Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions in four overarching categories:
- Excellence in Student Research
Paul Sagoe (graduate student), Sadie Meyer (undergraduate student) - Outstanding Contributions to the Student Experience and University Initiatives
Elizabeth Kubala (faculty); Ann Marie McGinnis (professional staff); Aaliyah Muolo Vergara (support staff) - Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction
Joseph Ditre - Lifetime Achievement Award
Margie Hughto
Student-Athlete Award
This award recognizes the top female and male student-athletes with the highest cumulative grade point average over the course of their academic and athletic careers.
- Nora Radke
- Ruben Rojas Betanzos
Seinfeld Scholarship
Each year Syracuse University honors the talents of outstanding faculty or students through an award made possible by Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, H’25, 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.
- Brice Nordquist
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorships for Teaching Excellence
A substantial bequest from the estate of L. Douglas Meredith, a 1926 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, allowed Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw to create the L. Douglas Meredith Professorships in 1995 to recognize and reward outstanding teaching at Syracuse University.
2026-29 Meredith Professors
- Shikha Nangia
- Renėe Stevens
Recognizing the 2023-26 Meredith Professors
- Azra Hromadžić
- Sucheta Soundarajan
Recognizing a 2019-22 Meredith Professor
- Kate Lewis
Teaching Recognition Award
The award is sponsored by the Meredith Professors to benefit non-tenured faculty members. It recognizes excellence in teaching and fosters a culture of collegial mentoring among faculty members.
Meredith Early Performance Award
- S. Omar Ali
- Minju Kim
- Kasey Laurent
- Kyrstin Mallon Andrews
- João Paulo Oliveira Marum
- Jason Webb
- Joseph Wilson
Meredith Continuing Excellence Award
- Gregory Heisler
- Soo Yeon Hong
Enduring Values Award
This award recognizes an individual who is integral in helping students achieve academic excellence at a university that is welcoming to all.
- Hua Jiang
William Pearson Tolley Medal
Based in the School of Education, this award honors national or international leadership in support of lifelong learning.
- Alice Kendrick ’70, G’79, G’93
Chancellor’s Award for Innovation
This award is bestowed upon an individual who advances academic and technical excellence through the introduction and implementation of extraordinary new methods and ideas to benefit the Syracuse University community.
- Jeffrey Rubin
Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award
This award recognizes individual students, faculty or staff who—by virtue of extraordinary hard work, good values and commitment to excellence—have come to embody the best of Syracuse University.
- John Wildhack
2025-26 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.
2026 Senior Class Marshals
The Senior Class Marshals are distinguished individuals who exemplify the spirit of the senior class, exhibit critical thinking skills and have excelled during their time at Syracuse.
- Chidera Olalere
- Silke Pion
2026 School and College Marshals
Marshals for each of the University’s schools and colleges are selected for their distinguished achievement in scholarship, academic honors, student organization involvement, leadership and collegiality, as well as campus and community engagement and service. The marshals lead the procession of graduates from each school and college into the Commencement ceremony.
- College of Arts and Sciences—Lexie Lazarus, Anna Meehan, Jessica Singh
- College of Engineering and Computer Science—Thalia Lee, Sadie Meyer
- College of Law—Emery Bielecki
- College of Professional Studies—Kristopher Plantz
- College of Visual and Performing Arts—Kate O’Leary, Charlie Thomas
- David B. Falk College of Sport—Braeden Cheverie-Leonard, Rylie DiMaio
- Martin J. Whitman School of Management—Heath Megnin, Katherine Rogers
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs—Jack Higgins
- School of Architecture—Ailed Torres Espinosa, A.J. Laucks
- School of Education—Bobby Marie Battle, Zachary Setzkorn
- School of Information Studies—Alexandra Miller-Thomas, Benjamin Perle
- S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications—Dylan Kujawski, Steven Labovitch
- The Graduate School—Keturah Cochren-Albright
2026 University Scholars
Twelve seniors are named as the 2026 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows.
2025 Emeriti Faculty and Librarians
- Craig Boise
- Richard Burton
- David Driesen
- S. Todd Herreman
- Sandra Hewett
- Eunjoo Jung
- Tazim Kassam
- Gary Kelder
- Panayotis (Peter) Koveos (posthumously)
- Sandra Lane
- Loredana Lanzani
- Jude Lewis
- Carol Liebler
- Soren Lowell
- Diane Lyden Murphy
- Matilda Mateo-Sevilla
- Sarah McCoubrey
- Sean O’Keefe
- Gary Pieples
- Zaline Roy-Campbell
- S.N. Sangmpam
- Minet Schindehutte
- Michael Schwartz
- Brian Sheehan
- Sharon Ann Skiold
- Maureen Thompson
- John Marshall Townsend (posthumously)
- Andrew Vogel
- Robert J. Weiner Jr.
2025 Years of Service Milestones
20 Years
- Raymond Abdella Jr.
- Madena Aboui
- Andrea Acey
- Joan Adler
- Zijada Alemic
- Richard Ameele
- Rakesh Anand
- Christopher Anderson
- Badi Baltagi
- Laura Barnes
- Kathleen Baum
- Brien Bell
- Scott Bernard
- Peter Blanck
- Susan Branson
- Maria Braunitzer
- Ajajielle Brown
- Laura Brown
- Elizabeth Buchanan
- Sarah Cappella
- Desa Carbone
- Donald Cardarelli
- Lora Carlson
- Theodore Cateforis
- Scott Catucci
- T. Makana Chock
- Brandon Coleman
- Kimberly Cooper
- Melanie Cuevas-Rodriguez
- Christine Demetros
- Melinda Dermody
- Moira Dick
- Robert Doyle
- Kishi Ducre
- Emily Duke
- Michael Ebner
- Mark Edlund Jr.
- Christopher Fletcher
- Diana Frateschi
- Monique Frost
- Peng Gao
- Myrna Garcia
- Megan Gemmill
- Edward Godwin
- Natalka Godzak
- Karen Goebel
- Ronald Green
- Roy Gutterman
- Daniel Hanford
- Wendy Hanrahan
- Alan Harper
- Maurice Harris
- Michael Hasan
- Carolyn Hoare
- James Holland Jr.
- Samila Hrustic
- Andrew Joncas
- Zachary Kenealy
- Daniel Klaczany
- John Kleberg
- Nina Kohn
- Lisa Kuerbis
- Hope Kuniholm
- Jing Lei
- Tyrone Lyons
- Kevin Maillard
- Daeya Malboeuf
- Rene Marceau
- Catherine Maritan
- Andrew McClurg
- Estaban Melendez Jr.
- Speranza Migliore
- Faraskila Mobior
- Francesca Moore
- Patricia Morgan
- William Myhill
- Michael Patsos
- John Petosa
- Kofi Okyere
- Lanita Oliver
- Charles Oliveri
- Jani Onninen
- Kristin Repice
- Cheryl Robillard
- Jonnell Robinson
- Lucy Rodgers
- Dalia Rodriguez
- Michael Roy
- Timothy Salanger
- Jennifer Schwarz
- Stephen Singer
- Joshua Slade
- Bernice Smith
- Vicki Smith
- Justin Stach
- Amy Sturgeon
- George Theoharis
- Jennifer Uryniak
- Ramani Voleti
- John Warren
- George Wazen
- Brooke Wears
- Chance Wenstley
- Adam Wheeler
- Willie Whitlock
- Robert Wilson
- Alecia Zema
25 Years
- Jeurje Alamir
- Kathryn Allen
- Theresa Bathen
- Teresa Battisto
- Karen Baum
- Kelley Champa
- Marcelina Chavez
- Biao Chen
- Jonathan Cheney
- Jill Clarke
- Susan Clayton
- Dan Coman
- Janice Darmody
- Randy Dearborn
- James Devereaux
- Deborah Dohne
- Kathryn Everly
- Marco Fallani
- Tracy Feocco
- Priyantha Fernando
- Robert Finnegan
- Michael Frasciello
- Rose Frenza
- Michael Fudge
- Marjorie Greeson
- Nancy Hard
- Denise Heckman
- William Hicks Jr.
- Monica Hobika
- Linda Ivany
- Kelly Jarvi
- Joseph Kehn
- Tina Kelly
- Mary Kiernan
- Holly Kingdeski
- Bruce Kingma
- Judith Kopp
- Linda Koser
- Amy Kwasigroch
- Eunkyu Lee
- Paula Maxwell
- Jennie McLaughlin
- Kelly Needham
- Leonese Nelson
- Jae Oh
- John Olson
- Joseph Pellegrino
- James Perkins
- Thomas Perreault
- Kelly Pettingill
- David Popp
- Josephine Scanlon
- Erin Schaal
- James Spoelstra
- Christopher Stewart
- Tina Thompson
- Padmal Vitharana
- Eric Wagner
- Kevin Wall
- James Warne
- Geoffrey Wemple
30 Years
- Darle Balfoort
- Ronald Bunal
- Donald Buschmann
- Anthony Carbone
- Donald Carr
- Kelley Coleman
- Todd Conover
- Janet Coria
- Luvenia Cowart
- Jay Cox
- Lisa Dolak
- Bradley Ethington
- Thomas Foody
- Robert Gerbin
- Erika Haber
- Juanita Horan
- Paul Kicak
- Dennis Kinsey
- Elzbietta Kosatka
- Heather Labuz
- Roger Lavin
- Steven Lux
- Cheri McEntee
- A. Alan Middleton
- Anne Mosher
- Melissa Perry
- Sanford Peterson
- Cristina Regan-Swift
- Jeffrey Rubin
- Tomasz Skwarnicki
- Adam Smith
- Carrie Smith
- Shirley Trendowski
- Ann Marie Trinca
35 Years
- Jamie Base
- Chris Bolt
- Jacqueline Borowve
- Paul Browning
- Gail Bulman
- Jeffrey Carnes
- Kimberly Charima
- Garrett Diaz-Wheeler
- Jerry Edmonds
- Susan Edson
- Maryann Evans
- Christina Feikes
- Susan Fredericks
- Ronda Garlow
- Deborah Golia
- Kristina Greene
- Sheryl Hedrick
- Julianne Hughes
- Elizabeth Jeffery
- Betty Johnson-Adair
- Darlene Kennedy
- Laura Lape
- Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
- Robin Malloy
- Nicole Morrissette-Ugoji
- Eric Patten
- Rebecca Ponza
- Krystal Porter
- Beth Prieve
- Lawrence Roux
- Scott Samson
- Stephanie Surlock
- Mark Svereika
- Robert Thompson
- Scott Wright
40 Years
- Edward Bogucz
- Sean Corcoran
- Bridget Crary
- James Fiumara
- John Fiumara
- Laura Gaul
- Lisa Hairston
- Can Isik
- John Mangicaro
- Jeffrey Mertell
- Diane Oad
- Kara Patten
- Nancy Pelligrini
- Sandra Petreszyn
- Michael Petroff
- Joseph Roth
- John Sardino
- Kenneth Schoening
- Sari Signorelli
- Sofia Silva
- Deborah Skeele
- Patricia Sobotka
- Peter Vinette
45 Years
- Carmine Avella
- Vanessa Dismuke
- Susan Long
- Sevilimedu (S.P.) Raj
- William Rizzo
- James Ryan
- Kim Sauer
50 Years
- ML DeFuria
- Margie Hughto
- Barbara Opar
65 Years
- Dorothy “Dottie” Russell