Earlier this October, President Samuel L. Stanley, Jr., MD, honored faculty and staff for their accomplishments at the annual University Awards Dinner, held in the Student Activities Center Ballroom B. The event is held to recognize faculty appointments to Distinguished Professorships, State University of New York Chancellor’s Award Recipients and Presidential Mini-Grant Recipients.
The 2015 University Awardees
Distinguished Professorships
David Bynum, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Distinguished Service Professor
And the four latest SUNY Distinguished Professors:
Dennis Assanis, Mechanical Engineering
Robert Lazrsfeld, Mathematics
Erwin London, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Nancy Tomes, History
Mini-Grant Recipients
Margarethe Adams, Performing Musical Diversity
Jeffrey Barnett, Diversity Certificate Program: Developing Student, Faculty and Staff Multicultural Competency
Peggy Spitzer Christoff, Cross-Cultural Studies of Asian and Asian American Groups on Long Island
Francisco Colon, Flex: Formative Learning Experiences
Crystal M. Fleming, Mindfulness and Diversity: A Research Forum to Enhance Awareness and Improve Minority Health at Stony Brook and Beyond
Alfreda S. James, Initiate Success in the American Workplace — a Career Development Project for International Students
Keith Johnston, Interactive Musical Concerts for US Military Veterans in the Long Island State Veterans Home
Annie J. Rohan, The First Available Dental Appointment is Next Year
Toni Sperzel, Mentoring African American Male PhD Scholars in STEM: Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Community Support Through the Center for Inclusive Education
Tracey Walters, Recognizing Diversity: The LBGTQ Experience in Communities of Color
Donna M. Woodruff, You Can Play Initiative
SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
For Excellence in Classified Service: Jenille Johnson, Economics; Dennis Ryan, West Campus Operations and Maintenance; and Gabe Zahralban, Southampton Campus Operations and Maintenance.
For Excellence in Professional Service: Megan Alberti, Anthropology; Margaret Hanley, English; Nina Maung-Gaona, The Graduate School; Mary Moran-Luba, Cultural Analysis and Theory; and Hedieh Resciniti, Student Activities
For Excellence in Faculty Service: J. Peter Gergen, Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Gary Mar, Philosophy; and Anne Moyer, Psychology
For Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities: Robert Shrock, Physics and Astronomy; and Peter Stephens, Physics and Astronomy
For Excellence in Teaching: Michael Bender, Computer Sciences; and Andrew Wackett, Emergency Medicine.
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