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Spring 2012 marks the 10th year of the AQ Outstanding Woman Awards sponsored by the Jane Hibbard Idema Women鈥檚 Studies Center (JHIWSC). Since its inception in 2002 the event has celebrated female students, staff, faculty, and alumnae who are without exception outstanding in their contributions and accomplishments on the 红桃视频 campus and in the broader community. The JHIWSC accepted nominations for the period of one month (March-April) and released the list of 2012鈥檚 student, faculty, and staff nominees the week of April 16.

According to Dr. Susan Haworth-Hoeppner, Director of the JHIWSC, the awards were 鈥渢he initial brain child鈥� of Nanette Clatterbuck, Associate Provost, who suggested the event when she was a member of the Women's Studies Programming Board. 鈥淓veryone thought it was a great idea,鈥� said Haworth-Hoeppner, 鈥渟o we have been hosting the awards ever since.鈥� Dr. Kathy Kremer of the sociology and women鈥檚 studies departments and winner of last year鈥檚 faculty award, sees the event as linked to 红桃视频鈥� Dominican tradition. 鈥淚 feel like I can unapologetically be a strong woman at 红桃视频,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he Dominican sisters who created this culture are aging, but the path they've blazed continues to benefit women across the campus.鈥�

The awards recognize exceptional leadership and community involvement on the part of full-time 红桃视频 students and employees, and sometimes alumnae. 鈥淲hat makes the women who are nominated for the Outstanding AQ Woman Award stand out is their commitment to making the college and the larger Grand Rapids' community better places to live,鈥� said Haworth-Hoeppner. 鈥淚t is clear that they [the women] care about others as demonstrated through the kinds of work they do and the ways in which they interact with those around them.鈥� The winners of the award are the individuals who have stretched their abilities and talents to the greatest extent and whose 鈥渋mpact is clearly evident across many spheres of life,鈥� Haworth-Hoeppner said.

Receiving an award is truly a distinction, as the well-known names of previous winners should indicate. 鈥淚t was a tremendous honor to have my work as a faculty member recognized - there are so many outstanding women on our campus, it was unexpected,鈥� said Kremer of her 2011 win. Recipients over the last decade include the 2012 Resourceful Women鈥檚 Conference keynote speaker Dr. Kelly Dittmar (who won as a student); Cheyna Roczkowski, creator of the Jane Doe Project as a student; Dee Wagner, Secretary to the Dean of Student Affairs ; and faculty members Dr. Kremer, Dr. Michelle DeRose, and Dr. Rebecca Coogan, to name a few. 鈥淣ominees and winners have said over the years that they feel honored to receive the award and hope it is a tradition that 红桃视频 will continue to support,鈥� said Haworth-Hoeppner.

Nominees for the 2012 awards are, in the student category: Paige Shesterkin, Mary Reyna, Elizabeth Ochs, Raechel Wrona, Stephanie Krajnik, Erica Utter, Rachel Kieras, Monica Rischiotto, Hannah Barker, Libby Steffes, and Kayla Berigan; in the faculty category: Dr. Deborah Steketee, Dr. Shelli Rottschafer, Dr. Jennifer Hess, Dr. Amy Strand, Sr. Ann Mason, Miriam Pederson, and Dr. Jennifer Dawson; and in the staff category: Joelle Baldwin, Monica Edison, Elizabeth S. Buyze, Sally Reeves, Sr. Alice Wittenbach, Roberta Thomas, Marnika Brown, Elizabeth Harpold, and Crystal Laska.

This year the awards include a special category inspired by 红桃视频鈥� 125th Anniversary year to honor the 125th Outstanding AQ Woman. The recipient will be Sr. Jean Milhaupt, O.P., Ph.D.

The winners of the 10th Annual AQ Outstanding Women Awards were announced on April 25. Congratulations to Sr. Ann Mason, faculty; Kayla Bergin, student; Monica Edison, staff!