[Important Information for Students] Dr. Chuo-Hsuan “Jason” Lee Promoted to Rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor

[Office of the President]

Dear Campus Community,

I am honored to share news that Dr. Chuo-Hsuan “Jason” Lee, professor in the
Department of Accounting, has been promoted to the rank of distinguished
teaching professor by the SUNY Board of Trustees.

The Distinguished Teaching Professorship is conferred upon instructional
faculty for outstanding teaching competence at the graduate, undergraduate,
or professional levels. Teaching mastery is to be consistently demonstrated
over multiple years at the institution where the Distinguished Teaching
Professorship is bestowed.

Dr. Lee joined the faculty in the School of Business and Economics in 2006
and has taught across the spectrum of accounting courses during his tenure
here to undergraduates, graduate students and online students.

In nominating him, Dean Rowena Ortiz-Waters wrote that "Jason is truly a
star in the classroom, as evident in student-nominated and
colleague-nominated teaching awards and recognitions received over his
academic career.”

Provost Anne Herzog's letter of support included the following: "Dr. Lee’s
department chair (Dr. Mohamed Gaber), his dean (Dr. Rowena Ortiz-Walters),
additional letters of peer/faculty support (internal and external), and
most importantly from my perspective — student tributes — all describe Dr.
Lee as a gifted and 'superior' teacher. Students comment in their Course
Opinion Survey anonymous feedback that he is 'amazing' and 'passionate in
helping students to find their path and reach their full potential.'"

In 2011, Dr. Lee received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in
Teaching. He has also been cited as a SUNY Online teaching ambassador and
Teacher of the Month by SBE. His work includes numerous published articles,
most in peer-reviewed journals; one of them is a teaching manual for
managerial accounting, published by McGraw-Hill. He has served as a
reviewer for journals and textbooks, conferences and more.

In 2017, Dr. Lee was instrumental in creating the online B.S. degree
completion program in accounting, which allows students to complete their
bachelor’s degree in accounting remotely. The first students were accepted
into the program in fall 2017 with 15 students. After three years, the
program had grown to 265 from 42 New York state counties. He also took the
lead in developing the accounting and data analytics combined bachelor’s
and master’s degree program, the first of its kind in the state.

Dr. Lee represents the best of what our students experience as they work
toward the attainment of their college degrees. I am personally proud he is
an integral part of Cardinal Country.

We will be honoring Dr. Lee more formally later this year with a portrait
in the Feinberg Library and a medallion from SUNY.

Alexander Enyedi
President
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