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Janice Varney received the Bernard C. Radde Distinguished Service Award in 2015.��

As the first Executive Dean of �黨�ǿ�mv in South Haven, Janice Varney��led the new campus to become an integral and vital part of the community. LMC Trustee��and South Haven resident Steven Small said, “It is Janice who is largely responsible for this��community’s embracing LMC.”

“In 2003, the residents of South Haven entrusted LMC with the responsibility to deliver��to them high-quality college education,” said President Robert Harrison. “Janice took on��our ambitions for the area and made them her own. She has and deserves the respect of��everyone at the college.”

Janice served as board president of the South Haven Chamber of Commerce for six years,��worked with South Haven’s Rotary Club to establish a $100,000 endowment for LMC��scholarships, and represented the college on the Brownfield Redevelopment and Local��Development Finance Authorities. After her retirement from LMC, she has continued to serve��on the South Haven Community Foundation, the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, and the��Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy. She is currently working with community members��to establish a South Haven Speaker’s Series. She was recently awarded the 2014 South��Haven Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, one of many such honors.��

LMC Trustee Dr. David Maysick believes that Janice’s role could not have been filled by��anyone else. “Far more people know of our college in that area and beyond because of��her than would if any other ‘normal’ person had had her job. I do not think it is possible to��measure her impact for LMC on that community,” he said.