Or phone 518-783-2430, fax: 518-786-5010, e-mail nmaloney@siena.edu.
All nominations received by January 15th will be considered for awarding in June of that year.

CRITERIA

The Professor Joseph A. Buff Award for outstanding accomplishments or achievements in their careers. Alumni selected for this award might include those who have achieved the following kinds of success: 

1.  Advancement to the highest-level executive positions in either the public or private 
     sector.

2.  Notable creative achievements in cases were the career is in the arts.

3.  A significant or decisive role in particular administrative or research breakthroughs, 
     such as the case of an alumnus who participates in some significant way to a new 
     scientific development or in the reshaping of some basic public policy. 

4.  Unusual accomplishments in one’s own profession, in such fields as medicine, law, 
     teaching, and politics.

5.   The accumulation of exceptional business holdings.

The Reverend Benjamin Kuhn, OFM Award for specific contributions to improve the Siena Community.   Examples of these achievements might include:

1.   A significant personal accomplishment in improving relationships between alumni  
      and students or alumni and other members of the Siena Community.

2.  Alumni employees of the College who play a particularly noteworthy role in the 
     development of some aspect of the collegiate life of the College.

3.  Extraordinary efforts in the area of college development and fund raising, including 
     those who might periodically make a extraordinary personal financial contribution to 
     the College and those alumni who play a particularly significant role in convincing 
     others to contribute to the College. 

The Professor Egon Plager Award for accomplishments in advancing the welfare of other human beings.  Examples of such accomplishments might include:

1.  Unusual self-sacrifice and effort by an alumnus in dealing with problems of 
     disadvantaged and/or handicapped, as in the case of one who devotes their career 
     to working in the inner city or to provide help for persons made dependent by 
     physical or mental disabilities.

2.  A significant role in the development of public support for particular humanitarian 
     efforts, as in the case of one who organizes or plays a significant role in a fund 
     raising effort for a humanitarian cause and/or contributes strongly to the shaping of 
     public support for humanitarian changes within a society.   

3.  Continuing noteworthy achievements, on a person-to-person basis, in shaping or 
     rehabilitating the skills, social adaptability and/or moral perspective of a client 
     group served directly by an alumnus, as in the case of a devoted teacher or social 
     worker. 

The Franciscan Spirit Award** for young alumni demonstrating a commitment to advancing the welfare of other human beings.  Examples of such accomplishments might include:

1.  Unusual self-sacrifice and effort by an alumnus in dealing with problems of 
     disadvantaged and/or handicapped. 

2.  A significant role in the development of public support for particular humanitarian 
     efforts. 

3.   Demonstrates that they will continue to advance the welfare of human beings over 
      their lifetime.

4.   Candidates for this award are on the path to receive the Plager Award in years to 
      come.

**Only when a worthy candidate is brought forward will this be awarded.

 
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