Awards + honors

Health promotion and wellness faculty member Jessica Harris earned this year’s President’s Award for Teaching Excellence. In addition, Kenneth Nichols -- a visiting instructor and Writing Fellow in English and creative writing -- earned the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

Alexis Pinero-Benson, the college's director of student conduct, recently received a prestigious national honor, the Individual Award of Excellence from the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA).

Described as an “invaluable asset” to SUNY Oswego, Sherri Devercelly of facility services has earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service.

Three dedicated SUNY Oswego staff members -- for whom a year of adaptation has enhanced their previous years of service -- have earned the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service. The 2021 award winners are Jennifer Broderick, creative director of alumni and development communications; Angie Brown, director of student health services; and Kate Wolfe-Lyga, director of the Counseling Services Center.

Biological sciences faculty member Karen Sime is among 35 higher education professionals in the country selected for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) prestigious Emerging Leaders Program (ELP).

While COVID-19 has altered many routines, changes did not stop one ongoing tradition -- SUNY Oswego student-run WNYO 88.9 FM and WTOP-10 TV earning awards.

Continuing work to elevate learning on the SUNY Oswego campus and across academia has earned John Kane, director of the college’s Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and a professor of economics, a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service.

"From Suarez's Basement," a video podcast hosted by communication studies faculty member Francisco Suarez, is receiving the 2021 Communicator Award of Excellence in the educational video category from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.

From studying the scale of the universe to inspiring students across the globe, SUNY Oswego physics professor Shashi Kanbur’s far-reaching efforts earned the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.

Catalina Iannone of SUNY Oswego’s modern languages and literatures recently earned a national award for her journal publication, "Visualizing Blackness in Contemporary Spain: Race and Representation in Juan Valbuena’s 'Salitre.'"