Bodenschatz Presented with Top SUNY Admission's Award
06/28/1999
NEW PALTZ -- Richard Bodenschatz, associate director of undergraduate admissions, is the recipient of the State University of New York's College Admissions Professionals top honor: the Admissions Profession Award. Bodenschatz was given the tribute at the organization's 29th annual conference held recently in Lake Placid, NY.
The award, which has only been accorded six times in SUNYCAP's 29 year history, recognizes the extraordinary professional achievement of an individual in the field of college and university admissions. Recipients must have at least five years of SUNY admissions service, must demonstrate a long-term commitment to the concept of public higher education, and show continued and outstanding service to the various constituencies that avail themselves of public higher education.
Bodenschatz holds a bachelor's degree from SUNY Oneonta and a master's from New Paltz. He began his career as an admissions counselor at New Paltz in 1978. Bodenschatz served as president of SUNYCAP from 1988 to 1990. In 1994, he received the SUNYCAP Service Award, another top honor conferred on only five individuals in the past 29 years.
"Mr. Bodenschatz has dedicated his life to the field of admissions advising," said L. David Eaton, vice president for enrollment management at SUNY New Paltz. "Fortunately for the university, his tenure in the field has been at New Paltz. His professionalism and hard work have made him a significant shareholder in the enormous success that SUNY New Paltz has enjoyed in admitting and educating top quality students," added Eaton.
Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.
New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.
