Measures of Success
Just a mile down the road from SUNY Potsdam, Claudia Basabakwinshi ’24 slips into her waders and carefully steps into the chilly water flowing through Parkhurst Brook. Extending what looks like a blue telescopic ski pole, she measures the water velocity with a flow meter, as her classmate Alyssa Card ’26 calculates the depth of the stream.
The Archaeologist’s Path
Just three days after walking across the Commencement stage, Sydney O'Melia ’24 was already working in the real world, applying skills from her undergraduate degree in archaeological studies.
Driven to Excellence
At just twenty years old, Victoria Sekyere ’23 has already published a book, started a non-profit organization, and is in the process of applying to law school as she wraps up her degree in criminal justice with a minor in pre-law at SUNY Potsdam.
Education
K-12 Education Those that go on to teach physical science or earth science at elementary, middle, or high school have the ability to change lives and get students excited about science. Jobs center on preparing and implementing lectures and classroom activities to teach science content and reasoning.
Kadiatou Balde '19
Kadiatou Balde was nine years old when her parents brought her and her five siblings from their home in Conakry, Guinea in West Africa to put down roots in the U.S. As the daughter of immigrant parents growing up in the Bronx, Balde found the transition to be, in her words, “pretty heavy.”
Kalis Nunes ’20
In Memoriam: Dr. Clarence F. Stephens, Sr.
—By Karee Magee ’12As a young child, Kitten Panthera remembers accompanying her grandfather to the store to purchase elementary mathematics workbooks, and then happily working through the problems with him, as other children might tackle a coloring book.She never gave much thought to her grandfather’s legacy, until he took her to the library to see his listing in “Who’s Who in America.”
Assessing and Protecting Biodiversity in the North Country
Faculty BioKatherine Cleary is a conservation biologist whose research focuses on evaluating the complex relationships between biodiversity and agriculture. She holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Richmond, an M.S.
Between Mummies and Motherhood
Dr. Kathryn Grow Allen is here to inspire. Digging into the past to understand the roots of humanity as a visiting instructor of anthropology and a SUNY PRODiG fellow is just part of her story. She’s here to spark the confidence of other women to discover and pursue their passion in the STEM fields, and she’ll do that through lived experience.