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Staff members win Giants Awards

Dianne Green-Smith
Dianne Green-Smith

Three Grand Valley staff members were honored at the 33rd Annual Giants Awards & Banquet, February 7 at DeVos Place.

George Grant Jr., dean of the College of Community and Public Service, and Beverly Grant, interim executive director of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, received the 2015 William Glenn Trailblazer Award. Dianne Green-Smith, associate professor and director of the School of Social Work, received the Phyllis Scott Activist Award.

The Giants awards, hosted by the Woodrick Diversity Learning Center at Grand Rapids Community College, recognize African-American individuals and/or organizations for exceptional contributions that shape the history and quality of life of greater Grand Rapids.




 

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