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Montana Wolf ’22 – Electrical Engineering Technology

Name: Montana Wolf Hometown: Cincinnatus, New York Major: Electrical Engineering Technology Graduation Year: 2022 Why did you choose SUNY Poly? The lower cost for the same education as a private college was a driving factor for me. I loved the people and the small college atmosphere here at SUNY Poly. I was also recruited to …

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Anthony Ragosta ’15: Civil Engineering Technology

Name: Anthony Ragosta Major: Civil Engineering Technology Minor: Mathematics Graduation Year: 2015 Current position: Director of Engineering & Operations – ceEntek  North America    Why did you choose SUNY Poly? It was affordable, had great athletic facilities for a small school, and it was somewhat local.  Why did you choose your major(s)? What did you like about …

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Jarrett Iannotti: Network & Computer Security

Name: Jarrett Iannotti Hometown: Glenville, NY Major: Network & Computer Security Minor: Computer Science Graduation Year: 2022 Jarrett is currently working for Booz Allen Hamilton, a government contract fir based in Washington, DC. He is currently working at their regional office on the former Griffis Airforce base in Rome, NY. Why did you choose SUNY …

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Joseph Killian ’22: Accelerated BS/MS program in Computer Science

Name: Joseph Killian Hometown: Grand Island, NY Major(s): BS/MS Computer Science BS in Mathematics Graduation Year: Fall 2022 In January 2023, Joseph began his fully funded offer for the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He intends to do research with deep learning using natural language processing and how that applies to problems …

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Alumni Q + A: Krysta Beha, Nursing, B.S. ’18, Nursing Education, M.S. ’22

Major: Nursing (B.S.), Nursing Education (M.S.)Hometown: Marcy, NYGraduation Month/Year: B.S. 2018, M.S. 2022 Krysta Beha is currently a Nursing Instructor at the St. Elizabeth College of Nursing. Why did you choose SUNY Poly?I chose SUNY Poly for the strong nursing program and for the opportunity to compete on the women’s lacrosse team as an undergraduate. …

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Experience Matters: Summer Internships

Summer is an excellent time for students to obtain practical experience in their field of study. Over the summer months, many SUNY Poly students choose to pursue an internship or other applied learning experience to satisfy a degree requirement, gain experience, and build connections with employers in careers they are interested in pursuing. Read about …

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Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Students from SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) and universities across the United States participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) this summer. SUNY Poly’s SURP provided the 21 students who participated in the program with a unique opportunity to spend 10 weeks conducting hands-on research at SUNY Poly’s Albany and Utica campuses. This innovative, …

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Student Q + A: Haley Couch, Mechanical Engineering Technology

 Name: Haley Couch Major: Mechanical Engineering Technology Hometown: East Otis, Massachusetts Why did you choose SUNY Poly? My senior year of high school I came to visit SUNY Poly on my way back home from another college. There wasn’t an open house or anything going on besides a normal day on campus and within …

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Team of SUNY Poly Alumni Find Career Opportunities Together at NYPA

When Jason Nasto found a career as an Instrument and Control Supervisor at the New York Power Authority (NYPA) he soon decided to finish an Electrical Engineering Technology degree from SUNY Poly, graduating in 2019. He knew this educational experience would serve him well, but what he might not have known at the time was …

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Alumni Q + A: Julia Jaikin, Psychology B.A. ’16

 Name: Julia Jaikin, D.C. SUNY Poly Degree: B.A. in Psychology Hometown: Dolgeville, New York Graduation Year: 2016 Dr. Julia Jaikin is currently practicing as a chiropractor at Central New York Spine & Rehab, a multi-disciplinary clinic with neurologists, neurosurgeons and pain management doctors. Why did you choose to transfer to SUNY Poly? When I …

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SUNY Poly Nanoscale Engineering Senior Justin Nhan Shares Experience Contributing to 2nm Technology

The recent news that IBM has produced computer chips with components that are only 2 nanometers in size reverberated around the globe in May 2021. IBM researchers at the Albany Nanotech Complex developed the groundbreaking chip architecture, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute nanoscale engineering student Justin Nhan, now a senior, is thrilled to have been involved …

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Graduate Student Q + A: Garrett Hassard, Accounting, B.S. ’20

Name: Garrett Hassard Degree: M.S. in Accountancy with a focus in Forensic Accounting and Valuation Hometown: Oneonta, NY Expected Graduation Year: May 2022 Why did you choose SUNY Poly? I chose SUNY Poly because of the small class sizes and because accounting, my area of study, is accredited by the AACSB, which only 5% of …