Benchmarks: awards * honors * accolades.The following honoree is a Gold-level member of the Detroit Regional Chamber United Way Community Services presented its Richard F. Huegli Award for Program Excellence to the Program for Exceptional Families, a program of Dearborn-based Oakwood Healthcare System. The following honorees are Silverlevel members of the Detroit Regional Chamber Happy Birthday! Detroit-based Smith-Group Inc., the oldest continuously practicing architecture and engineering firm in the United States, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. In 2003 SmithGroup was selected as "Firm of the Year" by the Michigan American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA . C. Michael Kojaian, COO of the Kojaian Group of Companies in Bloomfield Hills, was honored as "Real Estate Owner/Developer of the Year" by the CoreNet Global Corporate Real Estate Network. Happy Birthday! The Epitec Group, a Southfield-based company that specializes in IT staffing solutions, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Epitec CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jerry Sheppard founded the company in 1978 as Comprehensive Data Processing Inc. Since then the company has grown to become one of the top 100 Inner City companies, according to Inc. magazine. Billie Jo Wanink, CEO of Royal Oakbased iscg, received the 2003 Community Service Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners--Greater Detroit Chapter for her tireless support of several of the area's non-profit organizations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Detroit-based Trammell Crow Co. awarded its annual Global Services Excellence Award to Barbara Castrodale, human resources manager in the company's southwest Detroit office. Castrodale was cited for embodying the company's core values of respect, integrity, service and excellence in her daily work. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Davenport University has been recognized and accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. as one university by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation. . Three years ago, the university was comprised of three regions: Davenport College based in Grand Rapids, Great Lakes College based in Midland and Detroit College of Business in Dearborn. Pentastar Aviation, based at Oakland County International Airport Oakland County International Airport (IATA: PTK, ICAO: KPTK) is a large general aviation airport located in Waterford Township, Michigan and 5 mi (8 km) west of Pontiac in Oakland County. in Waterford, was ranked the 8th best charter operator in the country by Professional Pilot magazine in its 28th annual PRASE prase n. A light green or light grayish-green variety of translucent chalcedony. [French, from Latin prasius, from Greek prasios, leek-green; see praseodymium.] (Professional Pilot Preferences in Aviation Services and Equipment) survey. Sally Hamby, principal in the Troy office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC, received the Friend of NAWBO NAWBO National Association of Woman Business Owners award from the National Association of Women Business Owners-Greater Detroit Chapter for her efforts in revising the chapter's bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an and articles. The following honorees are Bronzelevel members of the Detroit Regional Chamber Thomas Landry, president of the Michigan Division of Skanska USA Building Inc., based in Farmington Hills, received the 2003 Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Oakland. Landry is a member of Leadership Oakland's inaugural class. Cleve Killingsworth Jr., president and CEO of Health Alliance Plan in Detroit, received an honorary doctor of laws Noun 1. Doctor of Laws - an honorary law degree LLD honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient degree from Northwood University. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Avraham Raz, Ph.D., a researcher at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit and a professor at the Wayne State University School of Medicine The Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) is the largest single-campus medical school in the United States with more than 1,000 medical students. In addition to undergraduate medical education, the school offers master’s degree, Ph.D. and M.D.-Ph.D. , received the Paget-Ewing Award from the Metastasis metastasis /me·tas·ta·sis/ (me-tas´tah-sis) pl. metas´tases 1. transfer of disease from one organ or part of the body to another not directly connected with it, due either to transfer of pathogenic microorganisms or to Research Society for his many years of work in helping to find a cure for cancer. The US. National Security Agency designated Walsh College in Troy as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. Walsh is the only designated Information Assurance Center in Michigan and one of only 50 schools in the country. For Benchmarks at the Business Builder membership level, visit the Detroiter Online at www.detroitchamber. com/detroiter. |
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