Annual Awards

Students must be nominated by a graduate faculty member to be considered for these awards. These awards are only available for students who will not graduate until spring or later. Fall graduates are not eligible for consideration.

 

Michael P. Tilford Graduate Fellowship

2024

Mary Peterson, MA in English 

 

2023

Rachel Sutton, MA in Psychology

Allison Boutte, MA in Psychology

 

2022

Dominic Canare, MA in Psychology

 

2021

Carina Gutierrez, Masters of Physician Associate

 

2020

Keyondra Brooks, MA in Psychology

Delano Maggard, Jr Graduate Research Grant

2024

Abbie Hutton, MA in Psychology

 

2023

Kaitlyn Hemberger, MA in English

 

2022

Elissa Failes, MA in Psychology

 

2021

Kimmy Tran, MS in Biology

Gayani Wijegunawardena, MS in Chemistry

 

2020

Shivani Nagrecha, MA in Psychology

Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Graduate Student Award  

2025

Fatih Altun, ME

Sarah Smith, PhD in Psychology

Nida Abbas Md, Masters in Exercise Science

Madison Mullen, Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Art

Brittany Spires, MFA Program in Creative Writing

Seyedsahameddin Razavi, PhD in Biomedical Engineering  

 

2024

Aynsley Paterson, MA in  English

 

2023

Jorge de la Hoz, MA in Spanish

Kaitlyn Carter, MA in Anthropology

Grace Lyons, PhD in Psychology

Sara Ijaz, EdD in Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology track

 

2022

Dillon Cullinan, MA in English

Rachel Klausmeyer, MS in Chemistry

Tina Busenitz, Masters in Communication

Ramanan Sritharan, Mechanical Engineering

Aditya Pandey, ISME

Fuji Yan, PhD in Electrical Enginering and Computer Science

 

2021

Blake Overman, MA in English

Jacob Synek, Masters of Physician Associate

Jennifer Banks, MA in Anthropology

Chamandi Dampalla, Chemistry

Arun-Kaarthick Manoharan, EECS

Huan Quan, MA in Psychology

Cory Borsdorf, SW

 

2020

Shelby Barnhardt, CSD

Elissa Failes, MA in Psychology

Ramanan Sritharan, ME

Jon Pinkerton, MA in English

Hayley Hansford, Masters of Physician Associate

Cheyenne Johnson, MA in Criminal Justice

Huan Quan, MA in Psychology

Emily Guthrie, SoC