Alumni Stories

Learn more about our alumni, their stories, and their paths to success.

Recent Stories

Caitlyn DeLuca in front of the RPI ice hockey area, the Houston Field House.

Championing Women’s Sports at RPI

A sport management alum turned an internship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) into a full-time position, where she helped organize a major event celebrating 50 years of women in athletics. 

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Skiier in blue snowsuit skiing downhill.

Meet our Two-Time Olympian

After graduating from Brockport, Jillian Vogtli ’96 skied in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Recent Stories

Jalen Carthens in the SUNY Brockport gym

Building Skills with the Jr. Knicks

Sport management major spent his summer managing a network of sports teams at a NYC charter school and assisting a youth basketball camp alongside New York Knicks’ legends. 

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QueSST Phase 2 Dry Run Team

Minimizing the Sonic Boom

Alum works as a meteorological engineer at NASA, helping develop aircrafts capable of quiet supersonic flight.

Read the storyMinimizing the Sonic Boom

Golden Eagle Voices

Q&A with a Patient Coordinator

Melissa Leon ’25 reflects on how her education at Brockport paired with real-world experience prepared her to improve patient care through communication and system-level solutions.

Q&A with a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Mary Blake ’98 shares how a Brockport nursing education prepared her to launch a private practice while serving patients with compassion and expertise.

Q&A with a Hollywood TV and screenwriter

As the screenwriter behind iconic films including The Land Before Time, Smart House, and Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, Stu Krieger ’73 reflects on how mentors at Brockport and a semester in London shaped his career.

Q&A with Michael Cravotta ’85

Hear how alum, Michael Cravotta ’85, transformed his Brockport experiences and double major into a four-decade career in marketing, leading content strategy at a major investment firm.

Q&A with a Hospital President

Hear how new Brockport Foundation board member, Jill Graziano ’96, turned her Brockport experience into a career as President of two Rochester-area hospitals.