2026 Awardees
The SUNY Online Teaching OSCQR Awards recognize excellence in implementing the OSCQR online course quality rubric and process. These awards celebrate effective, creative and/or innovative practices that enhance online course design and support a culture of online continuous improvement. The annual awards celebrate the use of OSCQR in Institutional Excellence, Program Innovation, Individual Achievement, and Research Impact.
- Institutional Excellence, SUNY Farmingdale State College
- Nominator: Dr. Brandi So, Director, Department of Distance Learning at Farmingdale State College
- Nominator: Dr. Brandi So, Director, Department of Distance Learning at Farmingdale State College
- Program Innovation, Creativity and Change Leadership Program at SUNY Buffalo State University
- Program Lead: Dr. Gerard Puccio, SUNY Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Creativity & Change Leadership, SUNY Buffalo State University
- Nominator: Brooke Capotosto, Instructional Designer, SUNY Buffalo State University
- Individual Achievement, Kathleen D’Alfonso, PhD Candidate & Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Arthur O. Eve Educational Opportunity Program, University at Buffalo, and Instructor, Anthropology/History/Political Science/Sociology at SUNY Monroe Community College
- Research Impact, Dr. Sally Baldwin, Health Instructor, Biological and Health Sciences Division, Foothill College.
Honorable Mentions
- Individual Achievement, Dr. Angela Thering, Adjunct Lecturer/Online Instructor, SUNY Buffalo State University and Instructional Consultant for AI/Technology- Enabled Pedagogy, University at Buffalo
- Nominator: Andrea B. Nikischer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Higher Education Administration and Adult Education, SUNY Buffalo State University
- Institutional Excellence, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
- Nominators: Dr. Pamela D. Williams, Instructional Designer & Technologist, Center for Faculty Development & Innovation and Jennifer Albat, Associate Director of Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies