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SUNY DELHI FACULTY AND STAFF HONORED WITH CHANCELLOR'S AWARD

Professor Sturdevant has served as chair of the promotion committee and co-chair of the strategic planning committee. Committed to student success, she has assisted the student culinary team during regional and state competitions. For over 10 years, Professor Sturdevant has served as associate director of the NJCAA Division Men’s Basketball.

Professor Sturdevant holds a B.B.A in Accounting from Siena College and an M.B.A. in Organization and Management from Syracuse University. She is a past recipient of SUNY Delhi’s Academic Advisor of the Year Award.

Professor Richard L. Golding is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. An active member of the campus community, Professor Golding is a faculty member who reaches beyond his teaching duties to assist with college initiatives. He has served for four years on the academic policy committee, contributing important insight in balancing the requirements of the college’s curriculum with new demands. Professor Golding has also served a vital role as a member of Delhi’s budget and planning committee, which conducts interviews with campus departments to make recommendations to the President’s Cabinet.

Professor Golding is also a major contributor to campus life at SUNY Delhi. He currently volunteers at Regalia, the gently-used clothing store that generates funds for the college scholarship endowment, and has also served as a co-planner and master of ceremonies for the store’s annual fashion show. His other campus activities include presenting customer service seminars for faculty and staff, assisting with special events for student recruitment, scholarship dinners, and SUNY’s legislative day in Albany. Professor Golding regularly assists SUNY Delhi’s award-winning culinary team during competitions. As advisor for Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International, a student-professional organization, he earned the college’s 2004-2005 Student Activities Advisor of the Year.

He is actively involved in his local community, having served as president of the Deposit Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Town of Deposit Planning Board, a member of the

Deposit Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund Committee, and Clerk of Session for the Deposit Presbyterian Church.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from Cornell University and is pursuing a master’s degree in Labor and Policy Studies from Empire State College. He is an American Hotel & Motel Association certified hotel administrator and human resources executive.

Dr. Michael J. Petrillose is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.  Dr. Petrillose, who joined the Delhi faculty in 2002, has been recognized for his scholarship and research activities.  Several of his studies on human resources management within the hospitality industry have been published nationally and internationally.  In 2004, Dr. Petrillose received a Marriott Faculty Fellowship that enabled him to work closely with the company’s loss prevention and ethical investigation department.  In addition, Dr. Petrillose sought the expertise of a retired FBI agent/profiler to better understand workplace violence and how it relates to supervisory communication.  He presented his findings at the International Society for Performance Improvement’s annual conference. 

In 2005, Dr. Petrillose received a “Conversations in the Disciplines” Award from SUNY to organize a symposium on brand recognition and corporate reputation that brought industry professionals and international scholars to the Delhi campus.  He has expanded his creative activities to include research on the application and use of mobile technology by hospitality companies and presented his work in the United States and abroad.  More recently, Dr. Petrillose has been exploring trends in labor shortages within businesses today, as well as generational difference and the legal and social impacts in today’s workplace. 

Dr. Petrillose holds a Ph.D. in Foodservice and Hospitality Management from Kansas State University where he was the recipient of the H.J. Heinz Graduate Fellowship from the National Restaurant Association.  In addition, he was awarded the Dawley-Scholar Award for Faculty

Excellence in Student Development.  Dr. Petrillose holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Hotel Administration from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and an associate’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from SUNY Delhi. In recognition of his research focus, Dr. Petrillose received the SUNY Chancellor’s Recognition for Research and Scholarship in 2005.   

Lynda Preiser is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service. As director of Student Health Services, Preiser sets high standards in delivering quality medical care to Delhi students. She has initiated several improvements to student health care, which include a self-care cold clinic, improved laboratory services, and disease testing. She has also expanded services to students by adding a health educator and psychiatric services.

Preiser has played a significant role in educating Delhi students as well.  She has instructed on a variety of contemporary health and wellness topics. She has conducted training programs on diversity issues, and led peer education and student success classes. Preiser has also been instrumental in improving the overall health care of the campus community.  She introduced automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to key areas on the Delhi campus and instructed faculty and staff on CPR and the use of the AEDs. She also made flu vaccinations available to faculty, staff and students.

Preiser serves as a campus role model for volunteerism. She has chaperoned students as part of SUNY Delhi’s Alternative Break, an annual event in which Delhi students help build housing for needy families through Habitat for Humanity. Working side-by-side with students, she has traveled to North Carolina, Louisiana and California as part of the Alternative Break. Additionally, she has volunteered to help with student orientation and move-in days, Community Service Day, international student events, the college’s dance marathon fundraiser, and Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) contests on campus.

Preiser holds a master’s degree in Counseling from SUNY Oneonta. She received a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate from SUNY Buffalo and holds a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Penn.

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