Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York, has named 361 faculty and staff from throughout the university system to receive the 2016-17 Chancellor”™s Awards for Excellence. The award recognizes professional achievement, encourages the pursuit of excellence and establishes the individuals as role models throughout the SUNY system.
Purchase College honorees include Stephen Cooke, Jordan Schildcrout, Lenka Pichliková, Ragnhild Utheim, Christopher Bisignano, Lorraine Miller and Vincent Lanni.
At Rockland Community College, award winners included Abigail Hunte, Kevin Barrett and George D. Repic.
Those honored at Westchester Community College included Rachele Marie Hall, Iskra D. Hernandez, Shaun Thomas Rajan, Denise Sullivan, John Sheridan, Anthony Czarnecki, Judith Marino and Douglas Plath.
Zimpher praised these and the other award winners as “”¦the best of our best, having ensured student success as they educate and mentor students with innovative approaches to academic instruction, infuse curricula with applied learning opportunities, adapt best practices from throughout SUNY, and much more.”
