College of Health and Human Services announces award recipients for 2024

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—On Friday, April 19, the College of Health and Human Services will celebrate the accomplishments of staff and faculty with a new set of annual awards. Awards will be presented at the college’s annual All-College Meeting, which will be held at 10 a.m.

The college-level awards are intended to mirror some University-level awards available at Western Michigan University.

The college collected nominations through December and January. In February, nominations were delivered to committees in the college that have responsibilities in these areas. Recipients were chosen by the committees and notified in late-March.

2024 recipients of the CHHS Annual Awards

Distinguished Faculty Scholar

Robert Bensley, Public Health

Distinguished Service

Leesa Jaquays, Social Work and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Jaime Neary, Nursing

Distinguished Teaching

Ashley Brennan, Occupational Therapy

Emerging Scholar

Hyejoon Park, Social Work

DEI Distinction

Individual: Pamela Wadsworth, Nursing

Group: CHHS Information Technology

CHHS Student Awards

Graduate assistant of the year: Jennifer Purrenhage, School of Social Work

Student employee of the year: Mia Kerouac, CHHS student ambassador