This award, established in honor of Professor Emeritus John Behrens, is given in recognition of the personal and academic achievements of the non-traditional student and as encouragement for continued success.

This $100 award is given to the outstanding senior in the area of business and international studies. It was established by Mrs. Gertrude Bean to perpetuate the name of Mr. Joseph Bonomo and his high ideals of education and business. The award is based on a GPA of 3.0 or higher with consideration given to the student's involvement in extracurricular activities. Priority is given to students who have selected the international business management concentration.

Established and administered by the Raymond Simon Institute for Public Relations in honor of Owen Comora '53, this annual $200 cash award is given to a member of The Tangerine staff whose work on the College weekly has been outstanding and effective.

These $750-$2,000 awards are given to the public relations/journalism upper-level students deemed by the public relations/journalism faculty to have demonstrated academic, professional, and extracurricular excellence. The award honors and was established by David D'Alessandro '72 as a means of assisting public relations/journalism interns in covering their internship expenses.

This award was established by Dolores DiSpirito in honor of her parents, the late Henry DiSpirito, former artist-in-residence at Utica College, and the late Rose DiSpirito. The recipient of the award will be a full-time senior whose work reflects potential for a lasting contribution in the field of art.

This award recognizes academic achievement in a chemistry course(s). It was named in honor of Amparo M. Escarrilla, Ph.D., professor emerita of chemistry. Recipients are selected by the full-time faculty of the chemistry department.

Named for the 1952 public relations graduate, now retired after three decades as a General Motors communications executive, this annual cash award is presented to the PR graduate who has excelled in the arts as well as in public relations.

As a memorial to his parents, Gary F.Grates '81 endowed this annual award to the public relations/journalism student whose personal achievements reflected those attributes shared by the most respected professionals in the field.

The cash prize award is presented to the student who is determined the best magazine writer to complete Professor John Behrens' magazine writing class during the year. The award recipient is placed on an honor roll of Alex Haley Award winners at the College. The award was begun in 1983 with guidelines and the initial contribution by Roots author Haley.

Named in honor of George E. Jones '60, these four $150 to $200 awards are presented annually to the outstanding public relations/journalism students in each class on the basis of academic, professional, and extracurricular achievement.

  

Presented annually, this cash award is given to the public relations/journalism major who has excelled at Utica College after transferring from a previous institution, as Mrs. LaBella did when she was an undergraduate. Gary and Jeanne graduated in 1975 and have built successful PR careers in the Washington, D.C. area.


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This is a $50 award given annually to a full-time accounting major enrolled in the day program who is in his/her junior year.

Students enrolled in the JS 373 Advanced Magazine Studies course are eligible to earn research grants to defray expenses necessary to prepare magazine articles for publication.

Named in honor of the mother- and father-in-law of Owen Comora '53, this award is presented to the three public relations/journalism students who have demonstrated excellent writing proficiency in one or more public relations/journalism classes.

This is an annual prize of $50 given to an outstanding pre-medical scholar. It was established by Dr. Christie E. Davis and Mary J.Davis to honor Dean Ralph F. Strebel, a pioneer of Utica College.

Established by associates of Mr. Trad at Kaman Sciences Corporation and The Rome Laboratory of Griffiss Air Force Base and Mr. Trad's family, this award is given to a freshman UC student in the computer science program who is a graduate of Whitesboro High School.

Established to honor Tony Vella '51, retired managing editor of the Observer-Dispatch, for his contributions to journalism, this award will benefit a junior or senior majoring in journalism who is a resident of the Mohawk Valley and demonstrates financial need.

Established by the late author Joseph Vogel, these awards are given to students for outstanding work in poetry and in fiction.

 

Income from the Dean Robert Woods Student Life Award shall be used to fund annual costs associated with the Student Life Award, including but not limited to the cost of preparing the awards and the award ceremony. The award shall be made annually to those members of the graduating class who have made the most outstanding contributions to the quality of life on campus during the time they attended Utica College. These contributions include but are not limited to leadership in student government, athletics, the performing and fine arts, community service, student publications and media, or campus social and cultural activities. The recipients shall be selected in a manner determined by the senior student affairs officer of the College.

 

Financial assistance from this fund, established by the family of Dr. Wondro, is made to a full-time student who has been accepted in a school of podiatry. Each candidate must demonstrate those traits  which will make him/her an asset both to his/her profession and community. Recipients shall be all-around students who demonstrate academic merit and a positive caring attitude. Preference may be given to students who demonstrate financial need.


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