Grad students honored with Dean's Citation Awards

Graduate students received Dean's Citation Awards during the Graduate Student Celebration April 22 in Loosemore Auditorium on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus. The students were recognized for outstanding academic performance. Each recipient was given a certificate of recognition and a graduate honors cord.

 

Graduate students can be nominated by faculty and staff, advisors, a graduate program director, a department chair or a school director. The nominees are reviewed by the dean of Graduate Studies in consultation with others involved in graduate education; final selection is made by the dean.

 

Academic Excellence in the Degree Program

College of Community and Public Service

• Melanie L. Ball, health administration

• Kari L. Oliver, criminal justice

• Elizabeth J. Vallier-Booth, social work

 

College of Education

• Tiffany L. Steele, higher education

• Martice A. Moffett, school counseling

 

Padnos College of Engineering & Computing

• Soon Cheng Tang, computer information systems

• Shahrzad Eslamian, medical and bioinformatics

 

College of Health Professions

• Melanie D. Koops, physical therapy

• Rachel Byars, speech-language pathology

 

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Lillia R. Dincheva, cell and molecular biology 

• Jessica A. Notenbaum, communications

• Emily M. Dean, biology  

• Veronica D. Renauldo, biostatistics

 

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Rachel E. Cardosa, nursing

 

Outstanding Dissertation

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Jonathan C. Gibson, nursing

 

Outstanding Master's Thesis

College of Education

• Mariana L. Naddaf, higher education

 

Padnos College of Engineering and Computing 

• Ravi Bhatta, engineering

 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Sarah E. VanOeveren, cell and molecular biology

• Geoffrey M. Kishbaugh, English

 

Outstanding Final Project

College of Community and Public Service 

• Steven P. McNeely, health administration

 

College of Education 

• Lauren N. Presutti, higher education

• Deborah R. Farris, literacy studies

 

College of Health Professions

• Abigail E. Clark, Melanie D. Koops, Lauren E. Smith - physical therapy

• Jon A. Bialowicz, public health

 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Brian M. Zuber, biology

• Alix N. Booms, cell and molecular biology

 

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Dawn M. Korson, nursing

 

Outstanding Publication

College of Education

• Chad T. Patton, higher education

 

College of Health Professions

• Lauren E. Smith, physical therapy

 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Robert T. Barrett, biology

 

Excellence in Service to the Community or Profession

College of Community & Public Service

• Colin D. Cumming, public administration

• Carly R. Roach, social work

 

College of Education

• Ashleigh R. Begres, higher education

• Rosemarie Starook, literacy studies

 

College of Health Professions

• Christopher L. Wise, physical therapy

 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Ashley K. DeWitt, cell and molecular biology

 

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Leda T. Evans, nursing

 

Excellence in Leadership and Service to GVSU

College of Liberal Arts & Science

• Kayleigh N. McCollum, cell and molecular biology

 

Seidman College of Business

• Colette M. Cascarilla, business administration

 

College of Community and Public Service

• Daniel L. Cook, health administration

• Bramwell S. Roberts, public administration

• Phillip T. Capps, social work

 

College of Education

• Ja'Kia Marie, higher education

• Dori A. Castignola, school counseling

 

Padnos College of Engineering and Computing

• Rodrigo Barriuso DeJuan, engineering

• Shahrzad Eslamian, medical and bioinformatics

 

College of Health Professions

• Emilee L. Van Hoven, physical therapy

 

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Jennifer M. Ohman, nursing

 

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion at GVSU

College of Education

• Chad T. Patton, higher education

 

College of Health Professions

• Crystal J. Lamb, physical therapy

 

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Daniela C. Gomez, cell and molecular biology

 

Excellence in Sustainability

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

• Alex S. Wierenga, communications

 

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Jennifer L. Zachary, nursing

 

3-Minute Thesis Competition Winner

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Matthew T. Lindenberg, biology

 

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

College of Community and Public Service

• Kathleen Bailey, criminal justice

• Raymond Higbea, health administration

 

Seidman College of Business

• Parvez Sopariwala, accounting

 

College of Health Professions

• Jon Rose, physical therapy

 

Kirkhof College of Nursing

• Rebecca Davis, nursing

 

Kimboko Inclusion Award

College of Education

• Donald Mitchell, higher education