EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION, EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, AND EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP AWARDS

The FACT² Excellence in Instruction Awards, Excellence in Instructional Support Awards and Excellence in Administrative Leadership Awards are system-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently noteworthy achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. These awards underscore SUNY’s commitment to the use of technology to support access to superior education, to advance the boundaries of knowledge, and to serve the public good. Through these awards, SUNY publicly proclaims its pride in the accomplishment and personal dedication of its Instructional Faculty, Technology Support Professionals and Administrative Leaders.   Please use this opportunity to showcase the excellent work being performed on your campus.  Awards will be presented at CIT 2024.

There are six awards:

• FACT² Excellence in Instruction: Community Colleges
• FACT² Excellence in Instruction: State-Operated and Statutory Campuses
• FACT² Excellence in Instructional Support: Community Colleges
• FACT² Excellence in Instructional Support: State-Operated and Statutory Campuses
• FACT² Excellence in Administrative Leadership: Community Colleges
• FACT² Excellence in Administrative Leadership: State-Operated and Statutory Campuses

FACT² EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION AWARDS

These two awards recognize SUNY full or part-time teaching faculty, working individually or in collaboration with others, engaging innovative uses of technology in the teaching and learning process. A recipient of this award has incorporated new or existing technology in ways that enhance the curriculum and engage students using methods and strategies that are scalable and transportable to other settings.

FACT² EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AWARDS

These two awards recognize excellence by full or part-time instructional support persons involved in supporting innovative uses of educational technologies to meaningfully improve teaching and learning by working individually or in collaboration with teaching faculty in the strategic application of curriculum within SUNY. The recipient or team receiving this award has demonstrated excellence through instructional support practice, and the ability to recognize pedagogical opportunities and to devise strategies for infusing the curriculum with innovative use of technology that aligns with learning outcomes.

FACT² EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP

These two awards acknowledge leaders who facilitate the use of technology by faculty and professional staff to create, enhance, or expand a service, program, or activity that advances student success. A recipient of this award has demonstrated significant and positive leadership by promoting innovation in programmatic offerings, related academic endeavors, and investments that inspire culture change. Examples of persons eligible to be nominated for the award would include but not be limited to campus and institutional leaders such as Department Chairs, Deans, Directors, and Senior Administrators such as Chief Academic Officers, Chief Information Officers, Vice-Presidents, etc.

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You are encouraged to read through the Awards Criteria Rubrics (*PDF) and to use this opportunity to nominate someone you know, or yourself, for Excellence in Instruction,  Excellence in Instructional Support, or Excellence in Administrative Leadership for 2024.

SUBMIT A NOMINATION

FACT² is pleased to announce the dates for nomination submission for FACT² Excellence in Instruction, Excellence in Instructional Support Awards, and Excellence in Administrative Leadership. The online nomination is now open.  The nomination deadline is now extended until Friday, December 15, 2023. The Call for Nominations announcement will be sent via the FACT² Listserv. If you are not on the FACT² Listserv, Submit a Request to Join.

Nominations must be submitted online.      

1. All SUNY users: Click on SUNY Sign in button to log in.
2. Review your information, edit it if necessary.
3. Provide the required documents.
4. Click Submit when complete.

Programs Administered by the Provost's Office with support from FACT²

*PDF – You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) in order to view and print PDF files.

 

Innovative Instruction Technology Grants

Innovative Instruction Technology Grants provide seed funding to encourage the SUNY community to address advisory priorities identified by the SUNY Provost. Those proposals demonstrating support of the FACT² Task Groups or other initiatives in support of the SUNY Strategic Plan will be given funding preference.

For more information, visit the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) website.

Programs Administered by the Provost's Office with support from FACT²

2023 AWARDS RECIPIENTS

Excellence in Administrative Leadership:

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges - 
Dr. Stacey Jaffee Gropack
Stony Brook University

 

 

Excellence in Instruction:

 

Community Colleges - 
Dr. Shamika Mitchell
Rockland Community College

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges: 
Dr. Tina Abbate,
Stony Brook University

 

Excellence in Instructional Support:

 

Community Colleges: 
Ms. Carine Surdey, SUNY Broome Community College

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges: 
Ms. Laurie Fox
SUNY Geneseo

 

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2022 AWARDS RECIPIENTS

Excellence in Administrative Leadership:

 

Community Colleges - Dr. Fabiola Riobe, SUNY Rockland Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges - UB Educational Design Collaborative, University at Buffalo

Core Members:  Michelle Connolly, Ken English, Derek Farkas, Beth Fellendorf, Maggie Grady, Kevin Hartman, Jeanne Myers, Cheryl Oyer, Co-Chair, Amanda Ramia, Lisa Stephens, JonJay (Jay) Stockslader, Steve Sturman, Co-Chair, Robin Sullivan

Affiliate Members: Jeremy Jungbluth, Kathryn Kendall, Christine Kroll, Jessica Kruger, Rebecca Rotundo, Thomas Slomka, Athena Tsembelis

 

Excellence in Instruction:

 

Community Colleges - Ms. Erin Frye, SUNY Broome Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges: Dr. Ryan Irwin, SUNY Albany

 

 

Excellence in Instructional Support:

 

Community Colleges: Dr. Robin Hill, SUNY Suffolk County Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges: Dr. Billie Bennett Franchini, SUNY Albany

 

 

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2021 AWARDS RECIPIENTS

EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP:

 

Community Colleges - Dr. Camille Karlson, SUNY Suffolk Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges  - Mr. Vikram Pagpatan, SUNY Downstate

 

 

EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION:

 

Community Colleges - Dr. Yu Zhang, SUNY Suffolk Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges  - Dr. Katrina Fulcher-Rood, SUNY Buffalo State

 

EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT:

 

Community Colleges - Mr. David Wolf, Schenectady Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges  - Mr. Ed Beck, SUNY at Oneonta

 

 

 

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2020 AWARDS RECIPIENTS

EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP:

 

Community Colleges - Ryan McCabe, Finger Lakes Community College

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges  - Dr. Frank Vander Valk, SUNY Empire State College

EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION:

 

Community Colleges - Sean Maley, Finger Lakes Community College

 

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges  - Dr. Karleen West and Dr. Suann Yang, SUNY at Geneseo

 

EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT:

 

Community Colleges - Chrisie Mitchell, Dutchess Community College

 

 

State-Operated and Statutory Colleges -  Kathi Dutton, SUNY at Oswego