Levittown's Wolfe Wins SUNY Old Westbury President's Medal

Arianna E. Wolfe, a recent graduate of SUNY Old Westbury and a resident of Levittown, New York, ended her college career by earning the College’s highest student honor - the Old Westbury President’s Medal for Scholarship.

“This is an honor won as a graduating senior, but it can only be earned through stellar efforts throughout a collegiate career at Old Westbury,” said College President Calvin O. Butts, III. “Ms. Wolfe has shown the determination and drive to go far.”

Wolfe recently graduated alongside more than 1,000 other graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health after having earned a 4.0 grade point average at SUNY Old Westbury

Along with plans to pursue a graduate degree in social work, Wolfe is a writer of fiction who is the Nassau representative for the National Novel Writing Month project. She also volunteers with the Long Island Crisis Center, which provides 24/7, free, high quality, confidential and non-judgmental programs and services to support and empower Long Islanders at critical times in their lives. Volunteers undergo a nine months of intensive training and respond to more than 11,000 calls on telephone hotlines, on-line chat site, mobile phone texting and walk-in counseling.

SUNY Old Westbury is a selective public liberal arts college with more than 4,500 students studying in more than 40 undergraduate degree opportunities in its liberal arts and professional programs and 16 graduate programs in business, education liberal studies and mental health counseling. On the College’s 604-acre campus, students are challenged to take ownership of their futures through an environment that demands academic excellence, fosters intercultural understanding, and endeavors to stimulate a passion for learning and a commitment to building a more just and sustainable world. For more information on SUNY Old Westbury, visit www.oldwestbury.edu.