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Dennis M. McCarthy and Roswell Park IV have received the 2007 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, honoring their exceptional service to Buffalo State College and the State University of New York.

Chancellor’s Awards are system-level honors conferred to provide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. “The Awards for Excellence are particularly rewarding for those chosen because they have been nominated by their colleagues on campus and viewed as role models among their peers,” said former SUNY Chancellor John R. Ryan when he announced the awards in May.

McCarthy, associate dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, has served Buffalo State in many positions since joining the college in 1977 as an associate professor of theater. He was appointed associate dean in 1993 and agreed to serve as interim dean of Arts and Humanities three times. He has contributed greatly to the campus by serving as architectural liaison on three major renovation projects: Rockwell Hall Auditorium, the Savage Theater and Communication Building, and Warren Enters Theatre in Upton Hall.

As director of Academic Support Programs, Park manages five interrelated offices that provide the college’s primary developmental, tutorial, and support services for students. He also serves as coordinator of the individualized studies program, a position that allows him to devise academically sound degree programs that are customized to meet the diverse needs and objectives of individual students. Both positions reflect his commitment to students’ academic success and lifelong learning, a dedication evidenced during his first position at the college, assistant to the director of lifelong learning, in 1979. In 1981, he became director of adult and evening student programs and assumed responsibility for both in his current position in 2000.

Both men are known across campus for their integrity, compassion, and service to all members of the college community. The awards will be formally presented at the college’s Academic Convocation ceremony on September 20 in Rockwell Hall Auditorium.