The Division of Research and Graduate Studies will celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of NIU’s graduate students at 3 p.m. today in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. The awards presentation beings at 3:30 p.m.
Awards being given out today include:
- Outstanding Graduate Student Award
- Carter G. Woodson Fellowship
- Jeffrey T. Lunsford Fellowship
- Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowship
- Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Outstanding Thesis Award
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Recipients of the 2013-14 Dissertation Completion Fellowship and the University Fellowship will also be recognized.
Outstanding Graduate Student Award – 2012-2013
Hossein Abdollahnejadbarough – Industrial and Systems Engineering
Angela Antonou – Mathematical Sciences
Sirojuddin Arif – Political Science
Breanna Bader – Art
Nicole Boudreau Smith – English
Stephen Cole – Physics
Lindsey Curnock – Kinesiology and Physical Education
Paula Di Domenico – Literacy Education
Maria Dimanshtein – Art
Jake Donovan – Art
Melissa Entzminger – Communication
Rebecca Franzen – Literacy Education
Robert Fulton – History
Kelly Gross – Art
William Hannegan – Philosophy
Kristy Herrell – Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Annette Kilian – Accountancy
Scott Kirk – Anthropology
Jonathan Kugel – Mathematical Sciences
Margaret (Meg) Lelko – Literacy Education
Jason Leverton – Public Administration
Nicole Loring – Political Science
Agnes Ma – Art
Christina Martin – Nursing and Health Studies
Kristopher Osterloh – Geography
Timothy Pearson – Electrical Engineering
Jessica Petersen – Sociology
Jamie Peterson – Special and Early Education
Paul Petrovic – English
Michael Ribant – Geography
Herman Sahni – Economics
Michael Tusiime – Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Grace Wambu – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
Lael Weinberger – History
Elisa Woodruff – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
Xiaoqiao (Vivian) Zeng – Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mutiemu Zuneidu – Nursing and Health Studies
Dissertation Completion Fellowship – 2013-2014 – Offered
Gregory Bereiter – History
Collin Jaeger – Biological Sciences
Jenny Koppen – Psychology
Alison Lukowski – English
Mai Thao – Chemistry and Biochemistry
Matthew Wiesner – Physics
Dissertation Completion Fellowship – 2013-2014 – Offered
(Part time)
Paula Di Domenico – Literacy Education
Paul McCombs – Mathematical Sciences
Carter G. Woodson Fellowship – 2012-2013 – New
Erin Garza – Biological Sciences
Jeffrey T. Lunsford Fellowship – 2012-2013
Derrecka Butler – Psychology
Melissa London – Psychology
Tendai Marowa-Wilkerson – Sociology
Rodrigo Narbona – Philosophy
Santiago Torres – History
University Fellowship – 2013-2014 – Offered
Caroline Clasby – History
Khan Cordice – Music
Ashley Eberle – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
Griffin Klemick – Philosophy
Taylor Patton-Gentert – Accountancy
Sapir Sasson – Psychology
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowship – 2012-2013 – New
Antoinette Jones – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
Alan Rodriguez – Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Kai Rush – Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Vanessa Segundo – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
Outstanding Dissertation Award – 2012-2013 (2011-2012 Dissertation)
Elizabeth Bowman – English
Outstanding Thesis Award – 2012-2013 (2011-2012 Thesis)
Min Kim – Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award – 2012-2013
Clare Foland – English
Cody Happ – Foreign Languages and Literatures
Samantha Haring – Art
Matthew Wiesner – Physics
For more information, call (815) 753-9403 or email dhughes@niu.edu.
