School of Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Student Award - MPA

  • Elizabeth Schrauben - 2010
  • Brian Flanagan - 2009
  • Jenny Frasco - 2008
  • Louis Canfield - 2007
  • Shannon McMaster - 2006
  • Dawne M. Bell - 2005
  • Angela Moris - 2004
  • Janet Winter - 2003

Outstanding Student Award - MHA

  • Dan Kuchan - 2010
  • Geraldine E. Vandreumel - 2009
  • Cynthia Swihart - 2008
  • Jacqueline DeBruler - 2007

Outstanding Student Award - Undergraduate

  • Jon Schneider - 2010
  • Andrew Crosby - 2009
  • Kelli Schepers - 2008
  • Alyssa Vasquez - 2007
  • Jennifer Moore - 2005
  • Elizabeth Martin -2004
  • Pennie Alger - 2003

SPNHA Best Paper Award

  • Linda S.Witte for "Creating and Leading in an Environment of Collaboration" - 2012
  • Courtney Lawler for "Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities: Economic Impacts and Policy Solutions" - 2011
  • Nate Engle for "Understanding Rural Sprawl: A look at Osceola County, MI" - 2010
  • Susan Toman for "Using Transparency as a Regulator in the Age of Technology" - 2009
  • Tendai Masiriri for "The Effects of Managed Care on Social Work Mental health Practice" - 2008
  • Heidi DeRoo for "Recognizing the Paradox: Restructuring an Intentionally Multinational - North American NGO" - 2007
  • Rachel R. Ruser for Analysis of the "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)" - 2006
  • Barbara M. Taylor for "How Should a City Promote Minority Construction Contracting? A Policy Analysis" - 2005

Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society that draws its members from all academic disciplines within colleges and universities. Election to membership is by invitation only.

  • Tom Gilson - 2010
  • Andrew Crosby - 2009
  • Jenna Thayer - 2009
  • Geraldine Vandreumel - 2009
  • Brian Flanagan - 2009
  • Patrick T. Morgan - 2009
  • Uma Thandapani - 2008
  • Jon Schneider - 2008
  • Jacqueline DeBrulerr - 2007
  • Jessica Elkins - 2007
  • Rafel Hejne - 2007
  • John Huebler - 2006
  • Alicja Boryczk - 2006
  • Natalia Giergiel - 2005
  • Katarzyna (Kasia) Goliasz - 2005
  • Rachael Voorhees - 2003

Graduate Dean's Citation for Excellence


Outstanding Graduate in the Master of Public Administration

  • Wesley Miller - 2010
  • Melissa Miller - 2010
  • Roberta Osipoff - 2009
  • Patrick Morgan - 2009
  • Michele Schallip - 2008
  • Craig Heerema - 2007
  • Louis Canfield - 2007

Outstanding Graduate in the Master of Health Administration

  • Daniel Kuchan - 2010
  • Brooke Wayman - 2009
  • Hillary Jackson - 2009
  • Richard Cline - 2008
  • Noel Vanness - 2007
  • Jacqueline DeBruler - 2007

Outstanding Leadership in Service to GVSU

  • Matthew Mokma - 2010
  • Mike Soltis - 2010
  • Connie Dang - 2009
  • Gwen DeGraf - 2008
  • David Vander Sloot - 2008
  • Anthony Phillips - 2007
  • David Bleckley - 2007

Outstanding Leadership in Community or Professional Service

  • Brandon Seng - 2010
  • Toni Jones - 2010
  • Joshua Meringa - 2010
  • Megan Sall - 2009
  • Lucius Hawkins - 2009
  • Natalie Hirdes - 2009
  • George Wietor - 2008
  • Linda Miskovetz Falstad - 2007
  • David Bleckley - 2007

Outstanding Project

  • Conrad Venema - 2009
  • Kevin Wisselink - 2009
  • Nicholas Monoyios - 2009

Outstanding Thesis

  • Dina Grabareva - 2010

Outstanding Publication

  • Kamil Makiela - 2010
  • Bridgette Bassford - 2008

Other University Awards

  • Rachael Voorhees won the 2004 Glenn A. Niemeyer Awards for striving to excel in all aspects of a well-rounded academic experience
  • Pennie Algera won the 2004 Glenn A. Niemeyer Awards for striving to excel in all aspects of a well-rounded academic experience
  • Rachael Voorhees won the 2004 Kenneth R. Venderbush Student Leadership Award
  • James Lightfoot won the 2003 Thomas M. Seykora Award for outstanding contributions to university life
  • Robert Bacik won the 2003 Thomas M. Seykora Award for outstanding contributions to university life

External Awards

  • Michael VandenBerg received a 2010 Michigan Local Government Management Association Fellowship
  • Reggie Oates received a 2007-08 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals Scholarship
  • Bob Lafave received a 2007 Michigan Local Government Management Association Fellowship
  • Roger Belknap received a 2007 Robert R. Robinson Memorial Scholarship
  • Kimberly Langley won the 2006 "ASPA Capital Area Scholarship Award" for her paper "The Budgetary Process of Michigan State Parks"
  • Irma Garcia won a 2005 "Outstanding Adult Learner" from Grand Rapids Higher Education Network
  • Michal Kubicki won the 2003 "Student of the Years" from West Michigan Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration

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