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Faculty Senate Awards Pop Quiz!


Do you have a colleague who goes above and beyond their job responsibilities to make MCC a better place to work?

Do you know a staff or faculty member who makes a positive impact on students’ learning in or out of the classroom?

Do you admire a colleague’s leadership and innovative thinking?

Do you know someone who inspires you to do your own job better?

OF COURSE YOU DO!

So take a little time out of your normal routine to nominate them for one of three prestigious awards –

[1] THE MCC EMERGING EXCELLENCE AWARD is designed to honor those who have, in some way, gone above and beyond their job responsibilities to make our college a better place to learn and to work.  ELIGIBILITY - The MCC Emerging Excellence Award is intended for individuals with 3-6 years of service at MCC who have no previous years of service elsewhere in the same capacity. DEADLINE: November 4th

[2] THE JOHN & SUANNE ROUECHE EXCELLENCE AWARD is designed to honor those who have, in some way, demonstrated superb leadership and innovation in higher education in such a way as to permanently affect the college’s operation in a substantive, measurable manner.  ELIGIBILITY - All full-time staff, administration, or tenured faculty are eligible. Either individuals or groups may be nominated, but each individual, or individual group member, must have 7 or more years of service at MCC.  DEADLINE: November 4th.

[3] THE SUNY CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ADJUNCT TEACHING recognizes consistently superior teaching at the graduate, undergraduate, or professional level in keeping with the State University’s commitment to providing its students with instruction of the highest quality.  ELIGIBILITY: Nominees must be Adjunct Faculty as generally defined by the specific SUNY institution. Nominees must have taught, over the proceeding five years, a total of courses equivalent to one-half of a three-year full-time teaching load in the appropriate department; nominees may also serve in adjunct roles at other educational institutions; and nominees must be employed by the nominating campus at the time of the nomination. DEADLINE:  September 30th

NOMINATION PACKET DEADLINES:  September 30th and November 4th

For more information, please follow these links:   
Faculty Senate Awards and Professional Leaves webpage 
Easy-to-read chart of the overview of awards
Prior award recipients

Or contact a member of your Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee:
Elizabeth Baxter: <mailto:ebaxter4@monroecc.edu>
Barb Ellis: <mailto:bellis@monroecc.edu
Heather Fox: <mailto:hfox@monroecc.edu
Gale Lynch: <mailto:glynch6@monroecc.edu>
Jill McPhee: <mailto:jmcphee@monroecc.edu
Ramon Rodriguez: <mailto:rrodriguez@monroecc.edu
Joe Scanlon: <mailto:jscanlon1@monroecc.edu
Rita Straubhaar: <mailto:rstraubhaar@monroecc.edu

Gale Lynch
Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee
09/19/2016