Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence
Local residents were among the 205 SUNY students honored on April 27 with the Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence (CASE). This award recognizes SUNY students for outstanding achievements in areas including academics; leadership; diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice; campus involvement; civics and service; research; and the arts. This is the highest honor SUNY provides to students for academic excellence and leadership.
“SUNY students are New York’s future, and the outstanding individuals I am proud to recognize with the Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence embody the very best of our state university system,” said SUNY Chancellor John B. King. “The students who have earned this recognition have inspired their classmates, their educators, their campuses, and me with their inspiring work, tenacious drive, and dedication to their academic success. I commend each of the awardees and thank them for being examples for others to follow.”
Rylie DelVecchio, SUNY Brockport
A Hilton High School alum from Rochester, Rylie is an honors student double-majoring in sociology and social work, with a minor in women and gender studies. As a participant in the SUNY Washington Internship Program, she interned with a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Library of Congress, where she researched immigration trends and policy. Rylie has also served roles with the Rochester SAFE Court, Meals on Wheels, the United Nations Association of Rochester, and World Without Exploitation’s Youth Coalition. For her honors thesis, she examined the work of Rochester’s Police Accountability Board. She plans to pursue a career dedicated to researching and advocating for underrepresented communities.
