Raymond Higbea earned the Outstanding Service Award from the American
College of Healthcare Executives Great Lakes chapter.
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University Communications
Barbara Goodspeed, manager of quality improvement at Spectrum Health,
earned the Outstanding Service Award.
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courtesy photo
Recent MHA graduate Zoe Fry received the Student Award for her work
with the Health Professional Graduate Student Organization and as a
student member of the GLACHE Board of Directors.
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courtesy photo
In the News
Health care association honors GVSU faculty, graduates, students
Grand Valley faculty, graduates and students were honored during the
American College of Healthcare
Executives Great Lakes chapter’s annual meeting on November
19. The Great Lakes chapter is the regional chapter for the American
College of Healthcare Executives and represents 48,000 members.
• Raymond Higbea, director of the School of Public,
Nonprofit, Health, Hospitality and Tourism Management and associate
professor of health administration, received the Outstanding Service
Award. Higbea is an ACHE fellow, a former treasurer of the GLACHE and
serves on the GLACHE’s Board of Directors.
• Barbara Goodspeed, a 2014 graduate of the Master’s
of Health Administration program, also received the Outstanding
Service Award. Goodspeed is manager of quality improvement at Spectrum
Health and president of GLACHE.
• Larry Warkoczeski, executive-in-residence in the
department’s Public, Nonprofit and Health Administration program, was
honored with the Regent’s Faculty Award.
• Kris Drake, executive director/CEO of Ingham
Community Health Centers and a 2007 MHA graduate, received the Senior
Careerist Award. Drake sits on the GLACHE Board of Directors and is a
former president and treasurer of the association.
• Jeff Skinner, director of operations of HealthBar
and a 2015 MHA graduate, was honored with the Young Careerist Award.
• Zoe Fry, an MHA student who graduated in December,
received the Student Award for her work with the Health Professional
Graduate Student Organization and as a student member of the GLACHE
Board of Directors.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had their
research published are detailed below. The campus community can self-submit
a sketch online for future publication.
Eric Kunnen, senior director for IT Innovation and
Research, contributed to an article, "The
Sport behind Esports | FLEXspace," highlighting Grand
Valley's emerging Esports program in HigherEdAV Media Magazine.
Sean Woznicki, assistant professor of water
resources, gave a presentation, “Projecting the Impacts of Landcover
Change on Drinking Water treatment,” for the EPA Region 5 Source Water
Protection group.
Kathryn Remlinger, professor of English, gave
presentations, “'Yah for Yes is OK’: Ideological Functions and
Meanings of Yah in Two Heritage Language communities,” at the Workshop
on Immigrant Languages in the Americas in Helsinki, Finland; and
“Yooper Talk: The History and Development of a Dialect,” at the
Milford Public Library.
Carol Glanville, program manager for the Johnson
Center for Philanthropy, gave a presentation, "What's My Job? A
Program Officer Competency Model," at the Council of Michigan
Foundation annual conference.
John Weber, professor of geology, gave two
presentations at the Geological Society of America meeting in
Portland, Oregon; and another, "Can Slow-slip Strike-slip Explain
Geodetic-paleoseismic Mismatch in the Trinidad-Tobago Transform Plate
Boundary?" at the virtual International Joint Workshop on Slow Earthquakes.
Laurence José, associate professor of writing and
director of the Digital Studies minor, gave a presentation, "Data
Design and Workplace Preparation: Promoting Data Humanism in Technical
Communication," at the CPTSC conference.
Guests at an event hosted on the Health Campus learned how portable ultrasound technology is saving lives in remote areas of Africa. The cybersecurity program earned designation status from the National Security Agency.
Highlights include a student recognized nationally for their commitment to democratic engagement, and Project Grand Path will be presented at a tech and innovation conference in Colorado.