2017 graduate student awards

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13 graduate students receive the Alumni Association Dissertation Award

4/24/17

Thirteen graduate students received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal, in recognition of their outstanding professional accomplishment and achievement in scholarly research in any of the disciplinary areas of fine arts and humanities; social sciences — applied and basic; physical and computational sciences — applied and basic; life and health sciences; and engineering. The graduate students were honored during the Graduate Student Awards Luncheon held on April 18 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Four graduate students receive the Professional Master’s Excellence Award

4/21/17

Four Penn State graduate students received the Professional Master’s Excellence Award. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in a professional master’s degree program, in any discipline, based upon the student’s academic record in the graduate program and the quality and impact of the student’s culminating experience, including creative works, performance and projects, conducted in a professional setting.

Shiming Lei wins Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement Award

4/21/17

Shiming Lei, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, is the 2017 recipient of the Intercollege Graduate Student Outreach Achievement Award. This award was established in 2004, with a generous donation from alumni Steven E. and Alice R. Linberg, and a matching commitment from University Outreach.

Graduate student Jenna Grzeslo wins International Research Award

4/21/17

Jenna Grzeslo, a doctoral student in Mass Communications at Penn State, has won the Graduate Student International Research Award. The purpose of the award is to promote and support international research and scholarship by graduate students that has potential for global impact.

Three graduate students honored with Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

4/21/17

Three Penn State graduate students -- Vasiliy Lakoba, Andrew Morris and Shanti Nachtergaele -- have been awarded the Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award. The award recognizes excellence in master’s-level thesis research in any of the disciplinary areas of fine arts and humanities; social sciences - applied and basic; physical and computational sciences - applied and basic; life and health sciences; and engineering.

Two graduate students awarded the Academic Computing Fellowship

4/21/17

Mohammad Mahdi Kamani and Cody Messick, two doctoral students at Penn State, have been awarded the Academic Computing Fellowship. The fellowship is offered through a partnership between the Graduate School and Penn State Information Technology Services. It was established in 1987.

Graduate student excellence celebrated at annual awards luncheon

4/19/17

Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nicholas P. Jones presented 10 awards to more than 30 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Graduate Student Awards Luncheon held April 18 at the Nittany Lion Inn.