Every year, the state university and numerous academic and professional organizations honor hundreds of UUP members for outstanding accomplishments in their disciplines, on campus and in their communities.

The Voice is pleased to recognize some of these members here.

• Nancy Cannon, an academic delegate and reference librarian at SUNY Oneonta, recently received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship. The award recognizes librarianship skill, professional growth and achievement, and excellent service to the college.

• Karl Grossman, a professor of journalism at SUNY Old Westbury, recently received the Environmental Stewardship Award from the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Grossman is the author of six books, including Cover Up: What You are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power (Permanent Press) and is host of the nationally aired TV program Enviro Close-Up.

• Malcolm Nelson, a distinguished teaching professor emeritus at SUNY Fredonia, recently received an IPPY Gold Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association for his travel essay TWENTY WEST: The Great Road Across America (SUNY Press, May 2008), which tells the many tales of America that occur along or near US Route 20.

IPPY awards are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books in English and intended for the North American market.

• Gary Scott, a professor and chair of the department of paper and bioprocess engineering at Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, was recently named to the Technical

Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Board of Directors. It is a volunteer position.

Scott, who has worked in the paper industry for more than 25 years and has been on the ESF faculty since 1998, will serve a three-year term on the TAPPI board.

TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging and converting industries.

— Karen L. Mattison