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SPNHA Review
Volume 6 | Issue 1 Article 1
1-1-2010
Directors's Message
Mark Hoffman
Grand Valley State University
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Hoffman, Mark (2011) "Directors's Message," SPNHA Review: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Available at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/spnhareview/vol6/iss1/1
 
 
 
SPNHA REVIEW 
 
Best Student Papers & Annual Report 
School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health 
Administration 
Grand Valley State University 
 
Volume VI                        2010  
 
Directors’s Message................................................................iii 
 
Understanding Rural Sprawl: A Look At Osceola  County, 
Michigan...................................................................................1 
Nate Engle 
 
State Level Efficiency Measures For Healthcare Systems.....15 
Kamil Makiela 
 
Nonprofit Organizations and the Emerging Potential of Social 
Media and Internet Resources.……....................................... 34 
David Miller 
 
Port Development in Muskegon, Michigan.…………… … …53 
Brian Mulnix 
 
The US Nursing Shortage and Nonprofits..............................71 
Andrea Rossman 
 
Sustainable Mountain Tourism Development Illustrated in the 
Case of Switzerland………………………………………………88  
Benedikt Schorner 
 
Faculty & Staff……………………………………..…...…109 
 
Publications………………………………………………..110 
 
SPNHA News and Events……… ...………………………117 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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EDITORIAL STAFF 
 
Editor-in-Chief 
Danny Balfour 
Professor, SPNA 
 
Editorial Assistant 
Frances Cain 
 
Production Manager 
Don Zysk 
 
 
 
 
BOARD OF EDITORS/SPNHA FACULTY 
 
Kathy Agard 
Associate Professor 
Priscilla Kimboko 
Professor 
Salvatore Alaimo 
Assistant Professor 
Myron Mast 
Professor 
Steve Borders 
Associate Professor 
Seong-Gin Moon 
Assistant Professor 
Gregory Cline 
Assistant Professor 
Michael Payne 
Professor 
Mark Hoffman 
Associate Professor/Director 
Ramya Ramanath 
Assistant Professor 
Richard Jelier 
Professor 
Donijo Robbins 
Professor 
Diane Kimoto 
Assistant Professor 
Margaret Schulte 
Associate Professor 
 
 
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Director’s Message 
 
Welcome to the latest edition of the SPNHA Review. 
This is the sixth year for the Review and as always, has 
been compiled and edited under the able stewardship of 
Dr. Dan Balfour.  Each year Dr. Balfour selects papers 
from among those submitted by MPA and MHA 
students in their capstone class. These papers are 
selected because of their outstanding scholarship and 
because they represent the broad range of interests 
found among our students.  
   The SPNHA faculty is proud of the achievements of 
our students. All of the papers in this volume of 
SPNHA Review reflect what students are learning in 
the MPA and MHA programs. I would like to thank: 
Brian Mulnix, David Miller, Nate Engle, Andrea 
Rossman, Benedikt Schorner and Kamil Makiela for 
working so hard on their papers; Rich Jelier, Ramaya 
Ramanth, and Margaret Schulte who provided 
feedback on the original versions of these papers; 
Priscilla Kimboko, Dan Balfour, Bruce Nanzer and 
Maria Gajewski who facilitated the capstone classes 
where these papers were rewritten; and Fran Cain 
who proofed and laid out the papers for the Review. I 
offer a special thanks and congratulations to Dan 
Balfour for inaugurating and editing the SPNHA 
Review for the past six years.  
 
Mark Hoffman 
August, 2010 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Directors\u27s Message

SPNHA ReviewVolume 6 | Issue 1 Article 11-1-2010Directors's MessageMark HoffmanGrand Valley State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/spnhareviewCopyright ©2010 by the authors. SPNHA Review is reproduced electronically by ScholarWorks@GVSU. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/spnhareview?utm_source=scholarworks.gvsu.edu%2Fspnhareview%2Fvol6%2Fiss1%2F1&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPagesRecommended CitationHoffman, Mark (2011) "Directors's Message," SPNHA Review: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 1.Available at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/spnhareview/vol6/iss1/1   SPNHA REVIEW  Best Student Papers & Annual Report School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration Grand Valley State University  Volume VI                        2010   Directors’s Message................................................................iii  Understanding Rural Sprawl: A Look At Osceola  County, Michigan...................................................................................1 Nate Engle  State Level Efficiency Measures For Healthcare Systems.....15 Kamil Makiela  Nonprofit Organizations and the Emerging Potential of Social Media and Internet Resources.……....................................... 34 David Miller  Port Development in Muskegon, Michigan.…………… … …53 Brian Mulnix  The US Nursing Shortage and Nonprofits..............................71 Andrea Rossman  Sustainable Mountain Tourism Development Illustrated in the Case of Switzerland………………………………………………88  Benedikt Schorner  Faculty & Staff……………………………………..…...…109  Publications………………………………………………..110  SPNHA News and Events……… ...………………………117          ii EDITORIAL STAFF  Editor-in-Chief Danny Balfour Professor, SPNA  Editorial Assistant Frances Cain  Production Manager Don Zysk     BOARD OF EDITORS/SPNHA FACULTY  Kathy Agard Associate Professor Priscilla Kimboko Professor Salvatore Alaimo Assistant Professor Myron Mast Professor Steve Borders Associate Professor Seong-Gin Moon Assistant Professor Gregory Cline Assistant Professor Michael Payne Professor Mark Hoffman Associate Professor/Director Ramya Ramanath Assistant Professor Richard Jelier Professor Donijo Robbins Professor Diane Kimoto Assistant Professor Margaret Schulte Associate Professor                       iii Director’s Message  Welcome to the latest edition of the SPNHA Review. This is the sixth year for the Review and as always, has been compiled and edited under the able stewardship of Dr. Dan Balfour.  Each year Dr. Balfour selects papers from among those submitted by MPA and MHA students in their capstone class. These papers are selected because of their outstanding scholarship and because they represent the broad range of interests found among our students.     The SPNHA faculty is proud of the achievements of our students. All of the papers in this volume of SPNHA Review reflect what students are learning in the MPA and MHA programs. I would like to thank: Brian Mulnix, David Miller, Nate Engle, Andrea Rossman, Benedikt Schorner and Kamil Makiela for working so hard on their papers; Rich Jelier, Ramaya Ramanth, and Margaret Schulte who provided feedback on the original versions of these papers; Priscilla Kimboko, Dan Balfour, Bruce Nanzer and Maria Gajewski who facilitated the capstone classes where these papers were rewritten; and Fran Cain who proofed and laid out the papers for the Review. I offer a special thanks and congratulations to Dan Balfour for inaugurating and editing the SPNHA Review for the past six years.   Mark Hoffman August, 2010              iv  

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