[Important Information for Employees] Chancellor's Awards for Excellence

[Office of the President]

Dear Campus Community,

I am pleased to share that six SUNY Plattsburgh faculty and staff members
have been recognized for their work and contributions to campus and
community with the 2021 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

Recipients for 2021 are:

   - Gloria Bobbie: Adjunct teaching
   - Michael Caraballo and Dr. John Locke: Professional service
   - Dr. Wendy Gordon: Faculty service
   - Ann LaBier: Classified service
   - Dr. Kevin McCullen: Teaching

Each of these recipients is deserving and worthy of this distinction. We
are proud of this group. They are centered on our students and on service
to others. They represent the best of this campus.

*Gloria Bobbie *has served as an adjunct faculty member in anthropology for
more than 21 years, regularly teaching six to nine credit hours per
semester, mostly to juniors and seniors. In addition, she has also taught
in the School of Education, Health and Human Services in education.

She holds a fellowship with the Center of Online Teaching Excellence with
Open SUNY for collaborative learning and best practices and research in
online learning, among many other honors. She is a member of the American
Anthropology Association, the International Society for Technology in
Education and the New York State Association for Computers and Technologies
in Education.

Prior to joining SUNY Plattsburgh, Gloria served as an adjunct at Clinton
Community College, Capella University, Southern New Hampshire University
and Franklin University. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s
degrees at SUNY Plattsburgh in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and is a Ph.D.
candidate at Capella University. In addition, she holds a certificate in
advanced facilitator in online learning and a teaching online certificate
from the University of Phoenix.

*Michael Caraballo*, who earned both his undergraduate and master’s degrees
here at SUNY Plattsburgh in 1998 and 2003, respectively, started his career
on campus as a telecommunications technician in 1998. Over the next 22
years, he rose through the ranks, taking on more management responsibility,
reaching his current position as director of the office of Emergency
Management.

Mike has taken the initiative to create policies, procedures and guidelines
to enhance the preparedness of the campus through a myriad of crises:
weather, fire, criminal and health. Under his leadership, the college is
ranked by the National Weather Service as a “storm ready” campus. In
addition, he organizes educational events like the annual Fire Safety
Awareness Day in the fall, complete with a mock burning of a dorm room.

Most recently, Caraballo has played a crucial role in managing all pandemic
planning at the college for a safe return to campus and continues to lead
this effort  with a team from a variety of campus areas. He is at the
forefront of emergency preparation. The college relies on his leadership to
assist in a range of services needed to sustain and expand surveillance
testing, isolation and quarantine programs to meet the needs of at-risk
individuals in the student body and throughout campus.

*Dr. Wendy Gordon* joined the SUNY Plattsburgh Department of History as a
visiting assistant professor in 1998. The following year, she became an
assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2005. She
was promoted to full professor in 2014.

Service to the department, the college, the SUNY system and beyond includes
serving as chair for history and criminal justice, numerous committees such
as the Plattsburgh General Education Committee and the Cardinal Star
Implementation Team.

Wendy’s work on the General Education Committee led to adoption of the new
Cardinal Core. She was asked to coordinate the program as a result of her
work. Active on Faculty Senate, she has also been an active member of the
United University Professions. One of her legacies is her work on family
leave, which is not included within the most recent UUP contract and
statewide policy.

Wendy earned her undergraduate degree from Hamline University, her master’s
and Ph.D. in comparative history at Central Michigan University in a joint
program with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.

*Ann LaBier* has served at SUNY Plattsburgh for 20 years in a range of
capacities, earning praise for her unfailing cheerfulness and efficiency.
Beginning in February 2001 as temporary clerical support in Student
Accounts, Ann moved into a keyboard specialist 1 position, working for both
the Virtual Reality Office and the Registrar’s Office, earning a promotion
to a clerk 2 position.

Following a move to Admissions, she joined the departments of mathematics
and computer science as an administrative assistant 1 in 2015, a position
she holds today.

Chairs and faculty alike praised Ann for her positive attitude, exemplary
service to students and faculty and more, with faculty calling her out for
“making everyone’s jobs easier,” listening “with the heart of an angel and
the wisdom of a counselor,” and looking at decisions from the perspective
of students “and what will be most beneficial to them.”

*Dr. John Locke *joined the staff in technology enhanced learning in 2015
after serving as director of instructional design and multidisciplinary
studies at Keuka College with many years of private sector work in
marketing, media management and graphic design.

As coordinator of TEL, John works to ensure that faculty are well supported
in their efforts to improve student learning outcomes. He also coordinates
campus online learning support, including SUNY Online and SUNY Online-Plus
programs. In addition, John serves as an adjunct lecturer in communication
studies.

The pandemic led to John efforts to ensure the campus could continue
functioning with best teaching and learning outcomes. He made himself
available evenings and weekends to help faculty colleagues navigate the
remote learning challenges COVID created, developing resource guides and
how-to videos, among other initiatives

John earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Empire State
College and his Ph.D. from Union Institute and University.

*Dr. Kevin McCullen* joined the faculty in the computer science department
in September 2014 as an assistant professor after having a long and
successful engineering career at IBM. He was promoted to associate
professor in fall 2020.

At SUNY Plattsburgh, Kevin has taught such classes as introduction to
programming, tech startup, understanding algorithmic bias, systems
programming and android applications development, among many others. He was
instrumental in the development of the new robotics major, is a Faculty
Senate representative for the department, has worked on curriculum
development on the Arts and Sciences Committee on Courses and Programs and
the Faculty Senate committee on Curriculum and Programs.

He earned his undergrad degree at Purdue University, his master’s in
electrical and computer engineering at Clarkson University, and his Ph.D.
in computer engineering at the University of Florida.

Chancellor’s Award recipients will receive a certificate and Chancellor’s
Excellence medallion as recognition for their contributions. Recipients
will be honored on campus at a later date.

Join me in congratulating our newest Chancellor's Award for Excellence
recipients.

Alex Enyedi
President
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