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Local Students Set to Graduate From SUNY Potsdam

The commencement ceremony will take place this weekend.

POTSDAM, NY - Over 1,000 students, including several local natives, are set to graduate from SUNY Potsdam this Saturday.

The graduating Class of 2016 will be honored at a special ceremony for the college's 200th anniversary which will take place on May 21 starting at 10:15 a.m.

The local students who will be honored at the ceremony include: Wantagh native Katherine Marsman, who will be graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology; Wantagh native Allison Prestia, who will be graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Seaford native Joseph Taylor who will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice Studies.

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