Graduate Student Award Winners Recognized in April 26 Ceremony
The Auburn University Graduate School and the Graduate Student Council hosted the annual Graduate Awards Ceremony on April 26 in the Melton Student Center Ballroom. Over 200 graduate students, faculty mentors, friends and family attended the awards ceremony to recognize student achievement in more than a dozen different categories including outstanding master’s thesis, outstanding doctoral dissertation, and three different graduate fellowships. In addition, one staff award and one faculty award were presented, including the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards.
The Graduate Student Council (GSC) recognized nineteen Graduate Student Senators, as well as the Executive Board members from the past academic year while introducing the newly elected 2024-2025 GSC Executive Board.
The Graduate School congratulates the following students and faculty for their dedication, perseverance, and achievements:
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Masters’ recipients
- Kyle Benbow, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Emily Brigham, Human Development and Family Science
- Eliana Gabriella Cochas Ramon, Hispanic Studies
- Aleksandr Dolgavin, Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Alexandra Jackson, Poultry Science
- Preetika Kauer, Biosystems Engineering
- Nicholas Kertz, Animal Sciences
- Tanner Koza, Mechanical Engineering
- Muhammad Shahan Qamar, Aerospace Engineering
- Claire Schloemer, Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Olivia Frances Sciandra, Wildlife Sciences
- Katherine Sofia Sierra Melendrez, Poultry Food Science
- Claire Stovall, Consumer and Design Sciences
- Michael Zirpoli, Mathematics and Statistics
- Nabeel Ahmad, Mechanical Engineering
- Adam J. Book, Consumer and Design Sciences
- Cassidy Brydon, Clinical Psychology
- Tianshi Che, Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Joseph Gulizia, Poultry Sciences
- Md Mahmud Hossain, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Chloe S. Jones, Kinesiology
- Mallory Jordan, Earth System Science
- Xuejia Kang, Pharmaceutics
- Vladislav Korostelev, Materials Engineering
- John Mahas, Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Sangeet Makhija, Biomedical Sciences
- Kritika Malhotra, Biosystems Engineering
- Teanna Moore, Educational Psychology
- Noemi Oeding, Public Administration and Public Policy
- Orobola Olajide, Chemistry
- Wenjing Ren, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
- Souvika Sarkar, Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Mengwei Xuan, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Jyoti Yadav, Biomedical Sciences
- Selim Bakir, Hospitality Management
- Cassidy Brydon, Clinical Psychology
- Sukanya Dasgupta, Earth System Science
- Matthew Gladfelter, Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
- Anthony Matthews, Civil Engineering
- Pritam Mitra, Applied Economics
- Muztahid Muhammad, Mechanical Engineering
- Ernest Opoku, Chemistry
- Swati Singh, Forestry
President’s Award
- Soolim Jeong, School of Kinesiology
Frank Sturm Memorial Fellowship
- Matthew T. Garnett, Chemical Engineering
- Molly Orr, Pharmacy
- Mike Smith, History
- Carly Cummings, Wildlife Sciences
- Elijah McAllister, Administration of Supervision & Curriculum
- Overall Winner: Jacob Botello, Biological Sciences
- Runner-Up: Natasha Grabau, Biomedical Sciences
- People’s Choice Award: Adebowale Oyerinde, Nutritional Sciences
- Theresa Morgan, Graduate School
- Kirby Norrell, Biological Sciences
- Lisa Ross, Curriculum and Teaching
Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Biological/Life Sciences Category:
- Suma Basak, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
- Emily Driessen, Biological Sciences
- Joshua Flees, Poultry Science
- Renlei Ji, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology
- Hemendra Kumar, Biosystems Engineering
- Sindhu Ramesh, Pharmacology
- Aftab Siddique, Poultry Food Science
Humanities/Fine Arts Category:
- Russell Allison, History
Social Sciences Category:
- Karl Christensen, Human Development and Family Science
- Courtney Furlong, Human Development and Family Science
- Allison Tidwell, Human Development and Family Science
- Serhat Yildiz, Nutrition
Life Sciences Category:
- Suman Budhathoki, Biosystems Engineering
- Olamide Durodola, Biosystems Engineering
- Caroline Gregg, Poultry Science
- Ansley Hamid, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
- Samuel Krebsbach, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards
- Symone Alexander, Chemical Engineering
- Brian Anderson, Civil Engineering
- Evelyn Hunter, Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling
- Michael Roberts, Kinesiology
- Ashraf Uddin, Geosciences
- Michelle Zorn, Management and Entrepreneurship
Outstanding First Year Experience (FYE) Mentor Award
- Monday Nnakwe, Mathematics
- Tayler Schillerberg, Earth System Science
Outstanding Graduate Student Council Senator Awards
- Esther Akinrinde, Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Olivia Brahms, Biological Sciences
- Scott Chumley, Physics
- Olumide Falana, Biosystems Engineering
- Temitope Folorunso, Wildlife Sciences
- Travys Harper, Building Science Construction
- Jasmine Nicole Kelley, Management
- Mackenzie Leavitt, Psychological Sciences
- Lauryn Lewis, Social Work
- Onyedika Mbelu, Mechanical Engineering
- Will McAtee, Aerospace Engineering
- Temitope Popoola, Crop, Soils & Environmental Science
- Steven Porterfield, Materials Engineering
- Rehman Qureshi, Aerospace Engineering
- Mrinmoy Saha, Mechanical Engineering
- Harrish Kumar Senthil Kumar, Chemical Engineering
- Beatrice Severance, Entomology & Plant Pathology
- Logan Turner, Biological Sciences
- Katherine Waters, Business Administration & Finance
Photos from the event can be viewed on the Graduate School’s Flikr account. The Graduate School sponsors a variety of awards and fellowship programs for faculty and students to recognize achievement in teaching, research, and service. For more information on student awards, visit http://graduate.auburn.edu/current-students/awards-and-grants/ or contact the Auburn University Graduate School’s Associate Dean, Dr. Maria Witte, at wittemm@auburn.edu.
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