Teacher Awards

The Technology Alliance of Central New York, in Brief
TACNY

The organization now called TACNY, originated as the Technology Club of Syracuse in 1903, when a group of Central New York industrialists met at the home of Syracuse University professor, John Edson Sweet. Their purpose was the exchanging of ideas that would advance the use of technology in the area's growing industries and businesses. Professor Sweet was elected the group's first president. Other outstanding representatives from the city's industries and Syracuse University became officers. They included Dean William Kent, well known as the author of an engineers' handbook and Edward N. Trump, the chief engineer of the Solvay Process Company. The organization soon became a well-established organization, and was incorporated on June 5, 1907. The Technology Club and the Technical Societies Council of Greater Syracuse merged into a single organization in 1963. In 2003, The Technology Club of Syracuse began doing business as the Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY). The Alliance is now an umbrella organization incorporating more than thirty technical, scientific, and educational associations. They all seek to promote the responsible advancement of technology in Central New York State.

Throughout its history, TACNY has conducted many programs and activities designed to advance technology and people's understanding of it. It co-founded the Discovery Center, now the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology; sponsors the annual John Edson Sweet Lecture Series, established in 1916 to honor TACNY's founder; contributes to local science fairs; conducts the annual Celebration of Technology; and the like.

TACNY's primary mission is to promote excellence in technology in the Central New York region. Members are concerned that Central New York should have a continuing work force of competent technologists. This concern is emphasized through the Outstanding Teacher Awards Program and the support of the Museum of Science and Technology.

TACNY supports the following activities:

• Co-founders of The Discovery Center of Science & Technology, since renamed the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST). The museum has undergone a large expansion, including the Silverman Planetarium and Central New York's only IMAX experience in the new Bristol Omnitheater. The home of the MOST is in the old but renovated Syracuse Armory, in the heart of Armory Square.
  
• John Edson Sweet Lecture Series - generally six technical lectures each year, free and open to the public, sometimes offered with an optional social and dinner opportunity to share in a collegial atmosphere.
  
• Outstanding Technology Teacher Recognition Awards - up to five awards are presented each year to K-12 teachers who have distinguished themselves in mathematics, science, or technology by inspiring and involving students and colleagues in the technical fields.
  
• Umbrella organization for all the technical societies in Central New York.
  
• Co-sponsor with the MOST of the Greater Syracuse Science Fair.
  
• Celebration of Technology Awards Program & Exposition
  

Index • The Award• Awards Criteria • Eligible Teachers • Nominate a Teacher • Nomination Form • Previous Recipients • Calendar• Press Release • Banquet Invitation• TACNY Brief History