Spring 2019 Celebration of Graduate Student Excellence Award Winners
Florida State University Graduate School held their annual celebration of Graduate Student Excellence on Thursday, April 18, 2019. It was at the FSU Alumni Center Ballroom from 3:00 - 5:00 PM.
This was an opportunity to honor the best and brightest within graduate education at FSU. Mark Riley, Dean of the Graduate School, presided over the program.
Past Spring 2018 Celebration Photos
Special thanks to Univ. Comm for taking the photos!
Spring 2019 Celebration of Graduate Student Excellence Award Winners
PIE Teaching Associates
College of Arts & Sciences
- Jason Barlow, Physics
- Maribel Borger, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Julianna Edmonds, English
- Allyson Gates, History
- Kate Hill, Biological Science
- Jennifer, Kellett, Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Amanda Kowalsky, Psychology
College of Fine Arts
- Ebone Amos, School of Dance
College of Human Sciences
- Spencer Youngberg, Family and Child Sciences
College of Music
- Vivianne Asturizaga, Music
College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
- John Bandzuh, Geography
- Jeffrey Conley, Economics
- Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Sociology
John F. Liseno PIE Graduate Award
College of Arts and Sciences
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Kate Hill, Biological Science
Excellence in Visual Arts Award
College of Fine Arts
- Channing Gray, Art
- Christopher Rivera, Art
- Toni Ardizzone, Art
- Christopher Christian, Art
Honorable Mentions
- Gokila Dorai, Arts and Sciences, Computer Science
- Erwin Skip Brea, Fine Arts, Art
- Brian Holcombe, Fine Arts, Art
- Caroline Ennis, Fine Arts, Art
- Toye Durrah, Fine Arts, Art
Graduate Student Leadership Award
College of Arts and Sciences
- Bryan Keller, Oceanography
Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Winners
- 1st Place- Eve Humphrey, Biological Science
- 2nd Place- Bruno Chiurliza, Psychology
- 3rd Place- Anwer Al-Kalmakchi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Masters in Four (MI4) Winners
- 1st Place- Jason Cassel, Music, Piano Technology
- 2nd Place- James Hernandez, Education, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
- 2nd Place- Steven Pope, Arts and Sciences, History
- 3rd Place- Stacy Hanson, Arts and Sciences, Modern Languages and Linguistics
- People's Choice: Karl Wissemann, Arts and Sciences, Psychology
Preparing Future Faculty Fellows
College of Arts and Sciences
- Derek Ferguson, History
College of Education
- Samantha Tackett, Learning and Cognition
College of Human Sciences
- Phillip Worts, Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences
Preparing Future Professional Fellows
College of Engineering
- Garrett Vo, Industrial Engineering
College of Social Work
- Jason Smotryski, Social Work
Outstanding Teaching Assist. Awards
College of Arts & Sciences
- Alexis Chauchois, Modern Languages & Linguistics
- Amy Cicchino, English
- Rasheda Haughbrook, Psychology
- Elizabeth Lange, Biological Science
College of Fine Arts
- Deborah Kochman, Theatre
- John Pension, Theatre
Research and Creativity Award
College of Arts and Sciences
- Nick Byrd, Philosophy
- Andrew Gardner, Religion
- Heather Maranges, Psychology
- Sarah Terrill, Psychology
- Xi Wang, Physics
College of Education
- Shiyi Chen, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
College of Engineering
- Chenkun Zhou, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
College of Fine Arts
- Alexandra Challenger, Art History
Graduate Faculty Mentor Awards
- Giray Okten, Mathematics
- Elizabeth Plant, Psychology
- Debajyoti Sinha, Statistics
- Lara Perez-Felkner, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Carl Kitchens, Economics
- James Elsner, Geography