Department Awards & Scholarships

Bette Bailey Scholarship for Excellence in Dance

This scholarship honors an outstanding current student from SUNY Brockport’s Department of Dance, who demonstrates high achievement, artistic and creative ability in dance, and who shows promise as a performer or choreographer.

Bill Evans Award for Embodied Scholarship

This scholarship honors an outstanding undergraduate or graduate accepted major in the Department of Dance, who demonstrates the ability to significantly apply concepts and practices derived from Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies or another system of somatics inquiry to their creative and/or scholarly work.

Brockport Dancers Against Racism Scholarship

This scholarship was established to support the Department and the University’s commitment to creating a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning community by supporting dance students who experienced adversity which includes, but is not limited to, overcoming obstacles such as socioeconomic or educational disadvantages. 

Friends of Brockport Dance

This scholarship recognizes new or continuing students in the Department of Dance at the College at Brockport who demonstrate the potential for artistic and/or academic excellence in dance. 

Garth Fagan Legacy Award

This award honors Jamaican modern dance choreographer and former professor Garth Fagan for his groundbreaking contributions to modern dance and his profound influence as an educator and mentor. This award recognizes outstanding students who embody Fagan’s spirit of curiosity, innovation, discipline, and advocacy for dance.

Jocelyn A. Reed Memorial Award

This scholarship was established by Cynthia Powell-Reed, in memory of her daughter Jocelyn.

Payton Choreographic Award

This scholarship recognizes a full-time undergraduate Dance major, who possesses a overall GPA of 3.0 or higher, and who has the support of the faculty who instruct courses in choreography and have completed at least one semester of dance choreography sequences of courses.

Pylyshenko Family Scholarship for International Study

This award alternates between recognition for a graduate student in Dance or in Fine Arts, who have permanent residence outside the U.S.

Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award

This award recognizes a graduate student in Dance who has completed at least nine credit hours showing artistic and creative ability, high level of academic achievement, and evidence of service to the Department of Dance, as judged by the Department of Dance scholarship selection committee.

Rose L. Strasser Dance Award

This scholarship recognizes an incoming first-time student who has demonstrated exceptional ability in Dance and/or be a current freshman dance major who has demonstrated exceptional ability during their first year at SUNY Brockport. 

Susan S. Collier Freshman Dance Award

This award recognizes promising incoming first time, freshman students in the Department of Dance. Eligible students will demonstrate academic excellence and tremendous promise in pursing their studies in dance at SUNY Brockport.

Rose L. Strasser Service Award

An award that recognizes students who display creativity, leadership, and responsibility as evidenced by participation in departmental and Dance Club activities.

Department of Dance Undergraduate Service Award

This award recognizes an undergraduate student who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and service to the department.

Department of Dance Graduate Service Award

This award recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in leadership and service to the department.

Department of Dance Outstanding First Year Student Award

This award honors a freshman or transfer student who has demonstrated exceptional engagement within the Department of Dance during their first year. This student stands out for their academic dedication, creative contributions, and active social involvement. Through their enthusiasm and collaborative spirit, they foster goodwill and serve as positive ambassadors for the department community.

Department Scholar

This award recognizes a student with the highest academic achievement within the department.

Jacquie Davis Endowed Experiential Learning Fund in Dance

This experiential learning fund was established by Mark Lacatena, in honor of Jacquie Davis’ many contributions to Dance and SUNY Brockport, to support Dance students in their professional development.

Brockport Dancers Against Racism Experiential Learning Fund

This experiential learning fund recognizes a SUNY Brockport Dance Major or Dance Major Intent, a Dance Minor, and/or participates in creative dance works via campus involvement at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Susan S. Collier Summer Experience in Dance Award

This award supports summer study in dance for students who display an ability to use the experience to grow as dancers or choreographers.