Excellence in Teaching
OFFICE MANAGING THE AWARD PROCESS: Office of Academic Programs with Deans and Directors. Information received from Provost's Office, SUNY Albany.
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT: Late November
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Nomination Memo - November. Final Dossier – Mid to late January
ELIGIBILITY: Nominees for the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching must be full-time teachers (by campus' definition) who currently and regularly carry a full-time teaching load. Candidates may hold any full-time, academic rank; however, they must have taught in CALS for at least 3 academic years prior to nomination.
Recipients of an Excellence Award may not, at any time, be re-nominated for an award in the same category; and they may not be nominated for another Excellence Award in any other category within a 10-year period. Posthumous nominations are ineligible. Other exclusions can be found in the Call for Nominations.
SPECIFICS: The nomination should address how the candidate excels in each of the following areas:
- Teaching techniques
- Scholarship and professional growth
- Student services
- Major teaching achievements
A summary of accomplishments (limited to a maximum of 5 pages) and a CV are required for nominations.
PRESENTED AT: Dean's Awards Ceremony, Summer
Previous Awardees of The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching Since 1973
Beginning 1987, the Award was given for a two year period.
1989: Reinstatement of Annual Award
1992: Began two awards per annum
| Year | Awardee |
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1973 | Daniel G. Sisler, Agricultural Economics |
1974 | Robert T. Clausen, Botany |
1975 | Harlan P. Banks, Plant Biology |
1976 | Joseph B. Bugliari, Agricultural Economics |
1977 | Robert H. Foote, Animal Science |
1978 |
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1979 | Joseph M. Calvo, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology |
1980 | Richard D. Aplin, Agricultural Economics |
1981 |
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1982 |
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1983 | (State Moratorium) |
1984 |
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1985 | Harrison A. Geiselmann, Education |
1986 |
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1987 | Paul J. VanDemark, Microbiology |
1988* |
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1989** | Edgar M. Raffensperger, Entomology |
1990 | William E. Drake, Education |
1991 | Brian O. Earle, Communication |
1992 | Richard P. Korf, Plant Pathology |
Richard J. McNeil, Natural Resources | |
1993 | E. John Pollak, Animal Science |
Carole M. Rehkugler, Microbiology | |
1994 | Joän Roos Egner, Education |
Lois Schertz Willett, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics | |
1995 | Gary W. Fick, Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Science |
Karl J. Niklas, Plant Biology | |
1996 | George J. Conneman, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics |
George W. Hudler, Plant Pathology | |
1997 | Kraig Adler, Neurobiology and Behavior |
Timothy J. Fahey, Natural Resources | |
1998 | Douglas A. Haith, Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Edward W. McLaughlin, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics | |
1999 | George Casella, Biometrics |
Syed S.H. Rizvi, Food Science | |
2000 | Louis D. Albright, Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
Deborah H. Streeter, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics | |
2001 | Geraldine K. Gay, Communication |
Mark W. Wysocki, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | |
2002 | Kifle G. Gebremedhin, Biological and Environmental Engineering |
David M. Galton, Animal Science | |
2003 | Thomas D. Fox, Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Peter J. Trowbridge, Landscape Architecture | |
2004 | William C. Ghiorse, Microbiology |
Barbara L. Peckarsky, Entomology | |
2005 | Dawn E. Schrader, Education |
Antonio DiTommaso, Crop and Soil Sciences | |
2006 | John W. Sipple, Education |
Arthur J. Lembo, Jr., Crop and Soil Sciences | |
2007 | Susan C. Piliero, Education |
Ronald M. Harris-Warrick, Neurobiology and Behavior | |
2008 | Jeffrey T. Hancock, Communication |
David T. Ng, Applied Economics and Management | |
2009 | Garrick Blalock, Applied Economics and Management |
Poppy L. McLeod, Communication | |
2010 | Cole Gilbert, Entomology |
Ashim K. Datta, Biological and Environmental Engineering | |
2011 | Nancy Chau, The Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management |
Tarleton L. Gillespie, Communication | |
2012 | Antje J. Baeumner, Biological and Environmental Engineering |
Jon M. Conrad, Applied Economics and Management | |
2013 | Sahara E. Byrne, Communication |
Debbie J. Cherney, Animal Science | |
2014 | Vicki L. Bogan, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management |
Daniel Krall, Landscape Architecture | |
2015 | Jeffrey Niederdeppe, Communication |
M. Todd Walter, Biological and Environmental Engineering | |
| 2016 | Kevin C. Nixon, SIPS - Plant Biology |
2017
| Sherene Baugher, Landscape Architecture |
| 2018 | Lee Humphreys, Communication |
Vimal Selvaraj, Animal Science | |
| 2019 | Gavin Sacks, Food Science |
Alexander Flecker, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
| 2020 | Matthew Ryan, Soil and Crop Sciences |
| Carmen Moraru, Food Science | |
| 2021 | Dan Buckley, Microbiology, Soil and Crop Sciences |
| Terry Tucker, Global Development |