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.
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
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