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:
President’s Award
Merriwether Fellowship
Williams Graduate Fellowship
C.L. “Shot” Senn Fellowship
Three Minute Thesis Winners
Rebecca Roden Award
Master’s Thesis Awards
Social Sciences Category:
Life Sciences Category:
Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Biological/Life Sciences Category:
Humanities/Fine Arts Category:
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Masters’ recipients
Doctoral recipients
Frank Sturm Memorial Fellowship
Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards
Outstanding First Year Experience (FYE) Mentor Award
Outstanding Service to Auburn Research Award
Outstanding Graduate Student Council Senator Awards
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.
Last modified: May 2, 2024