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MCC Daily Tribune

2020 Innovation of the Year Award - Call for Nominations

Innovation and excellence are an integral part of MCC, and the Innovation of the Year Award is one of the ways such initiatives are recognized. MCC's winning entry for 2019 was "DWIGHT: A Campus Response to Address Student Food Insecurity" by Christine Accorso (Student Services Office), Jennifer Caruso (Student Accounts), Julianna Frisch (President's Office), Ambika Howell (Student Services-Downtown Campus), Rebecca Mack (Advisement and Transfer Services), Sylvia Mendez (Financial Aid), and Betty Stewart (Student Life and Leadership Development). To view this innovation, the following link will take you to the League's Innovation of the Year Award website; scroll down to "Monroe Community College - SUNY."

https://www.league.org/web-page/2019-innovation-year-award-winners

Attached please find a historical listing of MCC Innovation of the Year Award winners.

By spring, MCC will designate the 2020 Innovation of the Year, an initiative by a person or team that has actively pursued discovery and change within the represented discipline. The title - Innovation of the Year - is used in conjunction with the League for Innovation in the Community College and reflects capstone achievements and the continuing renewal of the spirit of innovation and experimentation upon which the League was founded. The initiatives may be programs, practices, partnerships, policies, or activities that improve the ability of MCC to serve students and the community.

The innovation should meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • QUALITY: Students and/or staff agree that the innovation increases quality in the course, program, office, or institution.
  • EFFICIENCY: The innovation contributes to a more efficient way of doing things.
  • COST EFFECTIVENESS: The innovation adds value to MCC while containing or reducing costs.
  • REPLICATION: The innovation can be replicated at other institutions with a minimum of difficulty.
  • CREATIVITY: The innovation is original or the adaptation creative.
  • TIMELINESS: The innovation is not more than five years old at MCC, but must have been around to have been tested so that it meets most of the criteria.

The award will include an honorary certificate for each recipient from the League. In addition, the innovation will be acknowledged on the League's website, and the recipient(s) will be invited to present their innovation at the next Innovations Conference. The winner(s) will be recognized at MCC's Employee Recognition Ceremony.

All full- and part-time MCC faculty, administrators, professional staff, and support staff members are eligible for the award. When the innovation is a collaborative activity, all members should be nominated as a group. Nominations may be made by any member of the College community after gaining the approval of the nominee(s). Those making nominations must prepare:

  1. a two-page description of the initiative, including its category (workforce preparation and development; learning and teaching; student services and activities; research, assessment, and accountability; resource development; basic skills and developmental education; leadership and organization; or other), and its objectives, methodology, and outcomes; AND
  2. two or more pages of concisely stated evidence documenting how the nomination fulfills the criteria of quality, efficiency, cost effectiveness, replication, creativity, and timeliness.

Please forward these materials to the nominee's vice president by noon on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Attached Files:
IOYA Booklet 2019.pdf

Lloyd Holmes
Student Services Office
12/03/2019