Author: MCC User

MCC’S INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

PAST RECIPIENTS (continued)

2007	Distance Dental Hygiene Project: A Partnership to Extend the MCC Dental Hygiene Program to Cuba, Dunkirk, and Watertown / Charlene Blanchard, Marsha Bower, Susan Forsyth, David Lawrence, Nancy Rivaldo, Saroj Viswanathan
2008	Women on the Move / Ivan Matthew, Jesica Miller, Corinne Mulhall, Julie White, Patricia Williams
2009	The Sixth Act / Gail Bouk, Maria Brandt, Paul D’Alessandris, Heather Fox, Jeffery Jones, Robert Kashmer, Midge Marshall, / Caren Pita, Jim Simmonds, Ann Tippett
2010	Scholars’ Day / Matthew Fox, Matthew Hachee, Jeffrey Kiggins, Michael Ofsowitz, Jodi Oriel, Scott Rudd, Christine Schwartzott
2011	Safe Zone Project / Don Beech, Marlene Fine, Bess Watts, Julie White
2012	Enough is Enough Campaign / Amy Greer, Rebecca Herzog

CRITERIA

An innovation should meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. Quality — Students and/or staff agree that the innovation increases quality in the course, program, office, or institution. Evidence of quality may include student ratings or letters of support from colleagues. Quality is difficult to measure, so the committees may want to identify characteristics that together help define “quality” at their institution.
2. Efficiency — Meaningful evidence indicates that the innovation contributes to more efficient practices, processes, functions, or other ways of working or participating in college activity. Student ratings, perceptions of outside consultants, and pre– and post– comparison of time involved are examples of evidence.
3. Cost Effectiveness — Meaningful evidence indicates that the innovation adds a value to the institution while containing or reducing costs. Cost data will serve as evidence.
4. Replication — The innovation selected can be replicated in or adapted by other institutions with a minimum of difficulty.
5. Creativity — The innovation is based on an original concept or is a creative adaptation of existing practices, processes, etc. A description of the program or letters from experts are examples of evidence.
6. Timeliness — The innovation should not be more than five years old in the institution, but it should have been in place long enough to meet the selection criteria.
Each of the League members will announce the Innovation of the Year program. It is recommended that each League member create a committee to establish criteria and select the award winner. Applications should be encouraged from all areas of the college: faculty (including part-time), administrators, and support personnel; the range of participation is to be determined by each college.

ANNUAL
INNOVATION
OF THE
YEAR AWARD
2013

Every year, the League honors
outstanding innovations which
have been recognized by
member institutions as
Innovations of the Year.
These innovations represent
capstone achievements and
the continuing renewal of
the spirit of innovation and
experimentation upon which
the League was founded.

Michael J. McDonough, Provost and Vice President, Academic Services
MCC’s League for Innovation in the Community College Representative

May 2013

MCC’S INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

MCC’S INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

LEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Innovation of the Year Award is designed to recognize League college staff members who have designed and implemented a significant innovation. Each year, the League recognizes Innovations of the Year.
Employees from all employee groups (faculty, including part-time; administrators; and support personnel) are eligible for nomination.

2013 RECIPIENTS
EXPRESS ENROLLMENT DAYS
JAVIER AYALA, KIMBERLEY COLLINS, CHARLOTTE DOWNING, KIM MCKINSEY-MABRY,
KATE SMITH, LAUREL SANGER, KRISTEN FRAGNOLI, KATE SCHIEFEN

Express Enrollment Days (EED) is a college-wide, comprehensive initiative designed to raise awareness among students and prospective students about the many steps involved in MCC’s enrollment process and to encourage students to complete their enrollment and registration prior to registration deadlines. Express Enrollment Days provide an ideal opportunity for new, continuing, and transfer students to receive advisement and assistance in registering for classes in a convenient “one-stop” model.

PAST RECIPIENTS

1986	Computer Literacy / Mary Pat Pennell
1987	2 + 2 Cooperative Degree Program / Dick Degus, Tony Felicetti
1988	Mini-Computer System / George Fazekas

PAST RECIPIENTS (continued)

1989	ECO 103: Personal Money Management and Rochester Products Initiative / Joe Marchese
1990	Development of Innovative Teaching in Nursing / Kay Charron
1991	CD-ROM LAN—Low Cost, High Speed Access to Indexes / Ann Penwarden
1992	Student Leadership Program / Douglas Brown, Laurence Feasel, Elizabeth Stewart, Evelyn Stewart, Pamela Weidel, Joel Zaar
1993	Construction of MCC’s Computer Integrated Laboratory / Thomas DiGiacomo, George Parasida
1994	Student Affairs Division Staff Development Program / Jane Brady, Joan Cavanna, Marcie Faulkner, Marlene Fine, Howard Golove, Mark Humbert, Joyce Smith, / Elizabeth Stewart, Virginia Toth, Pamela Weidel, Ann White
1995	Computer Assisted Language Learning for ESOL Students / Suzanne El Rayess, Elizabeth Neureiter-Seely, Pilar Vilar-Glasow
1996	The Integrated Technical Training System / Carol Burritt, Terry Keys, Joan Smith, Robert Teague
1997	Faculty Advisor Workshop Series / Susan Baker, Mary Eshenour, Denise Klein, Susan Salvador
1998	Teaching Online: Asynchronous Learning and the SUNY Learning Network / Michelle Bartell, Elizabeth Fell-Kelly, Marlene Ledbetter, Dale Mallory, Lorraine McHugh, Thomas McHugh, / Marion Miller, Chris Otero-Piersante, Craig Rand, Cathryn Smith
1999	Liberal Arts Advisor/Advisee Mentor Program / Kathy O’Shea, Holly Wynn-Preische
2000	MCC Student E-Mail Project / Rob Cordeiro, Joe Gerardi, Terry Keys, Dale Mallory, Donna Pogroszewski, Richard Ryther, Brett Thompson, / Tony Wagahoff
2001	Leadership Institute / Shirley Batistta-Provost, Douglas Brown, Jodi Oriel, Karen Ross, Elizabeth Stewart, Pamela Weidel
2002	Rochester Parent Network / James Coffey
2003	Curriculum Forms Data Base / Robert Bertram, Charlotte Downing, Ernest Mellas
2004	Workshops Initiated towards Needs of Students (WINS) Program / Anne Hughes, Betty Smith
2005	Computerized Assessment System / Audrey Bopp, Martha Kendall, Pamela Korte
2006	A Comprehensive Approach to Classroom Technology Support / Stephanie Allen, Yvonne Betts-Gamble, Diane DeHond, Delovis Olaode, Jeff Thompson, Paul Tracy, Sharron Waide