The Graduate School invites faculty, staff and students to join in celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of NIU’s graduate students.
A reception will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 19,in the Altgeld Hall auditorium. Presentation of awards will begin at 3:30 p.m.
For more information, call (815) 753-9403 or email dhughes@niu.edu.
Recipients of the following 2015-16 awards will be recognized:
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
- Rexford Mawunyegah Akakpo – Statistics
- Christopher Anderson – History
- Kaitlin Anderson – Music
- Abraham Asfaw – Economics
- Sam Babin – Communication
- Mary Bajek – Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Trevor Bixler – Psychology
- Paige Bothwell – Biological Sciences
- Angela Burke – Biological Sciences
- Jui-Ling Chiang – Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
- Lindsey Crane – English
- Harsh Deshpande – Physics
- Sougata Dhar – Mathematical Sciences
- Lauren Dick – Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences
- Sarah Dreifke – Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences
- Nicole Dressler – History
- Jenny Marie Farmer – Accountancy
- Deanna Goldstein – Anthropology
- Kristin Gray – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
- Rebecca Hanna – Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
- Ashley Heiberger – English
- Felicia Herzog – Art and Design
- Aaron Howe – Public Administrationawar
- Jennifer Jacobs – Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
- Stephanie Jones – Sociology
- Kacy Kreger – Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
- Brendan Learnihan-Sylvester – Philosophy
- Amy Martin – Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
- Peter McGraw – Accountancy
- Leah Mitchell – Art and Design
- Kaitlyn Monteer – Mathematical Sciences
- Nancy Petges – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
- Michael Pomante – Political Science
- Alyson Pouls – Art and Design
- Laura Proctor – Nursing and Health Studies
- Connor K. Schomig – Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Timothy Schoonover – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
- Elizabeth Smith – Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
- Sarah Smith – Geography
- Alyssa Stefl – Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
- Stephen Strader – Geography
- Alison Sunseri – Art and Design
- Keith M. Taddei – Physics
- Testriono – Political Science
- Russ Webster – College of Business MBA Program
- Erin Weldon – Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Suzanna Wise – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Sirojuddin Arif – Political Science
- Heather Barkholtz – Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Ann Friesema – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
- Robert Fulton, Jr. – History
- Maureen Lowry-Fritz – Political Science
- Timothy Piper – Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
- Antonia Seligowski – Psychology
- Tracy Stephens – English
- Keith M. Taddei – Physics
- Pamela Waltz – Psychology
- William Wysocki – Biological Sciences
Carter G. Woodson Fellowship – New
- Melissa London – Psychology
- Timothy Marquez – Political Science
Jeffrey T. Lunsford Fellowship
- Charles Chesnut – Philosophy
- Jesus Fulgencio – Biological Sciences
- Mikhaella Hodges – Psychology
- Taneisha Vilma – Psychology
University Fellowship
- Kyle Flens – Music
- Jacqueline Klossing – Psychology
- Meagan Phillips – Philosophy
- Laurence Tumpag – Anthropology
- Christina Warzecha – Art and Design
Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Stephen Cole – Physics
Outstanding Thesis Award
- Eden Anderson – Psychology
- Alex Haberlie – Geography
- Disa Patel – Nursing and Health Studies
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
- Jeremy Foy – Art and Design
- Li-Hsuan Hsu – Art and Design
- Jennifer Jacobs – Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Anna Rossi – Sociology
