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 Dinner
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 |
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1974 |
Robert T. Clausen, Botany |
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1975 |
Harlan P. Banks, Plant Biology |
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1976 |
Joseph B. Bugliari, Agricultural Economics |
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1977 |
Robert H. Foote, Animal Science |
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1978 |
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1979 |
Joseph M. Calvo, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology |
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1980 |
Richard D. Aplin, Agricultural Economics |
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1981 |
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1982 |
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1983 |
(State Moratorium) |
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1984 |
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1985 |
Harrison A. Geiselmann, Education |
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1986 |
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1987 |
Paul J. VanDemark, Microbiology |
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1988* |
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1989** |
Edgar M. Raffensperger, Entomology |
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1990 |
William E. Drake, Education |
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1991 |
Brian O. Earle, Communication |
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1992 |
Richard P. Korf, Plant Pathology |
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Richard J. McNeil, Natural Resources |
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1993 |
E. John Pollak, Animal Science |
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Carole M. Rehkugler, Microbiology |
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1994 |
Joän Roos Egner, Education |
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Lois Schertz Willett, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics |
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1995 |
Gary W. Fick, Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Science |
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Karl J. Niklas, Plant Biology |
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1996 |
George J. Conneman, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics |
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George W. Hudler, Plant Pathology |
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1997 |
Kraig Adler, Neurobiology and Behavior |
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Timothy J. Fahey, Natural Resources |
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1998 |
Douglas A. Haith, Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
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Edward W. McLaughlin, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics |
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1999 |
George Casella, Biometrics |
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Syed S.H. Rizvi, Food Science |
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2000 |
Louis D. Albright, Agricultural and Biological Engineering |
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Deborah H. Streeter, Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics |
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2001 |
Geraldine K. Gay, Communication |
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Mark W. Wysocki, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
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2002 |
Kifle G. Gebremedhin, Biological and Environmental Engineering |
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David M. Galton, Animal Science |
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2003 |
Thomas D. Fox, Molecular Biology and Genetics |
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Peter J. Trowbridge, Landscape Architecture |
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2004 |
William C. Ghiorse, Microbiology |
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Barbara L. Peckarsky, Entomology |
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2005 |
Dawn E. Schrader, Education |
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Antonio DiTommaso, Crop and Soil Sciences |
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2006 |
John W. Sipple, Education |
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Arthur J. Lembo, Jr., Crop and Soil Sciences |
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2007 |
Susan C. Piliero, Education |
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Ronald M. Harris-Warrick, Neurobiology and Behavior |
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2008 |
Jeffrey T. Hancock, Communication |
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David T. Ng, Applied Economics and Management |
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2009 |
Garrick Blalock, Applied Economics and Management |
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Poppy L. McLeod, Communication |
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2010 |
Cole Gilbert, Entomology |
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Ashim K. Datta, Biological and Environmental Engineering |
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2011 |
Nancy Chau, The Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management |
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Tarleton L. Gillespie, Communication |
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2012 |
Antje J. Baeumner, Biological and Environmental Engineering |
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Jon M. Conrad, Applied Economics and Management |
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2013 |
Sahara E. Byrne, Communication |
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Debbie J. Cherney, Animal Science |
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2014 |
Vicki L. Bogan, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management |
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Daniel Krall, Landscape Architecture |
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2015 |
Jeffrey Niederdeppe, Communication |
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M. Todd Walter, Biological and Environmental Engineering |
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| 2016 |
Kevin C. Nixon, SIPS - Plant Biology |
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2017
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Sherene Baugher, Landscape Architecture |
| 2018 |
Lee Humphreys, Communication |
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Vimal Selvaraj, Animal Science |
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| 2019 |
Gavin Sacks, Food Science |
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Alexander Flecker, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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| 2020 | Matthew Ryan, Soil and Crop Sciences |
| Carmen Moraru, Food Science |