Harry and Barb Charlton Newcomer Scholarship Program

2010 Charlton Scholarship Winners announced

Congratulations to this year's Harry and Barb Charlton Newcomer Scholarship winners:

- Meg Bernier, SUNY Canton

- Alex Cole, Onondaga Community College

- Deborah Renfrew, Hudson Valley Community College

- MaryAnne Vervaet, SUNY Potsdam

- Catherine Wenthen, Upstate Medical University

THE PROGRAM
The Harry and Barb Charlton Newcomer Scholarship Program offers up to five registrations and on-site expenses scholarships for the SUNYCUAD Annual Educational Conference to newcomers in a SUNY institutional advancement office.

ELIGIBILITY
This program is designed to offer professional development opportunities to new advancement professionals employed at SUNY institutions. Specifically, eligible applicants include: (1) professionals who have been in their professional field less than three years total, and (2) professionals who have changed from one discipline to another within the last three years. (For example, this means moving from publications to alumni work or from community relations to fundraising. It does not mean moving from one type of work to another in the same discipline, i.e. annual fund to major gifts.)

JUDGING CRITERIA

A panel of past SUNYCUAD presidents determine the recipients. Winners will be judged on:

  • the career potential of the candidate (60 percent);
  • the candidate’s ability to express him or herself (30 percent weight); and
  • the candidate’s statement about the resources available for career development at his or her institution (10 percent).
  • The ideal candidate expresses a high degree of motivation, has taken an active role in his/her professional development and is from an institution with limited resources for professional development.

ABOUT HARRY AND BARBARA CHARLTON
The late Harry Charlton and his late wife Barbara served the State University of New York in a variety of posts from the State Teacher’s College at Oswego to Central Administration. Over that time, they played a pivotal role in the gestation, development and success of the State University of New York Council for University Affairs and Development and its predecessors, SUNY/CURC and the PR Council. In recognition of their past service as a member, past president, Central Office liaison, executive secretary, and executive secretary emeritus, the Board of Directors of SUNYCUAD established the Harry and Barbara Charlton SUNYCUAD Newcomer Scholarship Program at its 1993 annual meeting.