Division News & Statements
Award ceremony honors LGBT community influencers
March 31, 2017
(This story originally appeared on GVNext)
Grand Valley’s Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center hosted the Pride Awards March 29 to celebrate and honor those who made a positive impact on the LGBTQIA+ community this academic year.
Seven faculty and staff members and 11 students were honored. The fifth annual event took place in the Kirkhof Center and featured student performances.
Award recipients:
- Milton E. Ford Leadership Award: Grace Huizinga, assistant professor in Kirkhof College of Nursing
- Faculty Engagement Award: Jae Basiliere, assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies
- Service to Community Award: Mark Sampson, psychologist and clinical director for the University Counseling Center
- LGBT Faculty/Staff Association PRISM Award: Marla Wick, assistant director of the LGBT Center; Paul Cook, assistant professor of chemistry
- Solidarity Award: Connie Dang, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs; Ashley Schulte, victim advocate and Violence Against Women Act grant coordinator
- Outstanding Student Leader Award: Ashlyn Rowell, Eliza Ruffner, Skylar Wolfe, Ezra Smith, Artemis Tally, Andie Bell, Emily Dusicska
- Emerging Leader Award: Ruby Hensley, Finn Marcks, Erin Veltman, Tanisha Islam
- For more information about the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center, visit www.gvsu.edu/lgbt.
For More Information Contact: Leah Twilley in University Communications - (616) 331-2221