one of the following areas: leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts or career achievement. This year�s recipients of the Chancellor�s Award have an overall grade point average of 3.75.
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One of the recipients this year is junior Patric Santiago, of Baldwin, NY, who is a member of four intercollegiate athletic teams at Farmingdale State and carries a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the Management Technology major. Patric is the starting goalkeeper on the men�s soccer team; he competes in the high jump and triple jump in indoor and outdoor track, and is a member of the golf team during the spring season. Patric is also a member of the National Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa, and has been a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the past two years. Patric was also featured in a recent article in Newsday about collegiate student-athletes who juggle more than one sport.