Faculty & Staff Award Opportunities
The Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are system-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.
These programs underscore SUNY’s commitment to sustaining intellectual vibrancy, advancing the boundaries of knowledge, providing the highest quality of instruction, and serving the public good.
Through these awards, SUNY publicly proclaims its pride in the accomplishment and personal dedication of its instructional faculty, librarians, and professional staff across its campuses. The awards provide SUNY-wide recognition in five categories: Faculty Service, Librarianship, Professional Service, Scholarship and Creative Activities, and Teaching.
President's Awards for Excellence are given annually to those individuals who make significant and extraordinary contributions to the university.
Since 1946, the Fulbright Program has been this country's flagship international educational exchange program. It provides competitive, merit-based grants for U.S. citizens to study, conduct research, and apply their talents abroad, and for citizens of other countries to reciprocate in the United States. Earning a prestigious Fulbright grant is affirmation of a recipient’s dedication to excellence.
At Buffalo State, 17 faculty members from a wide range of disciplines have been selected to participate in the Fulbright Program. Buffalo State students have the unique opportunity to study with these faculty members and learn from their Fulbright experiences. The ultimate promise of the program is to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and people around the world. Buffalo State proudly plays a part in this process.
Award Recipients
2020: Dr. Angela C. Thering, Computer Information Systems
2017: Dr. Jo A. Yudess, Center for Studies in Creativity
2015: Charles G. Arbutina, Computer Information Systems
2018: Dr. Carol A. DeNysschen, Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics
2012: Dr. John L. DeNisco, Business
2022: Dr. Susan A. McCartney, Director, Small Business Development Center
2019: Dr. Rita M. Zientek, Interim Dean, School of the Professions
2017: Dr. David J. Kukulka, Engineering Technology
2016: Dr. Ilya Y. Grinberg, Engineering Technology
2022: Dr. S. Marlon Gayadeen, Criminal Justice
2018: Dr. Lynn M. Boorady, Fashion and Textile Technology
2016: Dr. John F. Cabra, Center for Studies in Creativity
2015: Dr. Michael J. Littman, Business
2015: Dr. James Mayrose, School of the Professions Dean's Office
2016: Dr. Sarbani Banerjee, Computer Information Systems
2020: Dr. Kimberly A. Kline, Higher Education Administration
2021: Dr. Saquib M. Ahmed, Engineering Technology
2021: Dr. Guanqiu Qi, Computer Information Systems
2015: Dr. Ruth X. Guo, Computer Information Systems
2015: Dr. Carol A. DeNysschen, Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics
2012: Dr. Ilya Y. Grinberg, Engineering Technology
2007: Dr. Gerard J. Puccio, Creative Studies
2021: Dr. Carol A. DeNysschen, Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics
2017: Rebecca Tate, Hospitality and Tourism
2015: Dr. Stephen E. Gareau, Computer Information Systems
2009: Kathleen M. O’Brien, Hospitality and Tourism
2018: Tammy Anna, Administrative Assistant 1, Computer Information Systems
2021: Dr. Keunyoung Oh, Fashion and Textile Technology
2019: Dr. Lorena D. Mathien, Business
2018: Dr. Cynthia A. Burnett, Creativity & Change Leadership
2017: Dr. Susan M. Keller-Mathers, Creativity & Change Leadership
2016: Dr. Lynn M. Boorady, Fashion and Textile Technology
2016: Dr. J. Michael Fox: Creativity & Change Leadership
2015: Lynne M. Scalia, Business
2014: Dr. John F. Cabra, Center for Studies in Creativity
2009: Dr. James Mayrose, Engineering Technology
2017: Dr. Kimberly Zittel-Barr, Social Work
2017: Dr. Keunyoung Oh, Fashion & Textile Technology
2015: Dr. Camilo Maldonado, III, Speech-Language Pathology
2011: Dr. Dolores E. Battle, Speech Language Pathology (Professor Emeritus)
2009: Dr. S. Marlon Gayadeen, Criminal Justice