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 - Late December. Final Dossier - Early February.

ELIGIBILITY: Nominations for the award must be full-time teaching, tenured or tenure-track faculty.  Nominees for the award may hold any academic rank.  However, they must have completed at least three years of full-time service on campus prior to the year of nomination.  Recipients of an Excellence Award may not be re-nominated for an award in the same category.  Posthumous nominations are ineligible.  Recipients of an Excellence Award may not be nominated for another Excellence Award within a 10 year period.  See Call for Nominations for exclusions.

SPECIFICS: Nominees for the award must demonstrate consistently superior service. Eligible service contributions may occur in a variety of venues including service to: the campus, the State University, the local community or contributions at the regional, state-wide, national or international levels, the discipline or disciplinary and professional organizations and societies, or to leadership in local or system-wide faculty governance. There must be positive evidence of outstanding achievement and skill in providing leadership, outreach, or other University and/or community service or extraordinary service and leadership in the nominee’s professional organization. The scope of the service must extend over multiple years. A summary of accomplishments (limited to a maximum of 5 pages) and a CV are required for nominations.

PRESENTED AT: Dean's Awards Reception.