50Th Anniversary: SUNY Empire State College 1971 – 2021
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50th Anniversary: SUNY Empire State College 1971 – 2021 From Inception to the Future: How our scholarship and educational philosophy has uniquely positioned us in the American higher educational landscape Monday, April 5, 2021 1 to 1:30 p.m. Welcome by Officer in Charge Nathan Gonyea and Opening Session Zoom 1:30 to 3 p.m. Foundation Achievement and Service Awards Zoom Tuesday, April 6, 2021 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. Honorary Degree Recognition Zoom Alan Tait, Emeritus Professor, Open University, UK 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. Ernest L. Boyer Sr. Family Lecture Series presented by Professor Alan Tait Zoom with introduction by Professor Alan Mandell Empire State College at 50: Connections to the Open University 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. Break 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Poster and Authors Session Teams Live Event 1 to 2 p.m. Creative Expression: Poets Among Us Zoom Wednesday, April 7, 2021 1 to 1:50 p.m. Concurrent Session I Teams Meeting 1:50 to 2:10 p.m. Break 2:10 to 3 p.m. Concurrent Session II Teams Meeting 3 to 3:10 p.m. Break 3:10 to 4 p.m. Concurrent Session III Teams Meeting 4 to 4:30 p.m. Break 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Creative Expressions: Visual Arts Zoom Thursday, April 8, 2021 9 to 10 a.m. Faculty Caucus Teams Meeting 9 to 10 a.m. Professional Employees Caucus Teams Meeting 9 to 10 a.m. Support Staff Caucus Teams Meeting 10 to 10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. Joint Caucus Zoom Noon to 1 p.m. Creative Expressions: Music and Open Mic Lunch Zoom Friday, April 9, 2021 9 to 11 a.m. State of the College Address and College Assembly Zoom SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE • ALL COLLEGE CONFERENCE • APRIL 2021 1 Foundation Service Awards and Achievement Awards Excellence in Mentoring Excellence in Support Services This award recognizes and honors a full-time mentor who This award recognizes and honors up to two support has distinguished themselves at the college through superb services employees who have distinguished themselves at performance in the areas of teaching, student advising, the college through superb performance in fulfilling the scholarship, and service to the college; as well as through duties in their job description; demonstrated flexibility and evidence of flexible instructional policy, mastery of teaching adaptability to institutional needs; excellence in the areas of methods, and the ability to work with students from a innovative leadership, decision making, and problem solving; variety of backgrounds and academic preparations while and the initiation of ideas or development of proposals for involving them in degree program design. The recipient will improving effectiveness. be a broad-ranged scholar current in their field who uses contemporary data in teaching and sets high standards for James William and Mary Elizabeth Hall students; and will have the ability to be critical and fair in Award for Innovation evaluating students’ work, placing greater weight on final level of competence than on performance. This award, endowed by founding Empire State College President James W. Hall and his wife, is given when there is a clear example of a significant contribution to innovation Excellence in Part-time Mentoring that promotes SUNY Empire’s mission, either through the This award recognizes and honors a part-time mentor who removal of educational or procedural barriers or through has distinguished themselves at the college through superb the enrichment of students’ participation in the college’s performance in the areas of teaching, student advising, academic program or delivery systems. The innovation scholarship, and service to the college; as well as through must be a specific product or change in the design of how evidence of flexible instructional policy, mastery of teaching students engage with the college. It may be small, but it methods, and the ability to work with students from a must be significant and replicable. It is not simply an attitude variety of backgrounds and academic preparations while of helpfulness — it must have measurable results. involving them in degree program design. The recipient will be a broad-ranged scholar current in their field who uses Altes Prize for Exemplary Community Service contemporary data in teaching and sets high standards for students; and will have the ability to be critical and fair in This annual award, named for Jane Altes, Ph.D., former vice evaluating students’ work, placing greater weight on final president of academic affairs and interim president of the level of competence than on performance. college, recognizes outstanding community service rendered by SUNY Empire faculty at its many locations throughout New York and, by example, encourages other faculty to Excellence in Professional Service undertake such efforts. Special consideration is given to This award recognizes and honors up to two professional faculty whose particular academic expertise addresses employees who have distinguished themselves at the college community needs and problems. through superb performance in fulfilling the duties in their job description; demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to Susan H. Turben Chair in Mentoring instructional needs; excellence in the areas of innovative leadership, decision making, and problem solving; and The Turben Chair in Mentoring is awarded each year professional recognition, initiation of ideas or development to a SUNY Empire faculty member who demonstrates of proposals for improving effectiveness. the capacity to advance scholarship and best practice in mentoring. It is named in honor of Susan H. Turben, Ph.D., the second graduate of the college, an internationally Susan H. Turben Award for recognized expert on families and child development, Excellence in Scholarship and a long-time supporter of the mentoring model and This award recognizes and honors a mentor or professional professional development for the college’s faculty mentors. employee who has distinguished themselves in scholarly The chair is supported through an endowment from the activity through evidence of significant and widely Susan and John Turben Foundation. recognized scholarly or creative achievement undertaken while employed by SUNY Empire. The quality of the work and individual merit are the primary basis for selection, and should be of such high quality that its publication or presentation significantly enhances the academic reputation of both the recipient and the college. 2 SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE • ALL COLLEGE CONFERENCE • APRIL 2021 SUNY Empire State College Service Awards Monday, April 5, 2021 10 Years of Service 15 Years of Service 20 Years of Service Mary Ann Bacher Sabrina Fuchs Abrams Jennifer Bent Jennifer Blue Melinda Boenning Catherine Hoff Danielle Boardman Maryann Borden Robin Leistman-Oliver Rebecca Bonanno Arthur Bozogian Bradford Nelson Zeeva Bukai-Shmuluvitz Audrey Campbell Michelle Paine Cynthia Burgher Diana Centanni Daniel Rabideau Melissa Cetnar Valeri Chukhlomin James Stoner Geri Winney Shantih Clemans Francesca Cichello Kimberly Durant Sheryl Coleman Sue Epstein Stephanie Corp 25 Years of Service Michele Forte Jonathan Franz Jacquelyn Bradt Lindy Godlewski Treavor Gilday Theresa Craigg Joel Goldberg Mary Kolisnyk Cynthia Flynn Khimberle Guy Sarah Hertz John Lawless Patricia Pillsworth Robert Kearns Walter Lewis Michele Ryan Gary Lacy Raul Manzano Robyn Silverman Mary Beth Litz Jill McEvoy Thalia MacMillan Susan McFadden Carolyn McKnight Kelli McGowan 30 Years of Service Jacqueline Michaels Jeannine Mercer Meg Benke Kelly Mollica Sarah Morehouse Maureen Kravec Jennifer Nettleton Bhuwan Onta Diane Perilli Tracy Shannon 35 Years of Service Leah Perry Travis Shpur Regina Lundy Katarina Pisutova Stephen Simon Susan Oaks Jaime Robles Alan Stankiewicz Mary Snell Shishir Singh Kay Watkins Electra Weeks William Yaeger 40 Years of Service Erin Young Cynthia Urban SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE • ALL COLLEGE CONFERENCE • APRIL 2021 3 Boyer Lecture Empire State College at 50: Connections to the Open University Presented By: Professor Alan Tait Professor Alan Tait’s career has been spent primarily at the Open University U.K. As Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Tait supported or initiated the introduction of new degrees in Sports Studies, Youth Work, and Retail Management, and was responsible for Faculty budgets of £180m and the line management of seven deans. As Director of International Teacher Education Professor Tait worked substantially in India, managing the University’s relationship with the Ministry of Human Resource Development in Delhi, and in support of the Teacher Education Programme in Sub Saharan Africa (TESSA). Professor Tait also served as dean of the Faculty of Education and Language Studies, and worked in the fields of tutor management and student support. Since leaving the Open University in 2013 Professor Tait has been involved with the establishment of the Open University of Botswana, and is currently working on projects to establish an open university in Kazakhstan and Myanmar. About the Boyer Lec ture The annual Boyer Lecture was established in 2004 by Kathryn Boyer ’78 in to honor her late husband, Ernest L. Boyer Sr., chancellor of the SUNY system from 1970 to 1977, who was instrumental in the founding of Empire State College in 1971, as well as their son, Stephen Paul Boyer ’86, a mentor at the college’s Center for Distance Learning, and grandson Gabriel Boyer ’04. Creative Expressions — All College Edition As part of our All College Conference, we want to celebrate the talents of our staff and faculty through three special Creative Expression sessions.