Chancellor King to Give Keynote Address at Academic Convocation

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State University of New York Chancellor Robert L. King will deliver the Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough Academic Convocation Address at Buffalo State College's at 12:15 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, in the Rockwell Hall Auditorium.

The annual convocation, which formally marks the beginning of the academic year, will be preceded by a procession - with a traditional Scottish bagpiper leading the faculty in full academic garb - from the college's Butler Library to its signature Rockwell Hall.

Buffalo State College President Muriel A. Howard, Ph.D., will present several President's Awards for Excellence and Chancellor's Awards for Excellence, and make a special presentation to the college's six SUNY Distinguished Professors.

Frederick Howe, professor of Educational Foundations, will receive the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Karen Johnson, director of the Success Track for Academic Readiness program, will receive the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service.

Michaelene M. Meger, assistant professor of Exceptional Education, and Evelyn Rosario, a counselor in the Educational Opportunity Program, will receive President's Awards for Excellence in Academic Advisement. Donna J. Davidoff, an associate librarian, will receive the President's Award for Excellence in Librarianship. Thomas E. Coates, events manager in the Events Management Office; Beverly J. MacKenzie, a secretary in the Human Resource Management Office; and Tim G. Ngo, a staff assistant in the Copy Center, will receive President's Awards for Excellence in Service to the College.

Susan M. Leist, humanities coordinator and associate professor of English, will receive the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching. William F. Wieczorek, director and research professor in the Center for Health and Social Research, will receive the President's Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity. Geraldine E. Bard, professor of English, will receive the President's Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Equity and Campus Diversity.

Buffalo State's six SUNY Distinguished Professors who will be recognized at the ceremony are: Marvin J. Lahood, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English; E.O Smith, chair and Distinguished Service Professor of History and Social Studies Education; George T. Hole, chair and Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies; James D. Haynes, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biology; F. Christopher Tahk, director and Distinguished Professor of Art Conservation; and Dan A. Kushel, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Art Conservation.



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Nanette Tramont, Director of News Services | 7168784325 | newsservices@bscmail.buffalostate.edu