Pictured: Associate Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students Allen Machielson, Marina Hughes, Joshua Bickel, Chief of Staff/Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Robert A. Pastoor
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The University of Saint Francis Division of Student Affairs and the Academic and Career Development Center announces the Spring Leadership and Service Awards for the 2020-21 academic year.
The recipients, with hometowns:
Anthony D. Moore Outstanding Senior Leader Award: Marina Hughes (Columbus, Indiana), Joshua Bickel (Fort Wayne)
Advisor of the Year Award: Dr. Lou Weber (Fort Wayne)
Faith in Action Award: David Detweiler (Fort Wayne)
USF Diversity Leadership and Service Award: Mike McCaffrey (Fort Wayne)
Excellence in Service Engagement Student Award: Irish Starkey (Albion, Indiana)
Excellence in Service Engagement Student Group Award: Eco Club
Outstanding Club and Organization Leadership Awards:
- Sidney Crowe (Greenwood, Indiana), Alpha Theta Epsilon
- Naomi Vanderleest (Fort Wayne), Artists in Action
- Joshua Bickel (Fort Wayne), Criminologists in Action
- Emily Hinchman (Fort Wayne), Council for Exceptional Children
- Ashley Robinson (Fort Wayne) and Madi Perez (Portage, Indiana), Eco Club
- Katelyn Yenser (Cecil, Ohio), Educators in Action
- Cydney Christensen (Fort Wayne), Get Psyched!
- Grace Cooper (Garrett, Indiana), Mudslingers Ceramics Club
- Christina Wilson (Convoy, Ohio), Residence Hall Association
- Libby Laker (Auburn, Indiana), Student Government Association
- Rebecca Cochran (Columbia City, Indiana), Student Nurses’ Association
- Rebecca Steeber (New Haven, Indiana), USF Film Club
The President’s Volunteer Service Awards
Bronze (100-174 hours): Nachelle Duke (Fort Wayne), Alaina Ganser (Fort Wayne), Seth Jachimiak (South Bend, Indiana), Chandler Jones (Kendallville, Indiana), Kathryn McAfee (Fort Wayne), Madison Miller (Fort Wayne), Haley Moore (Portage, Indiana), Leslie Perez (Waukegan, Illinois), Aaron Yoder (Fort Wayne)
For more information, contact Rhonda Wendler, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, at 260-399-7700, ext. 6747 or rwendler@sf.edu.
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs through the College of Health Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences, and Business and College of Adult and Distance Education. In addition to its traditional programs, USF designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point and online. USF Downtown houses the university’s business and music technology programs while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. The University of Saint Francis campus experience includes 18 athletic programs boasting two individual and four team NAIA national championships and is recognized as an NAIA Five-Star Champion of Character institution. Approximately 2,200 students from a broad geographic region attend USF.