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 online course quality improvement. These annual awards celebrate the use of OSCQR in Institutional Excellence, Program Innovation, Individual Achievement, and Research Impact.
- Individual Achievement, Kathleen D’Alfonso, SUNY University at Buffalo & SUNY Monroe Community College
- Program Innovation, Creativity and Change Leadership Program, SUNY Buffalo State University
- Brooke Capotosto, Instructional Designer
- Dr. Gerard Puccio, SUNY Distinguished Professor & Department Chair
- Institutional Excellence, SUNY Farmingdale State College
- Dr. Brandi So, Director, Department of Distance Learning
- Nicole Garrett, Instrucitonal Designer
- Research Impact, Dr. Sally Baldwin, Foothill College
Kathleen D’Alfonso, UB & MCC
Brooke Capotosto, SUNY Buffalo Sate
Dr. Gerard Puccio SUNY Buffalo Sate
Dr. Brandi So, SUNY Farmingdale
Nicole Garrett, SUNY Farmingdale
Dr. Sally Baldwin, 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, SUNY University at Buffalo
Nominator: Dr. Andrea B. Nikischer, Associate Professor, Higher Education Administration and Adult Education, SUNY University at Buffalo
Institutional Excellence, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
Nominators:
Dr. Pamela D. Williams, Instructional Designer & Technologist, Center for Faculty Development & Innovation
Dr. Sarah Laux, Instructional Designer, Instructional Design & Learning Technologies
Information Technology Services
Jennifer Albat, Associate Director of Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies