Forty-two first-generation SUNY Oneonta students were inducted into the Alpha Alpha Alpha national honor society during a ceremony on campus on April 12, 2025.
Alpha Alpha Alpha, known as Tri-Alpha for short, was founded in 2018 to recognize and celebrate the hard work and academic success of first-generation university students.
The following first-generation SUNY Oneonta faculty and staff members were also inducted:
- Carey Fitzgerald | Psychology
- Unique Hodge | Residential Experience & Housing
- Corrine Frances Armstrong | Career Planning & Networking Center
- Callie Cash | Communication & Media
- Mistelle Fields | Extended & Community Learning (ExCL) Center
- Miriam Koroma-Annan | Access + Opportunity Programs
- Denisse Minaya | Access + Opportunity Programs
- Chastity Rios | Office of Student Life & Leadership
- Davelyn Whyte-Jhonson | Access + Opportunity Programs
- Adam Wood | Milne Library
- Doris Diaz-Kelly | Academic Affairs
- Robert Kirk | Psychology
- Jaida Sweeney | Residential Experience & Housing
Students qualify for induction into Tri-Alpha if they meet the following criteria:
- The student has earned at least 30 credits/semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) in the academic year toward an associate degree or baccalaureate degree.
- The undergraduate student has achieved an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.
- Neither of the student's parents, stepparents, nor legal guardians, completed an associate's or bachelor’s degree.
Have a question? Contact a co-advisor
- Sarah Norris (sarah.norris@oneonta.edu)
- Kate McMichael (kate.mcmichael@oneonta.edu)
- Ron Bishop (ron.bishop@oneonta.edu)