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Nominations are currently open for the 2018-19 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service. Any member of the campus community may nominate an eligible state employee presently serving in a full-time classified service capacity. Classified employees are from any of the following negotiating units: CSEA, PEF, PBA of New York State and NYSCOPBA, and they are employed as members of our clerical staff, maintenance staff, custodial staff, university police or nursing staff.

The nominee must have completed three years of continuous full-time permanent service in the position for which he/she is nominated.  The nomination should be made by submitting:

1.  a nomination form (PDF) 

2.  a narrative statement in support of the nominee. The nominee must be an individual who has continuously demonstrated outstanding achievement, skill and commitment to excellence in fulfilling the job description for the position held. The nominee must also demonstrate excellence in activities beyond the scope of the job description. The ideal candidate shall demonstrate creativity and flexibility in performing her or his position to meet campus needs. Special consideration will be given to employees who consistently provide exemplary customer service to students, faculty, staff and other members of the campus community. 

Nomination forms and narrative statements must be submitted to the Office of the President, Room 708 Culkin Hall, by noon on Friday, Jan. 11, 2018.

This award was created by the SUNY Chancellor's Office to recognize extraordinary achievement and to encourage the continuation of excellence.  Recipients will receive an inscribed Chancellor’s Excellence Medallion, a certificate, and recognition in the college catalog by the addition of the phrase “State University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service.” A campus committee will review all nominations and recommend one candidate to President Deborah F. Stanley for approval as SUNY Oswego’s nominee at the university-wide level. The Chancellor will announce the award recipients in April 2019.

If you have any questions regarding this award, please contact Mary Toale, executive assistant to the president, at 315-312-2213 or mary.toale@oswego.edu