2016 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony

Thank you so much for joining us on Friday, April 22nd, 2016 for the Graduate Student Awards celebration in the Great room of the Healey Family Student Center. 

The awards presented were as follows:

1.    The Graduate Student Teaching Award: This award recognizes graduate students acting as the instructor of record, i.e., teaching their own course.  Awards are given to one student from each area: humanities, social science, and science.

Our winners for 2016 are: Laura Zimmermann, Caitlin M. Brown, and Celia Chomón Zamora

Nominees:

Nominee	Program
Laura Zimmermann	Psychology
Caitlin M. Brown	Government
Elise Cardinale	Psychology
Celia Chomón Zamora	Spanish and Portuguese (Linguistics track)
Alissa Walter	History
Katherine Vadella	Spanish and Portuguese (Linguistics track)
Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz	Psychology
Alexandra Martin	Spanish and Portuguese (Linguistics track)
Francisco Gallegos	Philosophy
Benson Stevens	Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Ines Corujo Martin	Spanish and Portuguese (Lit/Cult track)

 

2. The Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award: This award recognizes excellence among graduate students serving as Teaching Assistants. Awards are given to one student from each area: humanities, social science, science and at-large.

Our winners for 2016 are: Alexander Podkul, Gracia El Ayle, Katherine Ward, and Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz

Nominees:

Nominee	Program
Alexander Podkul	Government
Ariya Hagh	Government
Fatima Al-Dosari	Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT)
Gracia El Ayle	Chemistry
Jacob Owens	Foreign Service (MSFS)
Jooeun Kim	Government
Katherine Ward	Philosophy
Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz	Psychology
Marya Hannun	Arabic &  Islamic Studies
Miao Bai	McCourt School of Public Policy
Muran Chen	Economics
Pooja Suri	McCourt School of Public Policy
Renjie Ge	Economics
Susette Ingram	Chemistry
Tanaporn Wangsanut	Biology
Veli Safak	Economics

 

3. Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award - This award recognizes the graduate student organization that demonstrated consistent flexibility, initiative, creativity, and perseverance; made a meaningful contribution to graduate students, the University, and/or the surrounding community; and organized activities, events, and programs that have had a significant impact on the quality of campus life at Georgetown University.

Our winner for 2016 is: LAPA (Latin America Policy Association)

Nominees:

Group	Organization   President/ Leader
Georgetown Anti-Poverty Society	André Pinhiero
Gnovis	Isaac Riddle
Graduate Student Consulting Group	Iseult Morgan & Olivier Rochedreux
Medical Center Graduate Student Organization	Monica Javidnia
LAPA (Latin America Policy Association)	Leonel Prieto
McDonough School of Business Net Impact	Ruth Hupart & Olga Monfiston
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management	Tejal Desai & Chris Blank

 

4. The Gerald M. Mara Faculty Mentoring Award: This award recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies the spirit of cura personalis in aiding the academic and professional development of graduate students. 

Our winner for 2016 is: Lourdes Ortega (Linguistics)

Nominees:

Professor	Department
Adam Thomas	McCourt School of Public Policy
Anirudh Gaur	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Craig Zelizer	Government
Cristina Sanz	Spanish & Portuguese, Linguistics
Elizabeth Arsenault	Security Studies
Edward S. Goldstein	McCourt School of Public Policy
Erwin Tiongson	School of Foreign Service
Mark MacCarthy	Communication, Culture & Technology
Michael Collins	English
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca	School of Foreign Service
Peter I. Belk	Security Studies
Rebecca R Riggins	Tumor Biology
Richard Calderone	Microbiology & Immunology
Anton Wellstein	Oncology & Pharmacology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ao Yuan	Biostatistics
Christopher Swift	Security Studies
Elizabeth Stanley	Security Studies
John L. Casey	Microbiology & Immunology
Patrick O'Malley	English
Lourdes Ortega	Linguistics
Rebecca M Ryan	Psychology
Ronald P. Leow	Spanish & Portuguese
Spencer P Boyer	BMW Center for German and European Studies

 

 

5. Outstanding Leader in a Graduate Student Organization

This award recognizes a Georgetown University graduate student who has made outstanding contributions to the campus community by their leadership, programming endeavors, individual skills, volunteer activities, service, and attitude in support of student activities as a member or leader of a group under the Graduate Student Government (GradGov).

Our winner for 2016 is:  Lucretia Witte, Eduwonks

Nominees:

Nominee	Program
Augustin Porres	Latin America Policy Association
Marielle Hampe	English Graduate Student Association
Will Todman	Georgetown Refugee Action
Cherylann Pasha	English Graduate Student Association
Lucretia Witte	Eduwonks
Susette Ingram	Graduate Student Organization of Chemistry

 

Congratulations to all our nominees and winners.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Assistant Director of Graduate Enrichment, Owen Agho at  Owen.Agho@georgetown.edu