University Of Delaware: Excellence In Public Service

Wilmington DE

18 May, 2022

2:23 PM

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Press release from the University of Delaware: May 16, 2022 UD faculty and staff members receive Ratledge Family Award for Delaware Public Service The University of Delaware's Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration hosted in April the Ratledge Family Award for Delaware Public Service Celebration, an annual event that recognizes excellence in public service within the UD community. Established by the Ratledge family, the Ratledge Family Award for Delaware Public Service reflects the family's long-standing commitment to both the state of Delaware and UD. The award recognizes contributions of UD faculty, staff and students who exemplify excellence in public service to the citizens of the state of Delaware. The 2021 recipients of the Ratledge Family Award for Delaware Public Service include Gerald Joseph McAdams Kauffman, Jr., director of the UD Water Resources Center (UDWRC) in the Institute for Public Administration (IPA) at the Biden School and assistant professor in the Biden School and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' (CANR) Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, and Kathleen Splane, family and consumer science agent in CANR's Cooperative Extension. This year's in-person ceremony also recognized 2020 recipients of the award, who include Nancy Gregory, retired extension agent in CANR's Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Allison Karpyn, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development's (CEHD) Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, and Maria Pippidis, extension agent in CANR's Cooperative Extension and assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences' (CAS) Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies. "It gives me great pleasure to recognize the outstanding recipients of the 2021 and 2020 Ratledge Family Award," said Maria Aristigueta, dean of the Biden School and the Charles P. Messick Chair in Public Administration. "These award winners not only exemplify the excellence in public service that the Ratledge Family valued, but also embody the community engagement missions of their respective colleges — the Biden School, CANR, CEHD and CAS — and the University as a whole. This group of recipients is especially notable for their dedication to preserving and ensuring access to Delaware resources that are critical to the health of our children, families and communities, including access to water, healthy food and nutrition education." This press release was produced by the University of Delaware. The views expressed here are the author's own.