Awards, recognitions, grants, competitions:

North, V. (1997) Grant from Adaptive Environments to do a preliminary evaluation of the Universal Design Education Project (UDEP).  Report presented at Designing for the 21st Century - Hoefstra University, New York, NY.  June, 1998.

North, V. (1997) Grant from Michigan Campus Compact and the Fetzer Institute to study Spirituality in Service Learning Design Studios and write a monograph on Spirituality and Service Learning.  Monograph published Fall 2000.

IDEC International Design Award for the Interior Design of Liberty State Bank, Waterford, MI

Michigan AIA Design Award for Pressure Vessel Services Building Addition, Detroit, MI

Outstanding Faculty Award – Eastern Michigan University