All SVSU Alumni Award Recipients
The Alumni Celebration has been called different things since it started in 1976. But the heart of the event remains the same: to honor distinguished SVSU Alumni who are creating change and positive impact in their communities.
2023 Award Recipients
Dr. Karl Rishe
'02 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
Terry Lutz
'85, '14 College of Health and Human Services
David Youngstrom
'93 Carmona College of Business
Dr. Christina Dillard Jackson
'98, '01 Veteran Alum
Jill Loftus
'81 College of Education
Dr. Eltaro Hooper
'09, '13 College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Lauren Legner
'19 Young Alum
2022 Award Recipients
Shaun Johnson
'02 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
Jared Morningstar
'05 College of Education
Bethany Charlton
'89 College of Health and Human Services
Randy Ott
'97 Veteran Alum
Alberta Lee
'82 Carmona College of Business
Derrick Tabor
74' College of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Jordan Place, Jesse Place, Thomas Taugher
Young Alumni
All Past Alumni Award Recipients
College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
1976 Thomas Eynon '73 Distinguished Alumni Award
1977 James Barcia '75 Distinguished Alumni Award
1978 Rosella Collamer Bauman '67 Distinguished Alumni Award
1981 Marylin Atkins '73 Distinguished Alumni Award
1982 John Broadfoot '67 Distinguished Alumni Award
1983 Dennis Hensley '69 Distinguished Alumni Award
1985 B.J. Humphreys '77 Distinguished Alumni Award
1986 Dale Moliterno '75 Distinguished Alumni Award
1987 Gertrude Allen '73 Distinguished Alumni Award
1991 Larry Sahr '73 Distinguished Alumni Award
1992 Gary Loster '88 Distinguished Alumni Award
1995 Roselyn D. Argyle '66 Distinguished Alumni Award
1996 Thomas E. McIntyre '71 Distinguished Alumni Award
1997 Norwaine D. Reed '72 Distinguished Alumni Award
1998 Janet M. Botz '74 Distinguished Alumni Award
2001 Patricia A. Shaheen '71 Distinguished Alumni Award
2003 James C. Howell '77 Distinguished Alumni Award
2003 Phillip Stahle '78 Outstanding Alumni Award
2004 Herman Clark '87, '90 Outstanding Alumni Award
2005 Donald F. Pussehl, Jr. '85, '90 Outstanding Alumni Award
2006 The Hon. Bartholomew Stupak, '76 Outstanding Alumni Award
2007 Arthur W. O'Neal, II '98, '04 Outstanding Alumni Award
2008 Walter H. Reynolds '84 Outstanding Alumni Award
2009 David Gilmour '81 Outstanding Alumni Award
2010 Billy Dexter '84 Outstanding Alumni Award
2011-12 John Hamilton '87 Outstanding Alumni Award
2013 Paul Bridgewater '75 Distinguished Alumni Award
2014 The Hon. Dawn A Klida '90 Distinguished Alumni Award
2015 Patrick K. McInnis '88 Distinguished Alumni Award
2016 David Points, Ph. D. '76 Distinguished Alumni Award
2017 Michael J. Langworthy '84 Distinguished Alumni Award
2018 The Hon. Manvel Trice III '98 Distinguished Alumni Award
2019 Ricky Brown '85 Distinguished Alumni Award
2022 Shaun Johnson '02 Distinguished Alumni Award
Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management
1988 David Roche '70 Distinguished Alumni Award
1991 Elmer Hollenbeck '70 Distinguished Alumni Award
1992 James Griffiths '81, '94 Distinguished Alumni Award
1994 Timothy L. Lipan '74 Distinguished Alumni Award
2002 John M. Kunitzer '73 Distinguished Alumni Award
2003 William Mulders '83, '92 Outstanding Alumni Award
2004 Laura Yockey '91 Outstanding Alumni Award
2005 Diane Y. Hoover '90, '97 Outstanding Alumni Award
2005 Ying-Chun (Jimmy) Yang '94 Distinguished Alumni Award
2006 James G. Muladore '72, '82 Outstanding Alumni Award
2007 Raymond L. Christie '91 Outstanding Alumni Award
2008 Michael A. Finney '79 Outstanding Alumni Award
2009 Lavern Weber '79 Distinguished Alumni Award
2009 Michael Tribble '87 Outstanding Alumni Award
2010 Francisco Itazaina '71 Distinguished Alumni Award
2010 Robert Stafford '85 Outstanding Alumni Award
2011-12 Don McAnelly '91 Outstanding Alumni Award
2011-12 Lynnette Cooke '88 Distinguished Alumni Award
2013 Gregory Grocholski '90 Distinguished Alumni Award
2014 Pamela Forbus '87 Distinguished Alumni Award
2015 David J. Abbs '83 Distinguished Alumni Award
2016 John Stadwick '83 Distinguished Alumni Award
2017 David V. Kowalski '79 Distinguished Alumni Award
2017 Christopher V. Pryor '95, '00 Distinguished Alumni Award
2018 James Terry '86 Distinguished Alumni Award
2019 Greg Wischmeyer '84 Distinguished Alumni Award
2022 Alberta Lee '82 Distinguished Alumni Award
All Past Alumni Award Recipients
College of Education
1989 Andrea Willis '77 Distinguished Alumni Award
1990 Racquel Ontiveros '75 Distinguished Alumni Award
2000 Gail A. Goestenkors '85 Distinguished Alumni Award
2003 Bethany Rayl '91, '99 Outstanding Alumni Award
2004 Nathaniel McCain '01, '05 Outstanding Alumni Award
2004 Rajkumari M Wiener '73 Distinguished Alumni Award
2005 Rhonda A. Provoast '95, '98, '01 Outstanding Alumni Award
2006 Kathleen J. Spaulding '00 Outstanding Alumni Award
2007 Kimberly A. Prime '76, '83, '99 Outstanding Alumni Award
2008 Mary Anne Ackerman '90 Outstanding Alumni Award
2009 Joy Baker '84 Outstanding Alumni Award
2010 Steven Zott '81 Outstanding Alumni Award
2011-12 Gregory Green '01 Outstanding Alumni Award
2013 Janet Greif '94, '98 Distinguished Alumni Award
2014 Catherine A. Gatewood '95 Distinguished Alumni Award
2015 Karen D. Herbert-Abbott '79 Distinguished Alumni Award
2016 Robert Loftus '81 Distinguished Alumni Award
2017 Lynn M. Squanda-Murphy '81 Distinguished Alumni Award
2018 Rachel Snell '02, '05 Distinguished Alumni Award
2019 Jean LaClair '90 Distinguished Alumni Award
2022 Jared Morningstar '05 Distinguished Alumni Award
College of Science, Engineering & Technology
1979 Henry Hatter '66 Distinguished Alumni Award
1984 Dennis O'Connor '74 Distinguished Alumni Award
1993 Caroline G. M. Scott, M.D. '79 Distinguished Alumni Award
2003 Richard Nash '88 Outstanding Alumni Award
2004 Steven Keinath '76, '81 Outstanding Alumni Award
2005 Scott L. Carmona '81 Outstanding Alumni Award
2006 Anthony J. Ceccacci '79 Outstanding Alumni Award, Distinguished Alumni Award
2007 Scott D. James '89 Outstanding Alumni Award
2008 Gerardo C. Gonzalez '75 Outstanding Alumni Award
2008 Vicki LeBlanc Rupp '83 Distinguished Alumni Award
2009 William Washabaugh, Jr. '85 Outstanding Alumni Award
2010 Catherine Baase, M.D. '77 Outstanding Alumni Award
2011-12 Ronald Miller, D.O. '78 Outstanding Alumni Award
2013 Donald Whittington '78 Distinguished Alumni Award
2014 Scott L. Carmona '81 Distinguished Alumni Award
2015 Richard P. Nash '88 Distinguished Alumni Award
2016 John Tolfa '85 Distinguished Alumni Award
2017 Jessica R Bentoski '04 Distinguished Alumni Award
2018 Mary Draves '94, '01 Distinguished Alumni Award
2018 Dr. Ashley Holdsworth '08 Distinguished Alumni Award
2019 Jill Dralle '93 Distinguished Alumni Award
2022 Derrick Tabor '74 Distinguished Alumni Award
All Past Alumni Award Recipients
Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
1980 Delight Bladecki McGrandy '74 Distinguished Alumni Award
1999 Judy M. Werner '84 Distinguished Alumni Award
2003 Averetta Lewis '79, '85, '92, '04 Outstanding Alumni Award
2004 Beth McNett-Fettinger '79 Outstanding Alumni Award
2005 Susan B. Schafsnitz '98 Outstanding Alumni Award
2006 Cheryl A. Burzynski '87, '96 Outstanding Alumni Award
2007 Alice M. Gerard '85, '91 Outstanding Alumni Award, Distinguished Alumni Award
2008 Terrance Lerash '81 Outstanding Alumni Award
2009 Andrea Frederick '96 Outstanding Alumni Award
2010 Richard Herm '77, '81, '04, '13 Outstanding Alumni Award
2011-12 Rita Munley Gallagher '79 Outstanding Alumni Award
2013 Ellen Talbot '99 Distinguished Alumni Award
2014 Janice B. Penney '86, '95 Distinguished Alumni Award
2015 Carmella E. Jones '81 Distinguished Alumni Award
2016 Sarah Fetcher '07 Distinguished Alumni Award
2018 Stacey Klump '96, '09 Distinguished Alumni Award
2019 Dr. Mary Kay Smith '85 Distinguished Alumni Award
2022 Beth Charlton '89 Distinguished Alumni Award
Young Alumni Award Recipients
2011-12 Abdulla M. Wafa '09 Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management
2013 Darryn L. Crocker '08 Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
2014 Jamie E. Wendorf Jager '11 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2015 Sarah Y. Lockwood '10 College of Science, Engineering & Technology
2016 Chunchun Tang '11 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2017 Marlin M. Jenkins '14 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2018 Olivia Arnold '15 Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
2019 Darrin Flowers '07 College of Education
2019 Emily Short '16 College of Science, Engineering & Technology
2022 Jesse Place '13, College of Education
2022 Jordan Place '13, College of Science, Engineering & Technology
2022 Thomas Taugher '16, College of Science, Engineering & Technology
All Past Alumni Award Recipients
Veteran Alumni Awards
2016 Matthew Schiebner '04, '11 Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
2017 CSM Gretchen G. Evans '11, '13 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2018 Douglas Szczepanski '11 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2019 Tony Goble '89 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2022 Randy Ott '97 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
Future Alumni Awards
2011-12 Vance B. Fulton '12 Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management
2013 Elyse S. Ledy '13, '15 College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences
2014 Jadrianna E. Sobczak '14 Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
2015 Valerie J. Adams '15 Crystal M. Lange College of Health & Human Services
2016 George Copeland '16 Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management
2017 Andrew D. Jarmon '17 Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management
2018 Danielle Slonac '18 Scott L. Carmona College of Business & Management
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