THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

Faculty Award

"Dr. Schmidt is a tireless advocate for students in the NUIN PhD program. She serves as Chair of the Admissions Committee and a key member of the Advisory Board. This year, Dr. Schmidt led an effort to incorporate holistic review and anti-bias training for all members of the Admissions committee, and as a result we have a historically high percentage of URM interviewees. She also is co-organizing a new course in NUIN that will provide students with practical guidance in oral presentations."

Honorable Mention Distinction

• Franz Geiger, PhD
  Professor, Department of Chemistry
   
• William Reno, PhD
  Professor, Department of Political Science

Staff Award

"Deborah advocates for graduate student needs in many ways, both in institutional support within IBiS as well as emotional support that improves the IBiS community. She listens to student concerns and feedback and uses that to tailor new institutional programming/systems to address those concerns. Examples include the creation of the IBiS Peer Mentor Program, the NSF GFRP Application Workshop, and the BioProfessionals series, which include panels with people of varying biology career paths, workshops for CV/resume writing and grant writing."

Honorable Mention Distinction

• Stephen Pedersen
  Graduate Coordinator, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
   
• Dawn Washington
  Program Assistant, Screen Cultures and Department of Radio/Television/Film