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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service - Nominate a Colleague!

The deadline for submitting a nomination is November 18, 2024

Excellence in Professional Services (EIPS)

The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service recognizes consistently superior professional achievement within and beyond the position.

Nominations should be sent to Eric Wheeler (ewheeler@monroecc.edu) by Monday, November 18, 2024.

 Nomination packets must include:

  •  A nomination letter addressed to the Chancellor's Award Selection Committee;
  •  letters of support and a current resume/CV.

The nomination letter and letters of support may not be more than five pages long. Please compile these in a single PDF document - if possible – in the order above. Any additional information submitted should be in a separate file.

Selection Criteria – EIPS

  • Nominees for the award must be individuals who have repeatedly sought improvement of themselves, their campuses and ultimately the State University and, in doing so, have transcended the normal definitions of excellence. At all position levels, nominees shall be those individuals who can serve as professional role models for a University system in the pursuit of excellence.
  • The following criteria shall be used in selecting persons for nomination of this award; Within the Position Description – The candidate must perform superbly in fulfilling the job description for the position(s) held; and Beyond the Position Description – The candidate should also demonstrate excellence in professional activities beyond the parameters of the job description. The ideal candidate will satisfy the standards in a creative and innovative fashion while demonstrating flexibility and ability to adapt to institutional needs. Consideration should be given to capabilities and accomplishments in the areas of leadership, decision-making and problem-solving. Evidence in this category includes, but is not limited to, professional recognitions, initiation of ideas, development of proposals, and committee activities.

Eligibility Criteria – EIPS

  • Candidate Background – Candidates must presently be serving in full-time professional service capacities (not necessarily titles) with more than 50 percent of their assignment in non-teaching services. These include academic administration, business affairs, student affairs, institutional support technologies, instructional and research support technologies, and heads of campus libraries. It is the intent that the Professional Service Award be reserved for staff working full-time within their nominating campus. Full-time faculty (as defined in the eligibility criteria for Faculty Service) are not eligible. In the case of split assignments across the nominating campus, individuals are eligible for nomination for this award if they are serving in a full-time professional capacity. In addition, support staff not serving in professional class titles are ineligible for nomination, but are eligible for nomination in the Classified Service Awards category.
  • Length of Service – Nominees must have completed three academic years of full-time appointment within the previous five years (years do not need to be consecutive) at the nominating campus prior to the year of nomination. Please note, promotion within the same department does not preclude a person from being nominated.
  • Restrictions – Individuals serving in the classified services are ineligible for nomination (e.g., positions paid on an hourly rather than salary basis are generally in the classified services). Please note that for the Community Colleges, individuals serving as heads of divisions (frequently referred to as Deans) may be nominated predicated on their fulfilling the eligibility and selection criteria. However, for this sector, the title “Dean of Instruction” frequently refers to the individual who serves as the head campus academic officer. Where this is the case, the individual may not be nominated.
  • Special Considerations for the Professional Service Award Exclusively for the Excellence in Professional Service Award, nominations may be made by not-for-profit agencies serving a State University function at one of the organizational units (e.g., the campus Research Foundation offices, etc.) of the State University of New York. Any such nominations count toward the total allocations permissible for the nominating campus. For the purposes of the Professional Service Award, the State University System Administration is considered a campus. It may make one Professional Service nomination drawn from the aggregate of eligible staff at the System Administration, the State University Construction Fund, SUNY Charter Schools Institute, and the SUNY Research Foundation.

Questions: Email Eric Wheeler (ewheeler@monroecc.edu) or call 585-292-2296.

Calvin Gantt
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
09/24/2024