Chancellor’s Award for Excellence: Mathew Boll

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A passion for prevention, be it crime or fire.





























Mathew Boll, who has aspirations to serve both science and community. (Photo by Mark Schmidt) 


ALBANY, N.Y. (April 13, 2017) — Many of us as children weigh our career options for our grownup lives and prominently include among them “policeman,” “scientist” and “fireman.”
None of these possibilities, however, has been eliminated from the prospects of graduating senior Mathew Boll, who can envision himself aiding the world indirectly or directly — and maybe both ways.
The winner of a 2017 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the chemistry major with a concentration in forensics has been recognized by UAlbany for his excellence in research and academics on several occasions and is a founding member of the UAlbany Undergraduate Chemistry Club. Since 2013, he also has served his home town of Lynbrook, L.I, as a member of its fire department.
“After I graduate I plan on finding a career in either law enforcement, a forensic laboratory or perhaps as a fire marshal,” he said. “I am slightly unsure about which career path I want to explore. It may come down to opportunity and availability.”














Mathew Boll receives his SUNY excellence award from Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Interim President James Stellar. 



If it comes down to Boll’s passions, there will be a combination. “If I become a police officer, then in five to ten years I see myself as a detective,” he said. “If I become a forensic analyst, then I would expect to be going back to school for a master’s degree, so I may enhance my credibility as a scientist.
“Either way, in five to ten years I see myself continuing to live on Long Island and continuing my service with the Lynbrook Volunteer Fire Department, perhaps as a fire marshal.”
A classroom experience that Boll said definitely enhanced his career options was ...

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