2020 Commencement Awards and Honors

Grouping of outstanding seniors.

Graduating students were recognized for their incredible achievements by the College of Arts and Sciences and SUNY.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients for their accomplishments. We are so proud of our graduating class of 2020 and we are honored to call these individuals new members of our UB alumni family.  

College of Arts and Sciences’ Outstanding Senior Award

Every year, each of the College’s departments chooses a graduating senior who has demonstrated exceptional diligence and promise during their time at the University at Buffalo.

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

Eight College of Arts and Sciences graduating students received the 2020 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. This award goes to students who, according to the SUNY website, “have best demonstrated their integration of academic excellence with other aspects of their lives, which may include leadership, campus involvement, athletics, career achievement, community service or creative and performing arts.”

SUNY Chancellor Johnson address to 2020 CASE awardees

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

SUNY CASE 2020 Awardee Thank Yous - A through F

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