Tompkins Cortland Community College’s Steve Weed has been honored with the 2024-25 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Weed has served as an adjunct professor of English at TC3 since 2003.

The award recognizes the expertise, commitment, and dedication of SUNY’s adjunct faculty who serve as exemplars for their peers. President Amy Kremenek presented Weed with the Chancellor’s Award medallion and shared from the many letters supporting his nomination. “He demonstrates outstanding commitment to his students,” she read, adding on her own that he “has raised awareness with the College leadership about issues that impact students. In everything he does, he has always kept students at the forefront of his concerns and actions.” 

Fellow Adjunct Professor Pat Sewell also spoke, calling Weed highly valued and “someone who helps us all with effective teaching,” noting that “I think so highly of Steve that I recommended my own child take a class with him.” 

The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are selected through a process that starts with a nomination and includes a committee review before being forwarded to SUNY by the College president. Final determination of the award is made by the SUNY Chancellor following another review.