Chancellor’s Medal
The Chancellor’s Medal is the University’s highest honor and is awarded to individuals in honor of their trailblazing and extraordinary contributions to the University, to an academic body of knowledge, or to society.
- Cydney Johnson, deputy county executive for physical services for Onondaga County and Syracuse University’s former vice president for community engagement and government relations
- Bill Coplin, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of policy studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions in four overarching categories:
Excellence in Student Research
- Qingyang Liu, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Human Development and Family Science in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics (graduate)
- Abigail Greenfield, a history major in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a political philosophy major in the College of Arts and Sciences, and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program (undergraduate)
Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience and University Initiatives
- Farzana Rahman, associate teaching professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (faculty)
- Lindsay Quilty, assistant dean for undergraduate programs in the Whitman School of Management (professional staff)
- Ling Gao LeBeau, director of international student success in the College of Arts and Sciences (professional staff)
- Emma Karp, operations assistant in Campus Dining and Catering (support staff)
Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction
- Benjamin Dotger, professor of teaching and leadership and director of the Center for Experiential Pedagogy and Practice in the School of Education
- Shikha Nangia, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Lifetime Achievement Award
- James Clark, professor and program coordinator for theater management in the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Student-Athlete Award
This award recognizes the top female and top male student athletes and are presented to the senior student-athletes with the highest cumulative grade point average over the course of their academic and athletic careers.
- Jordan Beck, a finance major in the Whitman School of Management and a member of the men’s lacrosse team
- Charlotte Ebel, majoring in public relations in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and German language, literature and culture and women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the women’s rowing team
- Emma Klein, a chemical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the women’s soccer team
Seinfeld Scholarship
Each year Syracuse University honors the talents of outstanding faculty or students through an award made possible by Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, 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.
- Claire Ceccoli, a senior public relations major in the Newhouse School
- Elizabeth Paulin, a senior sociology major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences
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 among faculty.
2025-28 Meredith Professors
- Nina Iacono Brown, associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Rachel Razza, professor and associate dean of human dynamics in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
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
- Melanie Blanden, associate teaching professor of biochemistry and director of undergraduate program in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Alexander Deyhim, Kenneth and Mary Ann Shaw Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurial Leadership in the College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Erika Schneider, assistant professor of public relations in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- Jasmina Tacheva, assistant professor in the School of Information Studies
- Daniel Traficonte, associate professor of law in the College of Law
Continuing Excellence
- Kelly Curtis, teaching professor and associate dean of students in the College of Law
- Rae Ann Meriwether, associate teaching professor of writing studies, rhetoric, and composition in the College of Arts and Sciences
Enduring Values Award
This award recognizes an individual who is integral in helping us achieve academic excellence at a university that is welcoming to all.
- Craig Tucker, director of Higher Education Opportunity Program and Trio Student Support Services programs
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, and honors national or international leadership in support of lifelong learning.
- Howard G. Adams G’79, founder and president of H.G. Adams & Associates Inc., and an alumnus of the School of Education
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
Pamela Kirwin Heintz, founding director of the Shaw Center for Public and Community Service
2024-25 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.
2025 Senior Class Marshals
- Mark Nzasi
- Yifan “Ivan” Shen
2025 School and College Marshals
- College of Arts and Sciences—Ellen Clark, Megan Edenfeld, Owen Opalenic
- College of Engineering and Computer Science—Tessa DeCicco, Brady McKenna
- College of Law—Noah H. Centore
- College of Professional Studies—Robert L. Salvato
- College of Visual and Performing Arts—Morgan Albano, Paige Hartquist
- Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics—Laura Jayne, Rylee Brook Pepper
- Martin J. Whitman School of Management—Talia St.Angelo, Evan Kalish
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs—Christopher Bezdedeanu
- School of Architecture—Rebecca Goetzke, Qianzhen Li
- School of Education—Joshua Spodek, Sofia DaCruz
- School of Information Studies—Rebecca Skier, Ellie Walker
- S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications—Charlotte Ebel, Ryan E. Myers
- The Graduate School—Qingyang Liu
2025 University Scholars
Twelve seniors are named as the 2025 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
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
- James Taylor Jr.
55 Years
- William Coplin