UAlbany Faculty and Staff Honored With Chancellor’s Awards
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 30, 2023)—President Hávidan Rodríguez announced UAlbany’s winners of the 2022-2023 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.
The awards are system-level honors designed to recognize consistently superior professional achievement and encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. These awards underscore SUNY’s commitment to sustaining intellectual vibrancy, advancing the boundaries of knowledge, providing the highest quality of instruction and service, and serving the public good. There are six categories: teaching; research, scholarship and creative activities; professional service; librarianship; faculty service; and classified service.
The awardees are SUNY’s community role models in their respective areas, and each receives a letter and certificate signed by the chancellor, and a commemorative medallion. UAlbany’s 2022-2023 recipients of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in the respective categories are:
Excellence in Teaching:
- Mark Hughes, Department of Accounting and Law, School of Business
- Maeve Kane, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities:
- Yiming Ying, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, College of Arts & Sciences
- Mathias Vuille, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
- Rabi Ann Musah, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
Excellence in Professional Service:
- Aaron McCloskey, Human Resources Management, Division of Finance & Administration
- Brian Stephenson, Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Librarianship:
- Gregory Wiedeman, University Libraries, Division of Academic Affairs
Excellence in Faculty Service:
- Karin Reinhold, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts & Sciences
- Sheila Curran Bernard, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences
Excellence in Classified Service:
- Erik Dubb, Facilities Management/Physical Plant, Division of Finance & Administration
- James Hardy, Facilities Management/Physical Plant, Division of Finance & Administration
- Richard Sargent, Student Financial Services, Division of Student Affairs
Reception planned
On Friday, Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. there will be a reception in the University Art Museum to honor the 2023 awardees as well as awardees from 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, who missed having receptions due to pandemic restrictions.
Here is the list of the 2021 and 2022 recipients of the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in the respective categories:
2020-2021
Excellence in Teaching:
- Andrea Kordzek, School of Criminal Justice, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
- Christopher Pastore, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities:
- Dolores Cimini, Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research
- Christine Wagner, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Professional Service:
- Noelle Angelozzi, Budget and Financial Management
- Brad Bunzey, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Management
- Jason Jones, Parking and Mass Transit Services
- Mary Kay Scrabalak, Educational Opportunity Program
- Barbara Zampella, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Librarianship:
- Rebecca Nous, University Libraries
Excellence in Faculty Service:
- Joette Sefl-Mabry, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity
2021-2022
Excellence in Teaching:
- Carmen Serrano, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
- Samantha Friedman, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Professional Service:
- Leandra Harris, Residential Life
- Merissa Mabee, Human Resources Management
- Tara Evans, Center for International Education and Global Strategies
Excellence in Librarianship:
- Irina Holden, University Libraries