AWARDS 2014 - School of Public and International Affairs

School of Public and International Affairs
P
I
A
Center for
Government and
Urban
ublic Administration and Policy
nternational Affairs
ffairs and Planning
April
AWARDS
2014
SPIA Awards
Tiffany Luu, PAPA
Michael Lee Stephens, MPIA
David L. Mason, EPP
Larkin Dudley MPA Paper Award
Robert Stuart Award for
Outstanding Graduating Student in MPIA
Nneka Sobers, PUA
Mark Holman, PAPA
Harold S. Atkinson Scholarship
Stephen D. Gallagher, EPP
John Brennan, PAPA
Emily Irene Mehr, MPIA
Larry Terry Doctoral Paper Award:
Ph.D. Student Category
GIA Founding Faculty Award for
Best Student Paper
(Thesis/Major Paper/Practicum)
Al Steiss Award for
Outstanding Graduating Seniors
in undergraduate programs
Jesse Steele, PAPA
Founders of CPAP Scholarships
Fatima Sharif, PAPA
Aaron Smith-Walter, PAPA
Larry Terry Doctoral Paper Award:
Ph.D. Candidate Category
University Awards
Eric Brandon Hodges, PGG
CAUS Awards
GIA Founding Faculty Award for
Outstanding Graduating PhD Student GG Track
Adam K. Rutherford, MPIA
Frances S. Dowd, EPP
Patrick Roberts, CPAP
Phi Kappa Phi
CAUS Certificate for Excellence in Scholarship
GIA Founding Faculty Award for
Outstanding Graduating Student
in NCR
Emily Anne Van Houweling, PGG
Graduate School Honorable Mention
Award for Outstanding Dissertation
(Social Science, Business, Education &
Humanities Category)
Promotions
New PhDs
Myriam Lechuga, GIA/UAP
Sonia Hirt, UAP
Awarded Spring - Fall 2013
10 Years of Service
Promotion to Full Professor
Wafa Mohsen Saleh Al-Daily, PGG
Veronica Margoth Arroyave, PGG
Daniel Paul, Boden, PAPA
Brendan Jon Brink-Halloran, PGG
Rachel Atkin Christensen, PGG
Nicole Marie Rishel Elias, PAPA
Allison Jane Abbott Heck, PGG
Emily M. Howard, PGG
David Lorne King, PAPA
Jaekwon Ko, PAPA
James LeVoy Lepse, PAPA
Andrew R. Sanderford, PGG
Emily Anne Van Houweling, PGG
Jesse J. Richardson, UAP
15 Years of Service
John Browder, UAP
Honorable Mention
25 Years of Service
Sandy Graham, UAP
25 Years of Service
Cherlin Charles Ngala, MPIA
Peace Corps Certificate
Veronica Margoth Arroyave, PGG
Emily M. Howard, PGG
Emily Van Houweling, PGG
Richard E. Zody Award for
Outstanding Dissertation in
Planning, Governance, and Globalization
Frances S. Dowd, EPP
Laura A. Howell, PUA
UAP Award for Outstanding
Undergraduate
Academic Achievement
Eric Childs, MURP, Alexandria
UAP Award for Growth and
Development while
in the undergraduate programs
GIA Founding Faculty Award
for Graduate Student demonstrating
ideals of community engagement,
public service, and social justice
Stefanie Florence Georgakis Abbott, PGG
College of Architecture and Urban Studies
Cherlin Charles Ngala, MPIA
Joseph Gruss, MURP, Blacksburg
American Institute of Certified Planners
Certificate Award: Graduate Student
for academic achievement
Graham Owen, MURP, Blacksburg
Mackenzie Jarvis, PUA
Yasmine Doumi, MURP, Alexandria
Virginia Chapter of American Planning
Association Certificate Award:
Graduate Students for
professional promise
John J. Bardo, EPP
Virginia Chapter of American Planning
Association Certificate Award for
Undergraduate Student for
Professional Promise
Daniel Messplay, MURP, Blacksburg
Chris Marshall, MURP, Alexandria
PlanVirginia Certificate Award:
Graduate Students for service
to the program
Ebonie Atkins, MURP, Blacksburg
Justin Goddard, MURP, Alexandria
Brenda Crawford Award for
Graduate Student demonstrating
the ideals of public service and
social justice
Lida Aljabar, MURP, Alexandria
Kelly Davis, MURP, Alexandria
Sarah Scott, MURP, Blacksburg
Spencer Shanholtz, MURP
Alexandra Thompson, MURP, Blacksburg
Kristin Rader, MURP, Blacksburg
PlanVirginia Fellowship:
Outstanding First-year Graduate Students
Jamie Genevie, MURP, Alexandria
C. David Loeks Award for
Outstanding Second-year
Graduate Students in
Urban and Regional Planning
Bachelors Graduating with Honors
Ryan Callihan, EPP
Navreet Deo, EPP (December 2013)
Mackenzie Jarvis, PUA
Elizabeth Madison, EPP
David Mason, EPP
Julia Moeller, EPP
Dylan Augenreich, EPP
Cassandra Carver, EPP
Mario Gazzola, PUA (December 2013)
Anna Isserow, EPP
Melissa Kausch, EPP
Peter Klemz, PUA
Daniel Murrow, PUA
Katlyn Nasta, EPP
Andrew Rasmussen, PUA
Daniel Rauh, EPP
Nneka Sobers, PUA
Shikhee Soeb, EPP
Camryn Sorg, EPP
Magna Cum Laude
Cum Laude
John Bardo, EPP (Honors Diploma)
Frances Dowd, EPP
Stephen Gallagher, EPP (Honors Diploma)
Laura Howell, PUA
Michelle Kinzer, PUA
Summa Cum Laude