Committee on Excellence Awards and Distinguished Ranks
This committee and its procedures are not defined in the Faculty Constitution or Bylaws, and is only mentioned as a responsibility of the Vice Chair. Each fall, the Vice Chair of the Faculty assembles this committee from past award winners, to be the conduit through which award nominations are processed, reviewed, and then sent through the President's office to SUNY administration.
Excellence Awards
Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in…
- Scholarship and Creative Activities
- Teaching
- Faculty Service
- Librarianship
- Professional Service
- Adjunct Teaching.
Past awardees are listed at this link maintained by the Provost's Office.
Click here for the SUNY Policies and Procedures for the Excellence Awards. The Adjunct Teaching Excellence Award is described separately. The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Classified Service is administered separately.
Distinguished Ranks
- Distinguished Professor
- Distinguished Teaching Professor
- Distinguished Service Professor
- Distinguished Librarian
Past awardees are listed at this link maintained by the Provost's Office.
Click here for information from SUNY on Distinguished Faculty Ranks.
Local Awards
The O’Brien Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching has been supplanted by the Chancellor's Excellence in Adjunct Teaching.
Past awardees are listed at this link maintained by the Provost's Office.
Current Practice
This committee has long operated based on institutional memory and the requirements given by SUNY. It probably should be a standing committee of the faculty, although students are involved as well. For more information, contact the Faculty Vice Chair.
Each year near the beginning of the fall semester, the Vice Chair puts out a call for nominations for Excellence Awards. This call is sent to faculty, staff and students, and published in the Lamron, and in the College Senate Bulletin. At the beginning of the spring semester a similar call is made for nominations to Distinguished Ranks.