1987
Arts Appreciation Award:
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI.

1994
Student Enrichment Grant
Graduate College, WMU Research Grant, Graduate College CFA,
WMU, Kalamazoo, MI.

1997 & 2000
Irving Gilmore Emerging Artists Grant.

2003
Education for the Arts (EFA), Partnership Project Grant,
Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts.
Mural with Bilingual Students: The Allegory of Maple Street after Diego Rivera.

Distinguished Art Alumni, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI.

2005
Education for the Arts (EFA) Educator's Grant.
To study the art of Encaustic Painting wht Christie Dietz at Oxbow Artist;s Retreat,
Saugatuck, MI.