The University of Central Florida recognized U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Florida Sen. Andy Gardiner among others Wednesday night with 2016 Public Service Leadership Awards.<\/p>\n
The awards are designed to honor elected officials, public-service professionals, nonprofit leaders and volunteers who have demonstrated leadership in and commitment to the field of public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese awards recognize some incredible people in our community who have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place for all of us,\u201d said Michael Frumkin, dean of the College of Health & Public Affairs. \u201cThey truly embody the college\u2019s mission of Strengthening Communities: Changing Lives,\u00a0inspiring our students as role models for the future careers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many of the honorees attended a ceremony Wednesday evening at the Morgridge International Reading Center on the main UCF campus.<\/p>\n
The 2016 winners are:<\/p>\n
Exemplary Public Service Lifetime Achievement Award: Nelson<\/p>\n
Exemplary Public Service Leadership Award, elected official: Gardiner<\/p>\n
Exemplary Public Service Leadership Award, nonelected official: Ajit Lalchandani, Orange County administrator<\/p>\n
Exemplary Public Service Organization Award: Central Florida Commission on Homelessness<\/p>\n
Public Service Career Achievement Award: Pamela Landwirth, president and CEO of Give Kids the World<\/p>\n
Young Public Service Professional Award, Jessica Schwendeman, assistant director of Volunteer Resource Center at Heart of Florida United Way<\/p>\n
Several UCF graduates also were honored with Alumni Achievement Awards during Wednesday\u2019s ceremony:<\/p>\n
Public Administration, John Titkanich, \u201901, city manager\u2028 of Cocoa<\/p>\n
Nonprofit Management,\u2028Anna Eskamani, \u201912 and \u201915,\u2028senior director of public affairs and field operations, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida<\/p>\n
Urban & Regional Planning, Erin Sterk, \u201908 and \u201914,\u2028city planner III, Osceola County<\/p>\n
Research Administration, Winona Ward, \u201915,\u2028director of research, Management Services, University of California<\/p>\n
Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Michelle Cechowski, \u201912,\u2028emergency preparedness manager,\u2028East Central Florida Regional Planning Council<\/p>\n
The annual recognition is part of UCF\u2019s Public Service Recognition Week. UCF\u2019s School of Public Administration, the College of Health and Public Affairs alumni chapter, and the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration hosted the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Central Florida recognized U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Florida Sen. Andy Gardiner among others Wednesday night with 2016 Public Service Leadership Awards. The awards are designed to honor elected officials, public-service professionals, nonprofit leaders and volunteers who have demonstrated leadership in and commitment to the field of public service. \u201cThese awards recognize some incredible people in our…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":72430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[5695,202,12774],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-72407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","tag-michael-frumkin","tag-alumni","tag-winona-ward"],"yoast_head":"\n