Public Service Recognition Week, celebrated the first Monday through Sunday in May since 1985, is a time set aside each year to honor the men and women who serve America as federal, state, local government or nonprofit employees.  For the past four years, the MPA program at UNCW and the Southeastern North Carolina chapter of the American Society for Public Administration have participated in this event by sponsoring a Public Service Recognition Reception.  The event is also being sponsored by a new partnership effort between UNCW and the nonprofit community, Quality Enhancement for Nonprofit Organizations (QENO).

Nominees for Public Servants of the Year, 2008 are:

Mamie Caison
Conservationist Technician
Brunswick County
Soil and Water Conservation District

Bill Farris
Manager
Town of Leland

Garry Garris
President
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation

Sam Hill
Former Wilmington Fire Chief

Sam Hill (l) receives the Career Service Award from Tom Barth (r).

Scott Kucera
Executive Director
Ocean Isle Museum Foundation, Inc.
Museum of Coastal Carolina

Chris O'Keefe
Planning Director
New Hanover County

Chris O'Keefe is named Public Servant of the Year, Public Sector 2008.

Kurt Schwerdt
Community Volunteer

Kurt Schwerdt (l) is honored as Volunteer of the Year.

Reta Shiver
Social Services Director
Pender County

Don Skinner
Executive Director
Phoenix Employment Ministry

Don Skinner (l) is the Public Servant of the Year, Nonprofit Sector.

Nominees for Public Organization of the Year, 2008 are:

Burnett-Eaton Museum Foundation

Employees and volunteers from the Burnett-Eaton Museum Foundation receive the
Public Organization of the Year, Nonprofit Sector, award.

Good Sheperd Center

1898 Foundation

For additional information, please contact:

Dr. Tom Barth
MPA Program/UNCW  
268 Leutze Hall 
601 S. College Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28403-5607
phone: 910-962-3385
fax: 910-962-3286
Email