UUP’s Executive Board voted in August to change the 2010 Fall Delegate Assembly schedule to allow delegates to take part in the One Nation march, set for Oct. 2 in Washington, D.C. (see related story below).

The revised DA schedule can be found on UUP’s website at www.uupinfo.org.

The union is working to arrange for transportation for delegates at the DA who wish to attend the march, said UUP Secretary Eileen Landy.

At the DA, delegates will honor their own and award scholarships to deserving SUNY students. Nearly 400 delegates and observers from chapters statewide are expected to attend the conference.

Farmingdale’s Vicki Janik and Albany’s Larry Wittner will be named recipients of the 2010 Nina Mitchell Award for Distinguished Service, the union’s highest honor.

Steve Street of Buffalo State and Elena Eritta of Farmingdale will receive the Fayez Samuel Courageous Service by Part-Time Academic and Professional Faculty award, which recognizes members of UUP who have served their union with courage and distinction.

Henry Geerken of Cobleskill and Dave Peckham of Upstate Medical University are the winners of UUP’s annual Outstanding Active Retiree Award. The award, presented by the union’s Committee on Active Retired Membership, honors individuals who have rendered outstanding volunteer service and provided exemplary service to UUP and SUNY following retirement.

Three SUNY students are this year’s UUP College Scholarship recipients. The undergraduates will each receive a one-time, $2,000 scholarship.

They are: Christine Kirkpatrick, a sophomore at Geneseo majoring in chemistry; Stan McKay, a junior at Empire State College majoring in history/adolescent education; and Katherine Raymond, a senior at Oswego majoring in journalism/global studies.

For more DA details, go to uupinfo.org.

— Michael Lisi