Honors and Awards

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Each year, a number of graduate students who serve as Graduate Teaching Assistant are recognized for their teaching excellence; one of those is named Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year. The 2007 recipient of the Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award is Amanda Getsinger, Geology.

Graduate College Research Day

In the spring each year, the Graduate College recognizes formally the research undertaken by graduate students. A full day is devoted to talks and poster presentations by students from all of the disciplines. The entire University community has the opportunity to see and hear about the high quality research that graduate students conduct.

University Scholar Awards

The University Scholar Awards program was established by the Graduate College to recognize outstanding and sustained contributions of University faculty to research and scholarship in their disciplines. Each year, four faculty members are selected for this award. For the academic year 2007-2008 the recipients are Robert J. Gordon, Anthropology; Charles G. Irvin, Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Martin M. LeWinter, Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Stephanie H. McConaughy, Psychiatry and Psychology.