Faculty Service Awards

20 Years of Service

Ken Brown Chemistry

Mary Inman Psychology

Jesus Montaño English

20 Years of Service

Mike Pikaart Chemistry

Brian Porter Economics & Business

Jill VanderStoep Mathematics

Scott VanderStoep Dean for Social Sciences

25 Years of Service

Claudine André DMCL

Steve Bouma-Prediger Religion

Brigitte Hamon-Porter DMCL

25 Years of Service

Deirdre Johnston Communication

Marla Lunderberg English

Jonathan Peterson GES

25 Years of Service

David Ryden Political Science

Elizabeth Sanford Chemistry

John Yelding Education

30 Years of Service

Steve Nelson Art and Art History

Rob Pocock Communication

Deb Swanson Sociology Todd Swanson

Mathematics

35 Years of Service

Ed Hansen GES

Jim Herrick Communication

50 Years of Service

Bruce McCombs Art and Art History

Faculty Book Publications

Wayne Brouwer, Religion Splitting the Day of the Lord: The Cornerstone of Christian Theology

Vicki-Lynn Holmes, Education /Mathematics and Jane Finn, Education Now I Can Understand Pre-Algebra! Vol. 1

Now I Can Understand Algebra! Algebra Vol. 1 and 2

Jack Mulder, Philosophy Civil Dialogue on Abortion

David Myers, Psychology Psychology for the AP course, 3rd edition,

Exploring Psychology, In Modules, 11h edition & Exploring Psychology, 11th edition Social Psychology, 13th edition

Kendra Parker, English She Bites Back: Black Female Vampires in African American

Women’s Novels, 1977-2011

Greg Rappleye, English Tropical Landscape with Ten Hummingbirds

Geoffrey Reynolds, Joint Archives Boats Made in Holland: A Michigan Tradition

Todd Swanson, Mathematics A Spiral Approach to Financial Mathematic

Todd Swanson, Mathematics and Jill VanderStoep, Mathematics Introduction to Statistical Investigations, AP Edition

Elliot Tanis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Probability and Statistical Inference, 10th edition

Jeff Tyler, Religion Reformation Commentary on Scripture, Old Testament, Vol. 11

Jeremiah, Lamentations

Performing Artists

Chad Carlson, Kinesiology — Dig Deep: Sport, Faith, Life Podcast

Matt Farmer, Dance — Guest Artist in Residence At Texas State University. Master Class in

Modern Dance (2)

Christopher Fashun, Music — Choro das 3, Guest performer with Brazilian choro group on

2018 U.S. Tour

Nicole Flinn, Dance — “Wockets-A-Wondering”, “Sunflowers Together”, “Sketches”,

performances at Dance and the Child International Conference, University of South Australia

— “Mission I’m Possible”, “Dancing Through Art”, StrikeTime Dance Theatre Assembly Performances

Will Polik, Chemistry — Whistleblower, An original play to illustrate role playing for

Responsible Conduct of Research training

Andrew Le, Music — “The Complete Etudes of Claude Debussy”, Recital at

Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA — Master Classes at University of Texas-Arlington and Centro

Universitario de Artes TAI (Transforming Arts Institute) — Solo and Collaborative Recital at Grand Rapids Art Museum

Gabe Southard, Music — Principal Flute, Holland Symphony Orchestra

Angie Yetzke, Dance — “I Make Myself Your Door”, “Sketches”,

performances at Dance and the Child International Conference, University of South Australia

— “How to Move the Truth #1” performance at The Bell House – Exchange Choreography Festival, Tulsa, OK

Artists

Katherine Sullivan, Art & Art HIstory — Jamia | Studio Exhibition

Athletics Championships

Greg Mitchell - Men’s Basketball

Brian Morehouse - Women’s Basketball

Mark Northuis - Women’s Cross Country

Scott Lokers – Men’s Golf

Mike Schanhals – Men’s Lacrosse

Leigh Sears– Women’s Soccer

Bob Cawood – Women’s Tennis

Kevin Cole – Women’s Indoor & Outdoor Track

Officers of Professional Organizations

Chad Carlson, Kinesiology -International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, Officer Alyssa Cheadle, Psychology -Great Lakes Colleges Association, Board of Directors Brian Coyle, Music -International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers, Vice President, Co-Founder Chanhassen, MN Michael DeNotto, Van Wylen Library -Literatures in English Section of Association of College and Research Libraries, Chairperson Marissa Doshi, Communication -Asian/Pacific American Caucus &. Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division, Secretary Nicole Flinn, Dance -DaCI USA, Board of Directors -SHAPE Michigan, Board of Directors -Michigan Dance Council, Board of Directors -National Dance Education Organization, Committee Chair Gregory Fraley, Biology -American Preveterinary Medical Association, Board of Trustees

Andrew Gall, Psychology -Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Officer, MI Jason Gillmore, Chemistry -Reaction Mechanisms Conference, Board of Directors Tonia Gruppen, Kinesiology -Michigan Athletic Trainers Society Public Relations Committee, Committee Chair, East Lansing, MI Kelly Jacobsma, Van Wylen Library -Association of College and Research Libraries, Board of Directors, Chicago, IL Pamela Koch, Sociology & Social Work -North Central Sociological Association, Committee Chair Lora Kolean, Music -Holland Piano Club, Chairperson, Holland, MI -Holland Piano Teachers Forum, Executive Board Member, Holland, MI Andrew Le, Music -Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, Artistic Director & Director of Education Saugatuck, MI -Vice President Holland Piano Teachers Forum, Holland, MI

Jianhua Li, Biology -Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Board of Advisors Hastings, MI Lindsey Root Luna, Psychology -Psi Chi, The International Honors Society in Psychology Chattanooga, TN Marla Lunderberg, English -John Donne Society, Board of Advisors Baton Rouge, LA

Eric Mann, Mathematics -Michigan Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Committee Chair

Jack Mulder, Philosophy -Society of Christian Philosophers, Committee Chair Roger Nemeth, Sociology & Social -Work Timber Wolf Alliance Northland College, Officer, WI -Sociology & Social Work Michigan Sociological Association, Board of Directors, MI

Laura Pardo, Education -ILA Elva Knight and Nila Banton Smith Teacher as Research Grants, Committee Chair

Jonathan Peterson,Geological & Environmental Science -GLCA/ACM Oak Ridge Science Semester Off-campus Program, Board of Advisors, Granville, OH Katelyn Poelker, Psychology -Early Career Psychologist (ECP) Committee Division 52 (International Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, Chair-Elect Jeffrey Polet, Political Science -Front Porch Republic, Board of Directors, Purcellville, VA Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal, Board of Directors, Mecosta, MI Gabe Southard, Music -Michigan Intercollegiate Honors Band, Treasurer Joanne Stewart, Chemistry -GLCA-GLAA Consortium for Teaching and Learning Meeting, Board of Directors Ann Arbor, MI Deborah Van Duinen, Education -Michigan Council of Teachers of English, Executive Committee - Representative at Large -Education Technology and Flourishing Project of the Kuyers Institute, Board of Advisors Grand Rapids, MI

Honors and Awards

Michael DeNotto, Van Wylen — Library Special Guest Librarian, Guadalajara International Book

Festival

LlenaChavis , Sociology & Social Work — Distinguished Alumni Award Grand Valley State University

Marissa Doshi, Communication — Bill Eadie Distinguished Scholarly Article Award, Applied

Communication Division of the National Communication Association

Sarah Estelle, Economics & Business — Ruch Faculty Fellow — Values & Capitalism Faculty Essay Award, American Enterprise

Institute

Christopher Fashun, Music — Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in All Disciplines, U.S. Fulbright

Scholar Program

Matthew Farmer, Dance — Fellow, International Association of Fine Arts Deans — Arlin G. Meyer Prize in Performing Arts, Lilly Fellows Program in

Humanities and the Arts

Nicole Flinn, Dance — 2018 Touchstone Award, Michigan Dance Council

Jason Gillmore, Chemistry — Best Poster (Student Mentee), American Institute of Chemical

Engineers

Jeffrey Johnson, Chemistry — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science — Thieme Journal Award, Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart

Kendra Parker, English — David Bottoms Distinguished Alumna Award, University of West

Georgia Department of English and Philosophy

Todd Steen, Economics & Business — Best Academic Paper, Christian Business Faculty Association —

Joanne Stewart, Chemistry — Janet Andersen Lecture Award, Midstates Consortium for Math

and Science

Debra Swanson, Sociology & Social Work — Volunteer of the Year, Ottawa Substance Abuse Prevention

Coalition

Wayne Tan, History — National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute

faculty presenter/discussant, NEH

Jill VanderStoep, Mathematics — Daniel Solow Award, Mathematical Association of America

Special Awards

Towsley Research Scholar • 1996 – David Ryden • 1997 – Jeffery Tyler • 1998 – Matthew Elrod • 1999 – Charlotte Witvliet • 2000 – Julie Kipp • 2001 – Susan Atefat Peckham • 2002 – Leah Chase/ William Pannapacker • 2003 – Brent Krueger • 2004 – Matt DeJongh • 2005 – Isolde Anderson • 2006 – Aaron Best • 2007 – Nathan Tintle • 2008 – Ji Hoon Park • 2009 – Jeff Johnson • 2010 – Ernest Cole • 2011 – Aaron Putzke • 2012 – Beth Anderson • 2013 – Deborah VanDuinen • 2014 – Jared Ortiz/Daryl VanTongeren • 2015 – Lauren Janes • 2016 – Marissa Doshi/Benjamin Kopek • 2017 – Andrew Gall

2018 Alyssa Cheadle, Psychology Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed, Chemistry

Janet L. Andersen Award for Excellence in Teaching

• 1996 – James Heisler/Joanne Stewart • 1997 – Nancy Nicodemus/Michael Silver • 1998 – Jane Dickie/Barbara Mezeske • 1999 – Susan Cherup/William Polik • 2000 – James Allis/Richard Ray • 2001 – William Cohen • 2002 – Barry Bandstra/Herbert Dershem • 2003 – Thomas Ludwig/John Patnott • 2004 – Janet Andersen/Richard Mezeske • 2005 – Patricia Roehling/Kathleen Verduin • 2006 – Steven Hoogerwerf/Kathy Winnett-Murray • 2007 – Ed Hansen/John Krupczak • 2008 – Maureen Dunn/John Shaughnessy • 2009 – Andy Nakajima/Todd Swanson • 2010 – Brian Coyle/Mary De Young • 2011 – Tom Smith/Jeff Tyler • 2012 – Billy Mayer/Sonja Trent-Brown • 2013 – Mike Seymour • 2014 – Donald Luidens • 2015 – Jason Gillmore • 2016 – Jack Mulder/Jeanne Petit • 2017 – Nancy Cook • 2018 – Lauren Janes

2019 — Gerald Griffin, Biology and Psychology

Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award

• 2001 – Maxine DeBruyn • 2002 – Lorna Hernandez Jarvis • 2003 – James Allis • 2004 – Peter Schakel • 2005 – Steve Smith/Leslie Wessman • 2006 – Margaret Kennedy-Dygas/Linda Dykstra • 2007 – Chris Barney/Jim Herrick • 2008 – David Klooster/Charlotte Witvliet • 2009 – Jeff Brown/Debra Swanson • 2010 – Joanne Stewart/Scott VanderStoep • 2011 – Annie Dandavati/Chuck Green • 2012 – Andy Nakajima/Roger Nemeth • 2013 – Sue Dunn/Fred Johnson • 2014 – Marc Baer/Anne Larsen • 2015 – John Cox • 2016 – Jeff Johnson/Becky Schmidt • 2017 – William Pannapacker • 2018 – Jennifer Wolfe

2019 — Leah Chase, Biology and Chemistry

Provost’s Award for Service to the Academic Program

• 2003 – Charles Green/Maura Reynolds • 2004 – Jon Huisken • 2005 – Barry Bandstra/Carl Heideman • 2006 – Cher Schairer • 2007 – Carol De Jong/Carol Simon • 2008 – David Jensen/Nancy Miller/William Mungall • 2009 – Nancy Cook/John Yelding • 2010 – Herb Dershem/Ryan McFall/

Lannette Zylman-TenHave • 2011 – Mary Inman/David Klooster • 2012 – Deirdre Johnston/Tracey Nally • 2013 – Peter Schakel • 2014 – William Pannapacker/Rajean Wolters • 2015 – Janis Gibbs/Stephen Hemenway • 2016 – Maria Burnatowska-Hledin/Cristina Ivey • 2017 – Jonathan Hagood • 2018 – Cathy Mader

2019 – Linda Graham, Dance

Motoichiro Oghimi Global Courage Award

• 2013 – Alfredo Gonzales/Chuck Green • 2014 – Annie Dandavati • 2015 – Amy Otis-DeGrau • 2016 – Dede Johnston/John Yelding • 2017 – Ernest Cole/Lorna Jarvis • 2018 – Yolanda Vega

2018 — Kendra Parker, English

Excellence in Advising Award

• 2018 – Marla Lunderberg

2019 — Alyssa Boss, Registrar’s Office