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Annual convocation brings honors to Upstate employees

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University has honored twenty-one individuals, Key Bank and the Carol M. Baldwin family for distinguished service to the university. The recipient (place of residence in parenthesis) and their awards include:

• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities: Andras Perl, M.D., Ph.D., (Jamesville).

• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching: Thomas L. Schwartz, M.D., (Onondaga).

• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service: Donna L. Vavonese, (Bridgeport).

• Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Classified Service: Cheryl Allen (Camden); Angela Hill (Syracuse); Sharon Wiggins, R.N., (Liverpool).

• President's Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research: David C. Amberg, Ph.D. (Tully); Wendy R. Kates, Ph.D. (Syracuse).

• President's Award for Excellence in Basic Research by a Young Investigator: Jeffrey D. Amack Ph.D. (Manlius).

• President's Award for Advancement of Affirmative Action: Rev. Terry Ruth Culbertson, M.D.I.V., B.C.C., C.T. (Syracuse).

• President's Award for Excellence in Professional Service: Susan Shaw, M.S.N., P.N.P., A.N.P. (DeWitt).

• President's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service: Rich O'Neill, Ph.D. (Syracuse).

• President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching: Burk Jubelt, M.D., (Fayetteville); Ira H. Ames, Ph.D. (Fayetteville); Janet Ambrogne Sobczak, Ph.D. (Camillus); Carol Recker-Hughes, P.T., Ph.D., (Fayetteville); Martin C. Masarech, M.D., (Greene).

• President's Awards for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty: Therese Wiley Dancks, Esq. (Bridgeport); Deborah L. Dill, R.T.R.M. (Manlius); Aamir Rasheed, M.D. (Vestal).

• President's Award for Distinguished Service: David H. Northrup (Fayetteville).

• President's Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Individual: The Carol M. Baldwin Family (Camillus).

• President's Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Corporate: Key Bank

The presentation of awards at Upstate's Fall Faculty Convocation Sept. 14, is an annual event that marks the beginning of the fall semester.

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