Holding a master of fine arts degree in painting, Associate Professor and Art Department Chair Russom is an accomplished artist. His works have appeared in exhibits in at least a dozen states and Canada, earning him such awards as the E.M. Birch Award and selection for the permanent collection of Nashua Paper Corporation in Nashua, N.H.

Russom brings that art to his students, helping them discover their own artistic talents.

Salvatore contributes to the campus through his oversight of the Plattsburgh State Fitness Center, with its budget of half a million dollars. The center has a membership base of more than half the student population and nearly 100 faculty and staff. Under Salvatore's leadership, the center has added a state of the art climbing wall.

In addition to running the center, Salvatore has helped to design and implement the new fitness/wellness leadership program, a major that will open in the fall of 2008.

CVPH Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer Stephens Mundy has earned board certification in health-care management as an American College of Health-care Executives Fellow. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development. Only about 7,500 health-care executives hold this distinction.