Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions in four overarching categories:
Excellence in Student Research
- Jingjing Ji, doctoral candidate in chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (graduate)
- Ashtha Singh, international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School (undergraduate)
Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience and University Initiatives
- Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay, associate professor of communications in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communciations (faculty)
- Maureen Casey, chief operating officer for the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (professional staff)
- Amy Schmidt, program coordinator of citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (professional staff)
- Jolanta Niwelt, events coordinator at Lubin House (support staff)
Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction
- Wayne Franits, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Katherine McDonald, associate dean of research and professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Shobha Bhatia, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award
The Chancellor’s Forever Orange is conferred on individual students, faculty or staff who—by virtue of extraordinary hard work, good values and commitment to excellence—embody the best of Syracuse University
- Colleen O’Connor Bench, associate vice president of parent engagement and student experience
- Ian McIntyre, head coach of the men’s soccer team.
William Pearson Tolley Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Lifelong Learning
As one of the nation’s preeminent leaders in higher education, William Pearson Tolley served as Chancellor for 27 years. The University established the Tolley Medal in 1966, in conjunction with the School of Education, to recognize strong scholarship and leadership in lifelong learning.
- Rhodia Thomas ’77, executive director of MidPenn Legal Services, adjunct professor of law at Dickinson University and an alumna of the School of Education.
Diversity and Inclusion Award
The Diversity and Inclusion Award recognizes an individual who is integral in helping us achieve academic excellence at a university that is welcoming to all through our investments in a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible campus community.
- Suzette Meléndez, teaching professor in the College of Law and faculty fellow for the Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorships for Teaching Excellence
A substantial bequest from the estate of Dr. L. Douglas Meredith, a 1926 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, allowed Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw to create the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorships in 1995, to recognize and reward outstanding teaching at Syracuse University.
- Joon Park, professor in the School of Information Studies
- C. Cora True-Frost, Bond, Schoeneck and King Distinguished Professor in the College of Law
Teaching Recognition Award
In 2001, the Meredith Professorship Program was expanded to recognize teaching excellence by non-tenured faculty and adjunct and part-time instructors. Awards are given in two categories: Early Performance and Continuing Excellence.
Early Performance
- Kelly Leahy,assistant professor of television, radio and film in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Farzana Rahman, associate teaching professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Milton Santiago, assistant professor of visual communications in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Darwin Tsen,assistant teaching professor of Chinese and Chinese language in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Nina Wilson, assistant professor in the School of Architecture
Continuing Excellence
- Kenneth Marfilius, assistant dean of online and distance education and associate teaching professor of social work in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamic
- Sudha Raj, teaching professor and graduate director of nutrition and food studies in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamic
Seinfeld Scholarship
Each year Syracuse University honors the talents of outstanding faculty or students through an award made possible by Judith Greenberg Seinfeld, a distinguished alumna and member of the University Board of Trustees. Awards are made to those who have been determined by their peers to have made outstanding contributions to the beauty of the world, to have added to human values and to ending human abuse anywhere in the world, and to have demonstrated passion for excellence, creativity and originality in academic or artistic fields.
- Rebecca Ortiz, associate professor of advertising in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Student-Athlete Award
This award is given to the senior female and male students with the highest cumulative grade point average over their careers as student-athletes.
- Izabela Krakic, an international relations major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the women’s rowing team
- Julius Rauch an entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major in the Whitman School of Management and a member of the men’s soccer team
2023-24 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars
The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars lead the Syracuse University community in the remembrance of the 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2024 Senior Class Marshals
Lucio Maffei and Sofia Rodriguez
2024 School and College Marshals
- College of Arts and Sciences—Diana Erenburg, Will Treloar, Malachi Washington
- College of Engineering and Computer Science—Mia-Marie Fields, Sydney Jud
- College of Law—Devon Brown
- College of Professional Studies—Walter E. Hunt Jr.
- College of Visual and Performing Arts—Eli Golding, Gabrielle Pinkney
- Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics—Alison Gilmore, Mariana Pérez Lugo
- Martin J. Whitman School of Management—Lily Buckley, Haig Chakamian
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs—Yulia Bychkov
- School of Architecture—Alexandra Grypinich, Benjamin Harteveld
- School of Education—Jordan Campanelli, Hannah Gardner
- School of Information Studies—Jake Morgan Hyman, Kayla Jones
- S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications—Nicole Aponte, Sophia Darsch, Anne Levin
- The Graduate School—Andrew Ridgeway
2024 University Scholars
Twelve seniors are named as the 2024 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows.
2024 Emeriti Faculty
- Kal Alston
- Suzanne L. Baldwin
- Kenneth Baynes
- Tej K. Bhatia
- Shobha K. Bhatia
- Theodore Brown
- Virginia Burrus
- Shiu-Kai Chin
- Robert M. Cleary
- Julia Czerniak
- Francine J. D’Amico
- Cliff I. Davidson
- Thomas deLara
- Dennis Deninger
- Joseph Downing
- Paul G. Fitzgerald
- Catherine Gerard
- Gail Hamner
- Dona Hayes
- Susan R. Henderson
- Arlene S. Kanter
- Eric R. Kingson
- Lisa Q. Knych
- Henry Lambright
- John M. Laverty
- Eleanor M. Maine
- Mary Helen McNeal
- Diane Lyden Murphy
- Gustav Niebuhr*
- Kathleen M. O’Connor
- Stuart S. Rosenthal
- Karin Ruhlandt
- Francisco E. Sanin
- Mara Sapon-Shevin
- Evan S. Smith
- Christopher Tuohey
- Michael D. Veley *honored posthumously
2023 Emeriti Faculty
- Douglas V. Armstrong, professor of anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Stuart S. Brown, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Alfonso H. Peter Castro, professor of anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Melissa Chessher, professor of magazine, news and digital journalism, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- J. Theodore Cox, professor of mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Thong Dang, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- William J. DiCosimo, associate professor of music industry, College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Amy Falkner, associate professor of advertising , S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Linda Stone Fish, professor of marriage and family therapy, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
- Thomas P. Fondy, professor of biology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Barbara Croll Fought, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Douglas Alan Frank, professor of biology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Lynn L. Greenky, associate teaching professor of communication and rhetorical studies, College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Tadeusz Iwaniec, Distinguished Professor, mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Barbara E. Jones, professor of practice of television, radio and film, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies, College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Mark Kleiner, professor of mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Eileen H. Lantier, associate professor of public health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
- Jay Kyoon Lee, professor of electrical engineering and computer science , College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Alan J. Levy, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Jackie Orr, associate professor of sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Glenn Peers, professor of art history, College of Arts and Sciences
- Karin Ruhlandt, Distinguished Professor, chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
- Eric A. Schiff, professor of physics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Amy Ellen Schwartz, professor of economics, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Qi Wang Song, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- James C. Tsao, professor of advertising, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Dan Zacharia, professor of mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Jon Zubieta, Distinguished Professor, chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
2024 Years of Service Milestones
20 Years
- Lois Agnew
- Sharon Alestalo
- George Athanas
- Laura Bates
- David Beickert
- Beth Bennie
- Paul Bern
- Stephen Bonomo
- Maria Borte
- Oscar Brown
- Marlene Celi
- Gabrielle Chapman
- Matthew Cleary
- Thomas Davis
- Renee deNevers
- Carla Desalvia
- Carlota Deseda-Coon
- Nicolette Dobrowolski
- Ryan Elstad
- Robert Enslin
- Shane Franklin
- Paul Gandel
- Atong Got
- Bing Guo
- Kathleen Haley
- Mark Heller
- Yumei Hou
- Christopher Hudson
- Kristen Jones-Kolod
- Sue Karlik
- Mary Kasprzyk
- Robyn Kobasa
- Margaret Lambrecht
- Margaret Lane
- Graham Leuschke
- Lori Levengood
- Kathleen Lipp
- Elias Liquori
- Laura Lisnyczyi
- Yan-Yeung Luk
- Amy Lutz
- Tereza Mabor
- Elizabeth McInerney
- Sarah McLaughlin
- Caroline McMullin
- Alexander Medvedev
- Chandra Mohanty
- Liviu Movileanu
- Michele Mooney
- Bryan Moran
- Daniel Nelson
- Virgina O’Connor
- Stephen Olden
- Claudine O’Loughlin
- Patrick Penfield
- Gwendolyn Pough
- Joseph Quarantillo
- Lawrence Quaglia
- Eleanor Righi
- Stuart Rotblat
- Robert Sartin
- Minet Schindehutte
- Michael Schwartz
- Christine Signy
- Shirley Smiley
- Jeffrey Smith
- Timothy Stenson
- Mindi Stoffel
- Gael Sweeney
- Douglas Tankersley
- Brian Taylor
- Michael Torak
- Brooke Tyszka
- David Van Slyke
- Nancy Vaught
- Joseph Walsh
- Jamie Winders
- Susan Woltman
- Glenn Wright
25 Years
- Mary Ellen Albiker
- Elizabeth August
- Pamela Brandes
- Renee Briggs
- Candy Brooks
- Angela Bugge
- Deena Capria
- Cynthia Carnahan
- Joseph Charette
- John Cisternino
- Andrew Cohen
- Sharon Cole
- Nicole Cooter
- Danielle Cunningham
- Keith Dibello
- Christine Donegan
- Toni Doupe
- Daniel Edwards
- Stacey Emmons
- Gary Engelhardt
- Thomas Fazzio
- Charles Fiesinger
- Shane Garbry
- Bruce Hammond
- Julie Hasenwinkel
- David Harris
- Jon Horne
- Maria Jasmins
- Ambika Krishnakumar
- Connie LaRocca
- Jonathan Lebaron
- Bridget Lichtinger
- David Lupi
- Michael Maines
- Maria Maloof
- Duane Marcy
- James McLellan
- Brian O’Hara
- Kendall Phillips
- Ali Prettyman
- Jian Qin
- Lisa Ramos
- Jane Read
- Kelly Homan Rodoski
- Susan Scholl
- Michelle Sipley
- Andria Costello Staniec
- Jamie Stout
- Silvio Torres-Saillant
- Peter Vanable
- Peter Verheyen
- James Watts
- Susan Watts
- Lynn Wilcox
- Jianshun Zhang
30 Years
- Donna Adams
- Cheryl Bonn
- David Bristol
- Charles Campbell
- Simon Catterall
- Lawrence Davis
- Karen Doherty
- Elizabeth Easson
- Catherine Engstrom
- Alexandra Epsilanty
- Terrance Goode
- Margaret Harding
- Sherry Hayes
- Pamela Heintz
- Carol Liebler
- Susan Mehringer
- Brad Meyer
- Cynthia Robinson
- Robert Rubenstein
- Samuel Sampere
- Laura Sauta
- James Schlensker
- Christabel Sheldon
- Angela Ward
- Christopher Weiss
- Tammy Woody
35 Years
- David Alexander
- Robert Burns
- Brian Byrns
- Dympna Callaghan
- Vincent Cobb
- Tracy Cooper
- Ann Corbett
- Michael Culligan
- Steven Diaz
- Fernando Diz
- Lisa Dievendorf
- Julie Hall
- Frank Jace
- Chris Johnson
- Marvin Jones
- Sean Kelly
- Deborah Manobianco
- Nasser Masrouri
- Diane W. McKenney
- Christopher Kennedy
- Jo Anne Phang
- Rob Pusch
- Declan Quinn
- Utpal Roy
- Michael Schoonmaker
- Mylinda Smith
- Michelle Snyder
- Michael Sponsler
- Margo Tucker
- Gregory Verchota
- Fred Wellner
40 Years
- Uday Banerjee
- John Boland
- John Defrancisco
- Linda Deon
- Joseph Lore
- Adam Lutoborski
- Jaipaul Roopnarine
- Robert Van Gulick
45 Years
- Charles Driscoll Jr.
- Peter Murray
- Larry Pinkston
50 Years
55 Years
2023 Years of Service Milestones
20 Years
- Giovanna Albaroni
- Martin Annal
- Issam Bahi
- Kenneth Baynes
- Nicole Beck
- Marcia Bowhall
- William Bradley
- Lynn Brann
- David Buffum
- Mark Burns
- Sanjay Chhablani
- Jill Christian-Lynch
- Tim Coughlin
- Teresa Crooke
- Sharon DeMaio
- Michal Downie
- William Eppel
- Romar Freeman
- Kathryn Gerace
- Shawn Gifford
- Michael Goode
- Sherronda Green
- Melissa Gwilt
- Lisa Hanley
- Donald Harter
- Samantha Herrick
- John Hitchcock
- Elizabeth Hughes
- Konstantina Ioannidis
- Ronald Kassel
- Audie Klotz
- Mary Margaret Koppers
- Tammy Kordas
- Timothy Korter
- Prema Kurien
- Merritt Lennox
- Leonard Lopoo
- Denise Lytle
- Jeffery Mangram
- Jennifer McLaughlin
- Suzette Meléndez
- Lauren Mintier
- Michael Morrison
- Jamie Mullin
- Kimberly Mura
- Robert Murawski
- Andrea Nedoshytko
- Carsten Oesterlund
- Jacqueline Ontano
- Anthony Pagano
- Teresita Paniagua
- Jolynn Parker
- Lana Pettit
- Allison Piccioni
- Malusi Qhobosheane
- Ramesh Raina
- Surabhi Raina
- Jodi Randall
- David Rice
- Radell Roberts
- John Roche
- Richard Rosa
- Edward Russell
- David Salanger
- Andrew Saluti
- Jennifer Saluti
- Marsha Senior
- Russell Silverstein
- Rajko Strbac
- Snjezana Strbac
- Jeremiah Thompson
- Brian Tibbens
- Margaret Usdansky
- Kathy Vander Werff
- Cory Wallack
- Roy Welch
- Jackulyn Wells
- Peter Wilcoxen
- Louise Wilkinson
- Kelli Young
25 Years
- Riyad Aboutaha
- Nicole Adkins
- Habib Alamir
- Jennifer Anderson
- Lee Badman
- Susan Beitz
- Paula Ben Gabr
- Kay Bruening
- Kelly Chandler-Olcott
- Stephanie Chiaravalloti
- Angela Christodoulou
- Ann Clarke
- Denise Coleman
- Zack Coleman III
- Shelley Crawford
- Christopher Danek
- Beverly Denninger
- Ravi Dharwadkar
- Douglas Dubois
- Deborah Elderbroom
- Ehat Ercanli
- Scott Erdman
- Sallie Goloski
- Heath Hanlin
- James Hill
- Michael Johnson
- Abby Kasowitz-Scheer
- Andrew Kenyon
- Eric Kingson
- Coran Klaver
- Glenn Korec
- Kelley Lasher
- Daniel Lebron Jr.
- Mark Linder
- Montell Lyles
- Peter Moore
- Angela Morales-Patterson
- Eric Nestor
- Jolanta Niwelt
- Tenytha Oates
- Mary Beth Raulli
- Richard Risman
- Karen Roff
- Tony Rogers
- Angelina Romano
- Ford Ruggieri Jr.
- Christopher Scholz
- Michal Suchy
- Peggy Takach
- Shannon Thibault
- Donna Till
- Karen Trendell
- Christopher Vercelloni
- Allison Vincent
- Shaun Wade
- Bethany Walawender
- Dennis Wenthen
- Errol Willett
- Amy Wyngaard
30 Years
- Blythe Bennett
- Brandi Bistrovich
- Cynthia Bromka-Skafidas
- Brian Calhoun-Bryant
- Gerard Colella
- Anne Collins
- Kelly Condon
- Donna DiFilippo
- Beverly Everding
- Kenneth Frieden
- Edward Gokey
- Brooks Haxton
- Towanda Hines
- Paula Johnson
- Kathleen Leavens
- Daniel Lowe
- Amy McVey
- Peter Morrissey Jr.
- Raymond Mountain
- Eric Mumpton
- Dominick Procopio
- Tammy Ranalli
- Karin Ruhlandt
- Julianna Sabol
- Eric Sedore
- Kenneth Seelman
- Harvey Teres
- Alex Thevaranjan
- Thomaidha Tili-Trebicka
- Timothy Wasserman
- Kathryn Zubal-Storrings
35 Years
- Ly Alexander
- Freddie Antinarella
- Julie Belle
- Robin Berkowitz-Smith
- James Bombardo
- Stanley Bondy
- Joseph Carfi
- Craig Chartrand
- Maria Chawgo
- Chien-Yi Chen
- Barbara Drought
- Joseph Fadako
- Antonio Giacovelli
- Tracy Gordon
- Douglas Hague
- Susan Henderson
- Roberta Jones
- Arlene Kanter
- William Keesler
- Heather Kim
- John Lassic
- Marie Luther
- M. Christine MacClurg
- Lois Macnaughton
- Timothy Maloney
- Jacquelyn Meyer
- Margaret Mincher
- Chilukuri Mohan
- Young Bai Moon
- Daniel Moore
- Dawit Negussey
- Peter Ossevoort
- Kathleen Pabis
- Arthur Paris
- Mary Piron
- Sabina Redington
- Cora Thomas
- Amy Walker
- Charles Yemma
- Theresa Zollo
40 Years
- Margaret Austin
- Philip Benedict
- Robert Dacey
- Matthew Duby
- Matthew Kellar
- Jaklin Kornfilt
- Lynne Mowers
- Cathryn Newton
- Deborah Pratt
- George Rhinehart
- Paul Souder
- Richard Stach
45 Years
- Tej Bhatia
- Richard Breyer
- Andree Clesse
- Kathy Fonda
- Thomas Goode
- Randy Money
- Robert Smith
- Susan Thomas
50 Years
