Grad students receive Dean's Citation Awards

Thirty-eight graduate students were honored with Dean’s Citation Awards during the Graduate Student Celebration April 17 in Loosemore Auditorium in the DeVos Center 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.

Two faculty members were also recognized with faculty mentor awards.


Academic Excellence in the Degree Program

Seidman College of Business
• Rachel C. Lenger, Accounting
• AnandaKrishnan Ganapathy Muthusamy, Business Administration

College of Community & Public Service
• Heather N. DeCoster, Health Administration
• Sarah Reamon, Public Administration

College of Education
• Jeffrey A. Keson, Higher Education

Padnos College of Engineering & Computing
• Daniel R. Slaughter, Computer Information Systems
• Christopher J. Theisen, Medical and Bioinformatics

College of Health Professions
• Erica A. O’Neal, Physical Therapy  
• Justine R. Koglin, Speech-Language Pathology

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Devin N. Jones, Biology
• Jessica L. Lucas, Biostatistics
• Kendall M. Dubois, Cell and Molecular Biology
• Kelley R. Monterusso, Communications
• Lisa A. Burgess, English    

Kirkhof College of Nursing
• Katelyn J. Bailey, Nursing   


Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

Kirkhof College of Nursing
• Lucy L. Ledesma, Nursing


Outstanding Master’s Thesis

Padnos College of Engineering & Computing
• David Qorashi, Computer Information Systems
• Priya Balasubramanian , Engineering

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Lindsey-Ann L. Schulte, Biology
• James R. LaFleur, Cell and Molecular Biology
• Deirdre A. Toeller-Novak, English


Outstanding Master’s Final Project

College of Community & Public Service
• Kyaw Zin Win, Health Administration

College of Health Professions
• Cailee A. Gallagher, Lyndsay  K. Hammond, and Lauren M. Webster, Physical Therapy

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Ryan M. Sheick, Cell and Molecular Biology


Outstanding Publication

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences  
• James R. LaFleur, Cell and Molecular Biology


Excellence in Service to the Community or Profession

College of Community & Public Service
• Ted J. Alberts, Health Administration

College of Health Professions
• Patrick J. Lawrence, Physical Therapy

Kirkhof College of Nursing
• Julie C. Cooper, Nursing


Excellence in Leadership and Service to GVSU

College of Community & Public Service
• Heather N. DeCoster, Health Administration
• Simeon J. Switzer, Public Administration
• Nick S. Bayer, Social Work

College of Health Professions
• Alaina Vince, Physical Therapy

College of Education
• V’Lecea R. Hunter, Higher Education

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• Katie E. Whittington, Biostatistics
• Lisa A. Burgess, English


Promoting Diversity and Inclusion at GVSU

College of Community & Public Service
• Alaina G. Clarke, Public Administration

College of Education
• Kayla A. Jones, Higher Education

College of Health Professions
• Alicia J. Marquis, Physical Therapy


Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

College of Education
• Russ Barneveld, Graduate Teaching Certificate Field Coordinator  

College of Health Professions
• Susan Cleghorn, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy