State University of New York at Oneonta

Oneonta Red Dragons
	Oneonta Red Dragons
University	College at Oneonta
Conference	SUNYAC
NCAA	Division III
Athletics director	Tracey Ranieri
Location	Oneonta, NY
Varsity teams	21 (10 Men & 11 Women)
Football stadium	All College Field
Basketball arena	Dewar Arena
Mascot	Red Dragon
Nickname	Red Dragons
Fight song
Colors	Red and White
Homepage	Oneonta Red Dragons

State University of New York at Oneonta
State University of New York at Oneonta
Motto:	Founded in Honor and Good Faith
Established:	1889
Type:	Public
Location:	Oneonta, New York, United States
Campus:	Rural, 250 acres
Mascot:	Red Dragon;

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The State University of New York College at Oneonta (also known as the SUNY College at Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta State, and SUCO) is a four-year liberal arts college in Oneonta, New York, United States, with approximately 5,800 students. The College offers many bachelor's degrees and a number of graduate degrees. Many academic programs at SUNY Oneonta hold additional national accreditations, including those in Education, Music Industry, Human Ecology, Dietetics, and Chemistry. In each of the past three years, SUNY Oneonta was ranked by US News in the top tier of “America’s Best Colleges,” selected by Kiplinger’s magazine as one of the “Kiplinger 100 Best Values in Public Colleges,” and named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

[edit] History

Established in 1889, the SUNY College at Oneonta was a founding member of the State University of New York system in 1948. In the same year, SUNY Oneonta began offering home economics programs and graduate programs in addition to its teacher education programs. With the addition of programs in the arts and sciences in 1964, SUNY Oneonta began its growth into today’s college of the liberal arts and sciences.

[edit] Mission

The mission of the college is “to foster the individual student’s intellectual, personal, and civic development.” A highly selective college, SUNY Oneonta is dedicated to providing an exceptional educational experience at an affordable cost. The teaching and learning process is the college’s highest priority, and faculty members actively work with students from the first year to the graduate level. As a friendly and inclusive campus, SUNY Oneonta welcomes and engages with a wide variety of people, cultures and ideas, valuing close relationships with the local community and service to community partners.

[edit] Academic programs

[edit] Undergraduate degree programs

Accounting; Africana & Latino Studies; Anthropology; Art; Astronomy; Biology; Business Economics; Chemistry; Child and Family Studies; Communication Studies; Computer Art; Computer Science; Criminal Justice; Dietetics; Earth Science; Economics; Education; English; Environmental Sciences; Family and Consumer Sciences; Food Service and Restaurant Administration; French; Geography; Geology; Gerontology Studies; History; Human Ecology; International Studies; Mass Communications; Mathematics; Meteorology; Music; Music Industry; Philosophy; Physics; Political Science; Psychology; Religious Studies; Sociology; Spanish; Statistics; Theatre; Water Resources

The SUNY Oneonta College Observatory is home to the largest telescope in New York, a 1-meter (40") Newtonian reflector.

[edit] Graduate programs

Master of Arts (M.A.) Biology; Master of Arts (M.A.) Earth Science; Master of Arts (M.A.) History Museum Studies; Master of Science (M.S.) in Nutrition and Dietetics; Master of Science in Education (M.S. in Education): Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12), Childhood Education (Grades 1-6), Family and Consumer Science Education (Grades K-12), Literacy Education, M.S. Ed. in Childhood Education with Literacy, School Counselor (K-12 certification), and Educational Technology Specialist (K-12 certification); Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS); Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Adolescence Education

[edit] Other academic programs

Center for Social Science Research; Cooperstown Biological Field Station; International Education; Center for Academic Development and Enrichment; New York State Migrant Education; Pre-professional Programs.

[edit] Residential living

Over 3,000 students live in the 15 residence halls at SUNY Oneonta, which offer living arrangements ranging from doubles to apartments including several themed housing options such as the Quiet Section, Oneonta’s Wilderness Living/Learning (OWLS), First Year Experience, and “Making a Difference” sections. The Residence Life staff members offer academic and social programs as well as individual attention and a comfortable living environment. Dining services at SUNY Oneonta are offered by Sodexo, and the college’s residential dining halls were the first in the country designed specifically for Sodexo’s Campus Crossroads program. Dining plans are unlimited and offer options for additional dollars for purchases at cafes and other retail facilities on campus.

[edit] Clubs and activities

Honor societies: Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK); Alpha Kappa Delta (sociology); Alpha Psi Omega (theater); Beta Beta Beta (biology); Chi Alpha Epsilon (special programs); Chi Alpha Sigma (intercollegiate athletics); Kappa Delta Pi (elementary education); Lambda Pi Eta (communications); National Residence Hall Honorary (residence life); Omicron Delta Epsilon (business & economics); Phi Alpha Theta (history); Phi Sigma Iota (foreign languages); Phi Upsilon Omicron (human ecology); Pi Sigma Alpha (political science); Psi Chi (psychology); Sigma Gamma Epsilon (earth sciences); Sigma Pi Sigma (physics & astronomy); Sigma Tau Delta (English):

[edit] Greek organizations

Oneonta has a large Greek Life population, consisting of three recognized fraternities and six recognized sororities.

Fraternities: Chi Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Sigma

Sororities: Sigma Gamma Phi, Pi Delta Chi, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Sigma Delta Tau, Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, and Chi Upsilon Sigma.

[edit] Faith-based organizations

Campus Ambassadors; Hillel; Newman Club

[edit] WONY

WONY 90.9 FM is SUNY Oneonta's student-run radio station.

[edit] Big O' Poetry Slam

The Big O' Poetry Slam is a widely attended event on the campus at Oneonta State. It was founded by Alicia Francis, Jamie Manning, Robert Haggerty, George Castle and Robb Thibault on October 24, 2001. Hunt College Union is the certified poetry slam venue on campus with Poetry Slam Inc. and member of the Association of College Unions International. Some highlights include hosting the first two Poetry Cross Training Camps. The Big O' Poetry Slam has featured more than a dozen national poetry slam champions. The club has sent teams to the College Union Poetry Slam Nationals seven years in a row, which have made three finals stage appearances, including taking the silver medal at the 2005 College Nationals and placing 4th at the 2008 Nationals in New Mexico.

[edit] Athletics

The Oneonta Red Dragons athletics program represent the College at Oneonta, State University of New York. The school's team currently competes at the Division III level in the State University of New York Athletic Conference, and has been since the conference's inception in 1958. Oneonta's athletic teams also compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. The school facilities include Dewar Arena in the Alumni Field House, All College Field, Chase Athletic Building, and Red Dragon Soccer, Baseball and Softball fields.

[edit] Teams

Sport	Venue	Coach	2008-09 Year
Baseball	Red Dragon Baseball Field	Rick Ferchen	14th Year
Basketball (Men)	Dewar Arena	Vincent Medici	5th Year
Basketball (Women)	Dewar Arena	Daphne Thompson	2nd Year
Cross Country (Men & Women)		Matt LoPiccolo	9th Year
Field Hockey	All College Field	Kelly Kingsbury	1st Year
Lacrosse (Men)	All College Field	Dan Mahar	2nd Year
Lacrosse (Women)	All College Field	Jessica Pausewang	2nd Year
Soccer (Men)	Red Dragon Soccer Field	Iain Byrne	6th Year
Soccer (Women)	Red Dragon Soccer Field	Liz McGrail	2nd Year
Softball	Red Dragon Softball Field	Liz Wagner	3rd Year
Swimming & Diving (Men & Women)	Chase Pool	Chris Schuler-Ghiorse	12th Year
Tennis (Men & Women)	Dr. Joseph A. Heissan Tennis Courts	Bill May	5th Year
Indoor Track & Field (Men & Women)	Alumni Field House	Aimee Dawson	2nd Year
Outdoor Track & Field (Men & Women)	All College Field	Aimee Dawson	2nd Year
Volleyball (Women)	Dewar Arena	Colleen Cashman	9th Year
Wrestling	Chase Gymnasium	Duane Ritter	4th Year

[edit] Championships

[edit] SUNYAC Conference

Sport	SUNYAC Championships
Baseball	1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977(ED)°, 1978
Women's Basketball	1997-98, 2000-01
Women's Lacrosse	1998
Men's Soccer	1971°, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1985
Women's Soccer	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003†, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Softball	1999, 2001, 2004
Men's Swimming & Diving	1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70
Men's Tennis	1966-67, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72°, 1972-73°, 1973-74°, 1976-77
Volleyball	2002

° - Signifies Co-Champions
° - The 1977 Baseball team was Co-Champion of the SUNYAC Eastern Division
† - Women's Soccer Won 2003 NCAA Championship

[edit] Women's soccer

Main article: Oneonta Red Dragons Women's Soccer

Oneonta has long been known for its strong soccer programs. In 2003, the women's soccer team captured the NCAA Division III National Championship over the University of Chicago. It was the first National Title in SUNY Oneonta's history of athletic competition.

The program had an NCAA-Record 101 game unbeaten streak within conference play, the longest such streak in NCAA history among the three divisions. The streak ended on October 6, 2007 to SUNY Plattsburgh. The 2007 team rebounded after the loss and won its next 7 SUNYAC games, the seventh being the Conference Championship on November 3 to advance to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

[edit] Other sports

SUNY Oneonta's Track team in 2006 finished third at the NCAA Division III championships, where Musu Jackson-Buckner was the individual National Champion for the 200 meter run. Oneonta's Track team is only in its 7th year of NCAA competition and already has 13 All-Americans, many of them repeat All-Americans (four men, nine women). The women's outdoor track team has won three straight ECAC Championships.

The Oneonta Men's Rugby team in 1999 finished fourth in Northeast in Division 2. The Rugby team started in 1986. There have been many members who have gone on to play at the international level. The club was dissolved in the Fall of 2008 for inappropriate behavior by the Student Association.

The Oneonta Ultimate Frisbee team established in 2006 is one of the more prominent sports clubs on campus. In 2008 they placed seventh out of 22 teams in the Upstate NY section. The team plans to place in the top four teams to advance to the Metro East Regionals this year.

[edit] Athletic directors

[edit] Tracey Ranieri

Ranieri enters her first full academic year as the Director of Athletics after being named to the position on January 1, 2007. Ranieri brings extraordinary talent as an administrator and coach having served the college for 17 years in both capacities. Ranieri began her career at Oneonta as the Assistant Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator and Women’s Soccer Coach in 1991.

During her tenure as the Assistant and SWA she brought the NCAA CHAMPS Lifeskills Program to Oneonta and served as the coordinator for 12 years, promoting academic and athletic excellence, community service, personal development and career development for student athletes through year-round workshop.

As the Athletic Department’s Compliance Coordinator she ensured integrity concerning student athlete eligibility issues and created an organizational and historical database that tracks academic and athletic eligibility for NCAA compliance. Other SUNY schools now use this compliance program. She has also served as the academic liaison to campus faculty and has worked collaboratively to support the academic needs of student athletes through programming and most recently created a Faculty Mentorship Program that augments the faculty student athlete relationship.

As a graduate of the prestigious NCAA Fellow Program in 2006, she traveled the country to expand her hands on knowledge of facilities development as well. Her hands in many things, she is known as a tireless self-starter who works cooperatively with all facets of the campus community to support student athletes and promote growth in the athletics program.

As soccer coach, Ranieri built a program that currently maintains the longest conference unbeaten streak (95) in NCAA soccer history, all divisions both men and women. Her tenure as coach of Oneonta included 14 post-season appearances including 8 straight NCAA appearances from 1999-2006, eight SUNYAC Conference Championships and five Coach of the Year Awards. In addition, Ranieri was selected as the NSCAA National Coach of the Year in 2003 when Oneonta won the Division III National Championship, the first team national championship in the history of the college. Ranieri and her husband, David, who served as her associate coach for 15 years, also celebrated numerous academic and athletic all-Americans.

In 2004 Ranieri received the esteemed SUNY Chancellor’s Award for excellence in professional service. This award is presented to SUNY employees that have consistently demonstrated superlative performance within and beyond their position.

Ranieri received a BS in 1986 from of Ithaca College, an MS in 1993 from East Stroudsburg and a BS in 1995 from SUNY Binghamton.

In 1999 she was inducted into the NYS Section VI Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2001 she was inducted into the Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame.

[edit] Tom Benoit

Benoit enters his 14th year as a member of the Oneonta Athletics Department and his first year as the Associate Director of Athletics. In this new role Benoit will be primarily responsible for all NCAA compliance issues within the Athletics Department. Benoit will also oversee the Department’s sports event staffing and facility scheduling, as well as directly supervise the Athletic Training staff.

Benoit began his career as the Head Athletic Trainer at Oneonta in 1994. In 2000 he assumed the title of strength & conditioning coordinator to coincide with his athletic training duties. In 2004 he received a promotion to Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine.

Benoit is a 1993 graduate of Marietta College in Ohio where he received his Bachelor's Degree majoring in sports medicine and English. In 1994 he received a Master of Education degree with a concentration in athletic training from the University of Virginia. Benoit is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainer's Association and has been a presenter at various athletic training conferences and coaching clinics while being published in the Journal of Athletic Training. He is also a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist within this organization.

During his tenure at Oneonta he has also served as a lecturer within the physical education department and was the men's and women's cross country coach from 1997-1999. He continues to be instrumental in the ongoing development of the Alumni Field House and Chase PE Building fitness areas along with actively carrying out administrative duties in the Athletics Department. Benoit has served on many department and campus committees to better student life at Oneonta. Benoit lives in Oneonta with his wife, Meghan.

[edit] Athletic trainers

Danielle Lee
Brinn Spencer

[edit] Notable alumni

Ron Garan- NASA astronaut
Victoria Graffeo - Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Robin Higgins - Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs (ret.), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Roy McDonald - New York State Senator
Sal Paolantonio - ESPN NFL Reporter
Antonio Perez - President of Borough of Manhattan Community College
Joseph Poon - Master Chef
Bill Pullman - Actor, Director, Producer
Don Garber - Major League Soccer Commissioner
Matt McGinley - Drummer for the band Gym Class Heroes
Philip M. Greifeld - Chief Executive Officer, Huddle House, Inc.
Gary Valentine - Actor
Glenn Tanzman - Anesthetists

[edit] External links

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