{"id":5411,"date":"2014-05-14T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/honoring-excellence-among-our-colleagues\/"},"modified":"2014-05-14T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T16:00:57","slug":"honoring-excellence-among-our-colleagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/honoring-excellence-among-our-colleagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring excellence among our colleagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear colleagues:<\/p>\n<p>As another semester comes to end, the Foundation would like to\u00a0congratulate the\u00a0members of our community who have been recognized for excellence in teaching, professional service, retirement, advanced degrees and much more.\u00a0 One way to honor that special colleague\/friend is by making a gift to the Foundation in their honor. The Foundation will send special cards to recognize your gift and let that person know of your generous contribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last year the Foundation contributed more than $831,000 to the college<\/strong>. From scholarships and academic department funds to the Marvin Library or Farley Veterans Support Fund, your gift may be\u00a0directed to any number of initiatives on campus. Please contact our office at 629-8012 with any questions. You may visit <a title=\"https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/giving\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/giving\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/giving\/<\/a>\u00a0to make your gift online or <a title=\"https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/foundation\/annualfund_employee.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/foundation\/annualfund_employee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/foundation\/annualfund_employee.pdf<\/a>\u00a0to sign up for payroll deduction.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nGeoffrey Miller<br \/>\nDirector of Development and Alumni Relations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Congratulations to the following individuals, who have been recognized by the college this year:<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chancellor&#8217;s Award<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>Mathew L. Cantore, adjunct instructor, Computing and Information Sciences<br \/>\nJeffery Vincent McMinn, adjunct instructor, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nDeborah J. Gardner, secretary II, Communications and Marketing<br \/>\nEric J. Bryant, assistant director, Communications and Marketing<br \/>\nDavid Clickner, director, Learning Centers<br \/>\nBrenda L. Hazard, director, Dwight Marvin Library<br \/>\nKimberly Z. Bryant, professor, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nWilliam W. Darling, professor, Civil, Construction, Industrial and Mechanical<br \/>\nTechnologies<br \/>\nMarina Gore, associate professor, English, Foreign Languages and English as<br \/>\na Second Language<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>President\u2019s Award<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b>Ann Gallerie, technical assistant, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nJames F. Macklin, director, Planning and Research<br \/>\nMargaret M. Mann, technical assistant, Office of the Dean of the Schools of<br \/>\nHealth Sciences and Liberal Arts and Sciences<br \/>\nDr. Sondra E. Valle, assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs<br \/>\nVonnie J. Vannier, assistant professor, English, Foreign Languages and<br \/>\nEnglish as a Second Language<br \/>\nJan L. Geyer, assistant professor, English, Foreign Languages and English as a<br \/>\nSecond Language<\/p>\n<p><b>Professors Emeritus<br \/>\n<\/b>Linda A. Adamchak, associate professor, Biology, Chemistry and Physics<br \/>\nPhilip Brown, professor, Physical Education<br \/>\nJoseph Cardillo, professor, English, Foreign Languages and English as a<br \/>\nSecond Language<br \/>\nCarolyn T. Clark, associate professor, Capital District Educational<br \/>\nOpportunity Center<br \/>\nRalph H. Frank, assistant professor, Building Systems Technologies<br \/>\nThomas W. Hunt, assistant professor, Accounting<br \/>\nGary M. Krohl, assistant professor, Automotive Technologies<br \/>\nGerard McEneaney, assistant professor, Building Systems Technologies<br \/>\nTodd A. Rasner, professor, History, Philosophy and Social Sciences<br \/>\nEncarnacion Seeley, assistant professor, Capital District Educational<br \/>\nOpportunity Center<br \/>\nStephen Strachman, associate professor, Individual Studies and Liberal Arts<br \/>\nKathleen VandenBergh, associate professor, Individual Studies and Liberal<br \/>\nArts<br \/>\nMichele Woodbeck, professor, Nursing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>Retirees<br \/>\n<\/b>Linda Adamchak, associate professor, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, 21<br \/>\nyears<br \/>\nRobert Bornt, building maintenance supervisor II, 17 years<br \/>\nJeffrey Brooks, building maintenance worker, E.O.C., 29 years<br \/>\nPhil Brown, department chairperson, Physical Education, 44 years<br \/>\nJoseph Cardillo, professor, English, Foreign Languages and English as a<br \/>\nSecond Language, 34 years<br \/>\nCarolyn Clark, program coordinator, E.O.C., 20 years<br \/>\nSharon Collis, program assistant, Academics III, Civil, Construction and<br \/>\nMechanical Technologies Dept., 28 years<br \/>\nRalph Frank, assistant professor, Building Systems Technologies, 28 years<br \/>\nMargaret Grant, sssistant professor, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, 6<br \/>\nyears<br \/>\nSheila Hughes, assistant professor, Medical Sonography, 26 years<br \/>\nThomas Hunt, assistant professor, Accounting, 34 years<br \/>\nGary Krohl, assistant professor, Automotive Technologies, 28 years<br \/>\nJoan Lawson, professor, Teacher Preparation, 29 years<br \/>\nGerard McEneaney, assistant professor, Building Systems Technologies, 28<br \/>\nyears<br \/>\nJai Misir, professor, English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second<br \/>\nLanguage, 25 years<br \/>\nPablo Negron, director, Center for Access and Assistive Technology, 33<br \/>\nyears<br \/>\nLinda Perras, secretary I, Human Resources, 20 years<br \/>\nTodd Rasner, professor, History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences, 44 years<br \/>\nSandra Reizen, senior account clerk, Non-Credit State Aid Offerings, Office<br \/>\nof Community and Professional Education, 10 years<br \/>\nKathryn Schneider, assistant professor, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, 10<br \/>\nyears<br \/>\nEncarnacion Seeley, assistant professor, E.O.C., 27 years<br \/>\nStephen Strachman, associate professor, Individual Studies and Liberal<br \/>\nArts, 32 years<br \/>\nKathleen VandenBergh, associate professor, Individual Studies and Liberal<br \/>\nArts, 31 years<br \/>\nMark Wehnau, senior audiovisual technician, Viking Video, 34 years<br \/>\nMartha Wilkins, technical assistant, Acedemics, Biology, Chemistry, and<br \/>\nPhysics, 12 years<br \/>\nMichele Woodbeck, Professor, Nursing, 27 years<\/p>\n<p><b>Earned Doctorates<br \/>\n<\/b>Jay B. Deitchman, coordinator, International Student Services<br \/>\nAndrew J. Hurd, assistant professor, Computing and Information Sciences<\/p>\n<p><b>Earned Certificates<br \/>\n<\/b>Michael Such, assistant professor, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science and<br \/>\nPublic Administration<br \/>\nDavid Clickner, director, Learning Centers<br \/>\nAntoinette M. Howard, instructor, Teacher Preparation<br \/>\nChristine Rogers, instructor, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nAlice M. Busman, program assistant, Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Broadcast<br \/>\nCommunications<br \/>\nCarrie A. Farley, secretary I, Office of the Dean of Health Sciences and Liberal<br \/>\nArts and Sciences<br \/>\nJoAnn M. Fowler, program assistant, Academics III, English, Foreign<br \/>\nLanguages and English as a Second Language<br \/>\nGabriele M. Hamm, instructor, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nElaine H. Harwood, associate coordinator, Instructional Services, Capital District Educational Opportunity Center<br \/>\nPolly D. Karis, senior clerk, Marvin Library<br \/>\nMichael A. Winnie, campus peace officer, Public Safety<br \/>\nHoward R. Bancroft, advising specialist, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science<br \/>\nand Public Administration<br \/>\nGabriele M. Hamm, instructor, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nErin M. Hatter, scheduling officer, Educational Outreach and Academic<br \/>\nServices<br \/>\nMatthew W. Howe, coordinator of testing, Advisement and Academic<br \/>\nPlacement, Instructional Support Services and Retention<br \/>\nAaron K. Nooney, advising specialist, Center for Academic Engagement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Promotion to Assistant Professor by Tenure<\/strong><b style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/b>Nicole Arduini-Van Hoose, History, Philosophy and Social Sciences<br \/>\nTammy Conway, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nDonna Champion, Nursing<br \/>\nJerome Crucetti, Civil, Construction, Industrial and Mechanical Technologies<br \/>\nKelly Crupi, Nursing<br \/>\nPeter Gemellaro, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science and Public<br \/>\nAdministration<br \/>\nKeith Gunner, Biology, Chemistry and Physics*<br \/>\nAntoinette Howard, Teacher Preparation<br \/>\nElena A. Keese, Biology, Chemistry and Physics<br \/>\nNola J. Kelly-Gondeck, Biology, Chemistry and Physics<br \/>\nNoah Kucij, English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language<br \/>\nNormand Ouimet, Building Systems Technology<br \/>\nLori Purcell, Mortuary Science<br \/>\nRosanne Raneri, Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Broadcast Communications<br \/>\nPeter Stix, Mathematics and Engineering Science<\/p>\n<p><b>EOC Merit Awards<br \/>\n<\/b>Melissa Thomas, assistant coordinator, Business Services<br \/>\nMelissa Weltz, counselor<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><strong>Merit Awards<br \/>\n<\/strong>Douglas Baxter, instructor, Civil, Construction, Industrial and Mechanical<br \/>\nTechnologies<br \/>\nMariadelourdes Benton, assistant professor, English, Foreign Languages and<br \/>\nEnglish as a Second Language<br \/>\nDonna Champion, assistant professor, Nursing<br \/>\nTammy Conway, instructor, Dental Hygiene<br \/>\nPeter Gemellaro, instructor, Criminal Justice, Forensic Science and Public<br \/>\nAdministration<br \/>\nJan L. Geyer, assistant professor, English, Foreign<br \/>\nLanguages and English as a Second Language<br \/>\nRochelle Goldfarb, assistant professor, Mathematics and Engineering Science<br \/>\nThomas Lail, associate professor, Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Broadcast<br \/>\nCommunications<br \/>\nMaryanne Pepe, professor, Human Services and Chemical Dependency<br \/>\nCounseling<br \/>\nJoseph Stenard, assistant professor, History, Philosophy and Social Sciences<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 14 May 2014 12:00:57 +0000 by\u00a0g.miller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dear colleagues: As another semester comes to end, the Foundation would like to\u00a0congratulate the\u00a0members of our community who have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}