Graduate News

2009 Graduate Awards of Excellence Winners

Each spring, the College of Graduate Studies honors student and faculty excellence in academic achievement, teaching, research, leadership and community service with the Graduate Awards of Excellence. The recipients were recognized at the Student Research Week Breakfast. The Graduate Council Appeals and Awards Subcommittee developed the criteria and selected the following university recipients. Please see Graduate Awards for more information on each award.

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Outstanding Dissertation
Franklyn J. Quinlan, Optics PhD
“Low Noise, High Repetition Rate Semiconductor-Based Mode-Locked Lasers for Signal Processing Coherent Communications”

Innovative Thesis or Dissertation
David G. Grant, Education PhD, Exceptional Education Track
“Listening to Student Voices: Web-based Mentoring for Black Male Students with Emotional Disorders”

Outstanding Master's Thesis
Kelle Groom, English, Creative Writing Track MFA
“Five Kingdoms” (a collection of poems)

Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant
Melinda Donnelly, Conservation Biology, PhD, Applied Conservation Biology Track

Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching
Sanwon Lee, Business Administration, PhD, Marketing Track

Graduate Teaching Award
Jennifer Kent-Walsh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Students
Marshall Schminke, PhD, Professor, Department of Management

Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Students
Essam Radwan, PhD, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering