SUNY Brockport announced Warren “Koz” Kozireski ’82/’95 as the recipient of the 2023 Jeanette D’Agostino Banker Volunteer of the Year Award over Homecoming & Family Weekend.
For more than 34 years, Kozireski has served as a faculty member in the Department of Journalism, Broadcasting & Public Relations, and as the station manager of 89.1 WBSU The Point. He has guided countless students to successful careers within radio, television, and print journalism.
The two-time alumnus was the longest serving President of Brockport’s Alumni Association Board. He led the association for eight years from 2008 to 2016, which coincided with Brockport’s first comprehensive campaign. Kozireski’s efforts were previously recognized with the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, and the Joel Willer Award from College Broadcasters, Inc.
The Jeanette D’Agostino Banker Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes the efforts of a person or a couple who has made a long-standing commitment to the mission of the Brockport Foundation. Selection of the recipient is based on excellence in voluntary service to the university-community, dedication to enhancing public awareness of the Foundation, and advancing the mission of the University on behalf of the organization.
In 2018, the award was named after Jeanette D’Agostino Banker by the Brockport Foundation to recognize a distinguished volunteer. D’Agostino Banker had a 30-year-plus career as a Brockport faculty member which included time as the first woman president of Brockport’s faculty senate, and the first administrator for the Harold Rakov Center for Student Services.
Additionally, Shannon Blankenship was announced as the Jeanette D’Agostino Banker Volunteer of the Year Scholarship recipient in honor of Kozireski. The journalism and broadcasting major is a junior with a minor in communication and sociology. She is a captain of the women’s basketball team, the Editor-in-Chief of The Stylus, and the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
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