2023-24 Award Recipients

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.

Shiu-Kai Chin, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science


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
    James Taylor Jr.

    55 Years
    William Coplin

    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
    John Marshall Townsend