Awards and Honors

Outstanding Student Award - MPA

• Louis Canfield - 2007
• Shannon McMaster - 2006
• Dawne M. Bell - 2005
• Angela Moris - 2004
• Janet Winter - 2003

Outstanding Student Award - MHA

• Jacqueline DeBruler - 2007

Outstanding Student Award - Undergraduate

• Alyssa Vasquez - 2007
• Jennifer Moore - 2005
• Elizabeth Martin -2004
• Pennie Alger - 2003

SPNA Best Paper Award

• 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.

• Jacqueline DeBruler - 2007
• Jessica Elkins - 2007
• Rafel Hejne - 2007
• John Huebler - 2006
• Alicja Boryczk - 2006
• Natalia Giergiel - 2005
• Katarzyna (Kasia) Goliasz - 2005
• Rachael Voorhees - 2003

University Awards

• David Bleckley won a 2007 Graduate Dean's Citations for Excellence in Community and Professional Service
• David Bleckley won a 2007 Graduate Dean's Citations for Excellence in Leadership and Service to GVSU
• Jacqueline DeBruler won a 2007 Graduate Dean's Citations for Academic Excellence.
• Louis Canfield won a 2007 Graduate Dean's Citations for Academic Excellence.
• 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

• 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