Skip to main content


Repost Message will copy the article into draft mode and enable you to edit/change dates and information.
Do not change the dates of this posting because it will affect the original.

MCC Daily Tribune

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

The deadline for submitting a nomination is November 18, 2024

Excellence in Faculty Service (EIFS):

The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service recognizes the consistently superior service contributions of full-time teaching faculty. This service must be sustained over multiple years and may occur in a variety of venues.

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 – EIFS:

  • To be nominated, a faculty member must demonstrate consistently superior service. Eligible service contributions may occur in a variety of areas including service to the campus, the State University, the local community, or contributions at the regional, state-wide, national or international levels. Eligible activities may encompass a combination of service contributions to discipline or disciplinary and professional organizations and societies, and to leadership in local or system-wide faculty governance.
  • The nature of the service must exceed the work generally considered to be part of a candidate’s basic professional obligation (professional committees, etc.) and must include service that exceeds that for which faculty are normally compensated. 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 organizations.
  • The scope of the service must extend over multiple years, must be geared toward effecting positive change and must involve the generous giving of personal time in service to areas previously described. Candidates for this award must be full-time teaching/instructional faculty as defined by the campus who meet, and preferably exceed the selection criteria, and who also demonstrate initiative and creativity in exceeding these standards. We realize that faculty are allowed credit release time when acquiring faculty service administrative duties.

Eligibility – EIFS:

  • Academic Background – Candidates must regularly carry a full-time teaching load as defined by the campus for full-time teaching. (The definition of a full teaching load varies from campus to campus, but each campus should be satisfied that there can be no question that its nominee meets this criterion. Teachers of studio courses or other specialized courses in which credit hours are normally low are to be considered in terms of the full-time load normally expected for the discipline.) The significance of having the campus define “full-time” teaching is particularly relevant in the case of department chairs. Campuses often provide course reductions for faculty serving in such capacity. If the reduction is applied uniformly, then this reduced load becomes “full-time” for that particular position. Individuals serving in this capacity may be nominated for the award contingent upon their carrying the campus-defined, full-time teaching load for persons performing such administrative responsibilities (e.g., if a campus defines 15 hours as a full- time teaching load for full-time faculty, and 12 hours as a full-time teaching load for Department Chairs, then an individual serving as a Department Chair and teaching the 12 hours and meeting the other eligibility requirements would be eligible for nomination). The nomination portfolio should clearly show that the Department Chair is carrying a campus-defined full-time teaching load as defined for department chairs. Please remember that department chairs are always considered faculty first. Except for department chairs, teaching requirements for faculty must constitute more than 50 percent of the position’s responsibility. Otherwise, the individual should be considered for the Excellence in Professional Service Award. It is the intent that the Professional Service category be reserved for staff.
  • 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.
  • Academic Rank – Nominees for the award may hold any full-time academic and qualified academic rank as defined in SUNY Board of Trustees policies as defined in Article II (please see SUNY Board of Trustees Policies ): professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor or assistant instructor, clinical professor, and full-time non-tenure track faculty including the title Lecturer are eligible for nomination. Please note the State University of New York Policies of the Board of Trustees – January 2022 – Article II §1 (Terms).

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

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