Fourteen outstanding New Paltz students earn President’s Awards for 2025

SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the President’s Award for Student Excellence, a campus-level honor created in 2021 that is now the highest recognition bestowed upon students by the University. 

The President’s Award for Student Excellence recognizes New Paltz students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in academics and in other areas of their collegiate careers. 

Please join us in celebrating this year’s President’s Award for Student Excellence recipients: 

Jazmine Alvarez-Webster ’25 (Psychology) of Middletown, New York 

Jazmyne Daily-Simpson ’25 (Graphic Design) of Little Falls, New York 

Owen Davies ’25 (Visual Arts Education) of Little Falls, New York

Svetlana Doronkina ’25 (Business Analytics; Finance) of Brooklyn, New York 

Rachel Eisert ’25 (Communication Disorders) of Bellmore, New York 

Lars Ellwanger ’25 (Psychology) of Babylon, New York 

Jade Goodman ’25 (Philosophy; Communication Studies) of Airmont, New York 

Michael Jagacki ’25g (Psychological Science) of Poughkeepsie, New York 

Jacqueline Kelly ’25 (Physics) of Floral Park, New York 

Logan Murphy ’25 (Psychology; Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies) of Syosset, New York 

Ambar Pierret ’25 (Biology) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 

Olivia Sippel ’25 (Journalism) of Brooklyn, New York 

Gabriella Tommaso ’25 (International Business) of Port Jefferson, New York 

Isabel van der Veen ’25 (Business Analytics) of Niskayuna, New York