Student Scholarships
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This one-time scholarship of $3,000 is awarded annually to full-time SUNY graduate students who demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence, social justice issues and labor ideals. The award was created in 2010 to honor Scheuerman, who served as UUP president from 1993-2007; applications are reviewed by the UUP Scholarship Selection Subcommittee. The annual deadline is March 1.
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This one time $500 award is given to an undergraduate student or group of undergraduate students currently enrolled at a SUNY campus who have created any paper or documented any project related to social justice issues or topics. Available to full and part time students, the annual deadline is May 1. (The Steve Street Award is named for a beloved UUP contingent faculty member who taught at Brockport and Buffalo State, and who died of cancer in 2012. Street was an officer for contingents at Buffalo State, a delegate and a member of the statewide Contingent Employment Committee. He was a 2010 recipient of UUP’s Fayez Samuel Award for Courageous Service by Part-Time Academic and Professional Faculty.) - 2018- Aidan Koehler, New Paltz
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This negotiated $500 per semester benefit is open to the dependent children of UUP-represented employees. There are two different application forms based on a member’s eligibility for the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP). Non-NYSHIP-eligible employees will need to provide documentation verifying that they are the parent of the student.
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This award was created by the union in 1987 to celebrate its members’ commitment to academic excellence and the life of the mind, and to their endeavors in the promotion of social justice. Up to four one-time scholarships of $3,000 are awarded annually to SUNY undergraduates who demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence, social justice issues and labor ideals. The union gave its first undergraduate scholarships in 1988. The annual deadline is on or around March 1.- The awards honor UUP members and their families who have donated generously—in time and money—to the scholarship fund:
- Eugene P. Link: A SUNY Plattsburgh professor emeritus of history who taught in New York’s state university system for 35 years, the late Eugene Link was a highly regarded and respected professor. He dedicated his life to working families and to students who demonstrated an interest in unionism and the larger labor movement.
- Robert F. Carter and Katherine K. Carter: The late Robert Carter was a SUNY Oswego associate professor of history and a UUP member for more than 25 years. His late wife, Katherine, made several generous donations to the scholarship fund in his memory.
- Gertrude A. Butera: Butera’s unrelenting fundraising efforts have helped the scholarship grow to a sustained fund that rewards exemplary SUNY undergraduates. She was named an honorary trustee in 1993.
Member Awards
- This award recognizes UUP retirees who have rendered outstanding volunteer service to their communities and have provided exemplary service to UUP and SUNY after retirement. Nominations are reviewed by UUP’s Retired Membership Governing Committee. The annual deadline is on or around April 15.
(The late Pearl H. Brod of Farmingdale was a long-time academic delegate who served as elected chair of the statewide Committee on Active Retired Membership from 1999-2003; she served as COARM’s Long Island Region representative from 1993-2009. The award was renamed in her honor in 2011.)
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- 2021- Sandy Spier, Downstate | Jeanne Galbraith, Stony Brook HSC/Geneseo
- 2020- Anastasia K. Johnson, Buffalo Center
- 2019- Charles F. McAteer, Stony Brook
- 2018- Richard Tyler, Oneonta
- 2016- Thomas Morrissey, Fredonia
- 2015- Barbara Maertz, Farmingdale
- 2014- Ivan Steen, Albany | Loraine Tyler, Oneonta
- 2013- Larry Wittner, Albany
- 2012- Bob Kasprak, Optometry
- 2011- Ed Alfonsin, Potsdam
- 2010- Henry Geerken, Cobleskill | Dave Peckham, Upstate Medical
- 2008- Jo Schaffer, Cortland
- 2007- Judy Wishnia, Stony Brook
- 2006- Pearl Brod, Farmingdale | Don Cohen, Albany | Sally Knapp, Albany
- 2003- Bill Rock, Brockport
- 2001- Horace Ivey, Upstate Medical
- 2000- Hy Kuritz, Albany
- 1999- Norma Klayman, Buffalo State
- 1998- Helen Lees, Buffalo HSC
- This award recognizes distinguished service rendered to the state university by people who strengthen and enlarge the political community devoted to the progressive development of public higher education in New York State. Awarded every year in the spring, the Friend of UUP award is nonpartisan and may be given to those working in the private sector to promote higher education, as well as those holding public office. Individual citizens, the media (newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations), corporations, agencies, voluntary organizations, labor groups or elected officials may be considered. The UUP Outreach Committee evaluates all nominations. The annual deadline is December 31.
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- UUP Journalism Contest recognizes chapter and member communications in five categories: General Excellence; Best Editorial or Column; Best Publication Design; Best Original Article; Best Use of Photos/Graphics; and Best Website. The annual deadline for submissions is on or around March 1.
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- This award recognizes the most outstanding accomplishment in member communication. The winner may be a publication, article, editorial/column, website, or photograph/artistic design. The award is named after former UUP president Phil Smith, who served from 2008-2013, and was instrumental in strengthening UUP’s online and print communications.
- This award recognizes UUP members who have served the union with distinction. Recipients’ service must reflect extensive and significant contributions to UUP at both the chapter and statewide levels. Nominations—which are reviewed by the UUP Membership Committee—must come from either a chapter executive board or the statewide Executive Board. The deadline for the annual award is on or around April 15.
(The late Nina Mitchell was a substance abuse counselor at Downstate Medical Center, who used her quiet intelligence and gift for forging genuine relationships to further the goals of UUP.)
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- 2021- Wes Kennison, Geneseo | Mike Lyon, Upstate
- 2020- Philippe Abraham, Albany | Anne Wiegard, Cortland
- 2019- Eileen Landy, Old Westbury
- 2018- James Engle, Morrisville | Candelario Franco, Old Westbury
- 2017- William Canning, Oswego | Donna Goodman, New Paltz
- 2016- M. Steve Pendleton, Buffalo State
- 2014- Edward Drummond, Stony Brk HSC | Candy Merbler, Albany | Jeanne Galbraith, Stony Brook HSC
- 2013- John Delate, Purchase | Edward H. Quinn, Stony Brook
- 2012- Robert E. Rees, Alfred
- 2011- Lorna Arrington, Buffalo Center
- 2010- Vicki Janik, Farmingdale | Lawrence Wittner, Albany
- 2009- Michael Zweig, Stony Brook
- 2008- William E. Scheuerman, Oswego
- 2007- Gregory F. Auleta, Oswego | Albert Ermanovics, SUNY Buffalo | Robert J. Reganse, Farmingdale
- 2006- Barbara Maertz, Farmingdale
- 2005- Phillip H. Smith, Upstate Medical
- 2004- John Morganti, Buffalo State
- 2003- Thomas Corigliano, Plattsburgh | Harvey Inventasch, Cortland
- 2002- Judith C. Bird, Farmingdale | Henry J. Steck, Cortland
- 2001- David Kreh, Cortland | Michael Smiles, Farmingdale | Ivan Steen, Albany | Edward VanDuzer, Brockport
- 2000- Patricia W. Bentley, Plattsburgh | Charles C. Hansen, Stony Brook
- 1999- Jay Bloom, New Paltz | Peter Kane, Upstate Medical | Paul Martin, Buffalo State
- 1998- Aaron (Bill) Godfrey, Stony Brook | Thomas E. Morrissey, Fredonia | Alan Shank, Geneseo
- 1997- Elizabeth Tiger, Delhi | Frank Maraviglia, ESF
- 1996- Jo Schaffer, Cortland | Gertrude Butera, Alfred | Samuel von Winbush, Old Westbury
- 1995- Edward Alfonsin, Potsdam | Malcolm Nelson, Fredonia
- 1994- Ann Marie Behling, Cobleskill | John M. Reilly, Albany | Judith Wishnia, Stony Brook
- 1993- Thomas Matthews, Geneseo | Fred Miller, Oneonta
- 1992- Geraldine Bard, Buffalo State | James Cretekos, Alfred | Henry DiStefano, Upstate Medical
- 1991- John Ether, Albany | Rita Piccolo, Buffalo HSC | Josephine Wise, Buffalo Center
- 1990- Nuala Drescher, Buffalo State | John Hunt Jr., Farmingdale | W. Roy Slaunwhite, Buffalo HSC
- 1989- Morris Budin, Binghamton | Harold Cannon, Albany | Samuel Wakshull, Buffalo State
- This award recognizes UUP part-timer members who have served the union with courage and distinction, and whose service reflects contributions to UUP at either the chapter or state level. Nominations—which are reviewed by the UUP Membership Committee—must come from either a chapter executive board or the statewide Executive Board. The annual deadline is on or around April 15.
(Before his retirement from Farmingdale in 2003, the late Fayez Samuel was an academic delegate and a pioneer in the fight for the fair and equitable treatment of part-timers at SUNY. He is a past chair of the union’s statewide committee that deals with part-time, adjunct and contingent issues.)
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- 2020- Cindy Riedi, Morrisville | Mary Helen Kolisnyk, Empire State College
- 2018- Benjamin Allocco, Oswego | Cynthia Klink, Oneonta
- 2017- Derrik Decker, Fredonia | Rebekah Tolley, Albany
- 2016- Anne Fearman, Fredonia | Charlie Itzin, Oswego | Victor Visconti, Old Westbury
- 2015- Robert Earle, Cortland | Gregg Weatherby, Cortland
- 2014- Doug Cody, Farmingdale | J McDermott, Oneonta
- 2013- Nancy Kane, Cortland
- 2012- Yvonne Aspengren, New Paltz | Caridad Souza, Oneonta
- 2011- Jan Tewes, Morrisville
- 2010- Elena Eritta, Farmingdale | Stephen Street, Buffalo State
- 2008- Jacqui Berger, Empire State | Lori Nash, Oswego
- 2006- Tim Allan, Fredonia | Maureen Donley, Buffalo HSC | Fayez Samuel, Farmingdale
- This award recognizes UUP members who have rendered exceptional service (beyond standard union work) and who have advocated tirelessly for UUP, labor, equity and humanity. The annual deadline is on or around Dec. 31.
Judith Wishnia was a well-respected member of UUP’s Legislation and Outreach committees, and continues to advocate on behalf of UUP and SUNY. She served as chair of the Committee on Active Retired Membership for 10 years, and was a 1994 recipient of the Nina Mitchell Award for Distinguished Service and the 2007 recipient of the Pearl H. Brod Outstanding Retiree Award.
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- 2019- Martha Livingston, Old Westbury
- 2018- David Ritchie, Cortland | Michael Zweig, Stony Brook
- 2016- Charles McAteer, Stony Brook