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After losing 50 pounds in four months, José Abel Santiago’s doctor suggested running some tests. A painful bone marrow biopsy and blood work revealed that he was unknowingly battling chronic myeloid leukemia.“I was freaking out. I started crying. A hundred different things were going through my head. I thought, ‘Oh, wow, I have cancer, I’m going to die before I graduate from college.’ That was the emotion that I had,” he said.

After spending more than a decade as a financial auditor in Algeria, Zerrouk Bessa ’20 made the decision to put his life in Africa on hold to pursue a master’s degree in management at SUNY Potsdam—the newest program in the Department of Business Administration.

After sustaining a season-ending ankle injury his sophomore year, followed by a serious concussion his junior year, Adam Kelley ’20 faced a potential future without soccer—the sport that he had loved and excelled at since his youth.

After years in the spotlight, Chuck Lorre has the freedom to take on nearly whatever he wants, from creative projects to philanthropy. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for a reason, after all.So, it’s perhaps no surprise that the legendary television producer’s Fall 2024 visit to SUNY Potsdam was entirely on his own terms—and entirely honest. 

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Alaina Dochylo '17 Six Questions for an Alumna  Majors: Environmental Studies and Creative Writing

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Alert: Select SUC Potsdam (#780) as your reporting school when enrolling in these exams. In order for a teacher candidate to receive an Initial Certificate from NYSED, the candidate must take the New York State Certification Exams.

By Alexandra Jacobs Wilke James W. Dornemann ’99 thinks of himself as a problem solver at heart. As a light board operator for film and television, he is constantly tinkering and must keep up with the latest in technology to make sure that directors can get the shot they are looking for.