New faculty, staff and SUNY Chancellor’s award winners recognized at Sept. 5 faculty meeting

SUNY New Paltz academic, professional and classified staff members  were recently presented with the 2014 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence at the College’s first faculty meeting on Friday, Sept. 5.

Joan Barker, Karen Bell, Sue Books, Paul Chauvet ’03 ’11g, Mary Kastner ’71, David Hobby, and John Ruger were presented  awards by President Donald P. Christian and Philip Mauceri, provost & vice president for academic affairs.

“This year’s recipients have demonstrated extraordinary dedication and service to the College and are highly deserving of this distinction,” said Christian. “My congratulations and thanks go out to all for the positive impact each has had on our campus community.”

Barker, adjunct faculty in the Art Department, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching; Bell, associate dean in the School of Education, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service; Books, professor in the Secondary Education Department, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching; Chauvet, senior Linux and UNIX systems administrator in Computer Services, and Kastner, director of design, print and mail services in the Office of Communication and Marketing, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service; Hobby, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service; and Ruger, plumber and steamfitter in Facilities Maintenance, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service.

In addition to recognizing the award winners, approximately 65 new faculty and staff were introduced and welcomed to campus at the meeting.