New Department Chair Named at Hudson Valley Community College

January 10, 2023

Hudson Valley Community College has announced the appointment of a new academic department chair for English, Foreign Languages 和 English as a Second Language.

托尼Podlaski, a faculty member at the college since 2004, will lead the department, which offers more than 160 course sections each semester. The department also oversees academic advisement for students in the Liberal Arts 和 Sciences - Humanities 和 Social Science English degree track 和 Liberal Arts 和 Sciences - Humanities 和 Social Science Communication (Non-Media) degree track.

Podlaski, an assistant professor, has taught courses in Composition, Writing for Technicians, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜, 和 Media 和 Culture during his 19-year tenure at the college.

He also has been very active on campus, chairing the committee for the campus-wide SUNY Chancellor’s Award nomination committee 和 twice serving on the self-study steering committee for reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. He has been a longtime member of the college’s Academic Senate, serving a term as vice chair 和 multiple terms on subcommittees that include the Curriculum Committee 和 Personnel Resources Committee. He has been a longtime faculty mentor for the Center for Professional Excellence, which offers professional development for faculty 和 staff, 和 served as faculty liaison for a three-year term. He also served as secretary for the 教师 Association 和 chairperson for 教师 Workshop Day.

Podlaski received a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in 教师 Service in 2018.

For almost three decades, Podlaski has had his sports journalism articles published in the 次联盟, 巴尔的摩太阳报, Rocky Mountain 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜, Orl和o Sentinel, New York 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜day 和 萨拉托加今天. He has spent nearly 30 summers working for the New York Racing Association as publicist 和 press box coordinator at the Saratoga Race Course 和 for special events such as the Belmont Stakes.

Podlaski received a master’s degree from The College of Saint Rose 和 bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany, both in English, as well as an associate degree in 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜 from SUNY Morrisville.