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Grad School Extends Honors
The Graduate School recognized the graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who participated in the Preparing Future Leaders (PFL) programs.PFL programs provide a foundation for the lifelong professional development of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Since 2007, PFL has delivered 505 events to more than 10,000 participants. The PFL Celebration of Graduate Student Success honored participants who completed the Certificate of Accomplishment in Teaching program, the Mentoring and Teaching Practicum, the Preparing the Professoriate program, the Graduate Leadership Development Series, the Certificate in Career Development and the PFL Season Pass. More than 100 colleagues, friends, family, faculty and staff members attended the ice cream social and poster session last month to celebrate NC State’s commitment to excellence in professional development.
Provost Warwick Arden congratulated the students and postdocs at the event.
Graduate students and postdocs support the mission and vision of NC State through their dedication to teaching, research, mentoring and leadership. Their impact goes far beyond NC State as they become future leaders, Arden said.
“The graduate students and postdocs we recognize today contribute to NC State’s legacy and future of problem-solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic and technological development across North Carolina and around the world,” he said.
Dr. Tarek Aziz, a PFL alumnus and now teaching assistant professor in civil, construction and environmental engineering, gave the keynote address.
“It would be an understatement to say PFL has had an impact on my career,” he said.
He encouraged participants to stay on the path of excellence, to always seek useful criticism and to continually challenge themselves.
Arden was joined by Drs. Barbi Honeycutt, Melissa Bostrom and Beth Overman in awarding 131 certificates to students. The recipients of each award are listed below:
PFL Season Pass, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Bushra Anjum, Computer Science
Sarah Cash, Genetics
**Zachary Daniel, Economics
Sarah Fritts, Forestry and Environmental Resources
Aycan Koksal, Economics
Michele Meisner, Statistics
Alexandra B. Ormond, Fiber and Polymer Science
**Barry Wayne Peddycord III, Computer Science
Efraín E. Rivera Serrano, Plant Biology
Brian Trench, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
**Kaytee Smith, Forestry and Environmental Resources
(**Fall 2011 Recipient)
Pilot Certificate in Career Development, 2010-11
Olgha Davis, Educational Research & Policy Analysis
Katherine Jones, Business Administration
Graduate Leadership Development Series, Spring 2012
Bushra Anjum, Computer Science
Linett Dennis , 4H Youth Development & Family & Consumer Science
Kristen Drake , Civil Engineering
Kathleen Foote, Physics
William J. Gabler, Textile Engineering, Chemistry, & Science
Chirag R. Gajjar, Textile & Apparel Technology & Management
Nashett Chaunté Garrett, Leadership, Policy, & Adult & Higher Education
Dawn Henderson, Psychology
Favio Intriago , Civil Engineering
Christopher Kennedy , Nuclear Engineering
Mandy Liesch , Soil Science
Jihye Lim, Textile & Apparel Technology & Management
Haritha Malladi, Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
Rohan A. Manavi, Operations Research
Srivalli Gayatri Mantha, Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Mohamad Midani, Textile & Apparel Technology & Management
Alexandra B. Ormond, Fiber & Polymer Science
Lauren E. Popham, Psychology
Sameer Sudhakar Tendulkar , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nagarajan Thoppey Muthuraman, Textile Engineering, Chemistry, & Science
Yongxin Wang, Textile Engineering, Chemistry, & Science
Audrey K. Watanabe, Industrial Design
Certificate of Accomplishment in Teaching Graduates, Fall 2011- Spring 2012
Fatih Altunok†, Economics
Bushra Anjum, Computer Science
Ingrid Arocho, Civil Engineering
Ashley Banerjee, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Titus Barik, Computer Science
David Bednar††, Entomology
Bjorn Berg, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Christine L. Brown††, Biology
Kathleen Burchhardt, Plant Pathology
Lindsey Carpenter, Foreign Languages & Literatures
Candice Chambers, Sociology and Anthropology
Mary E. Christie, Biology
Natalie Kathleen Cooke, Food, Bioprocessing, & Nutrition Sciences
Gregory Dempsey , Mathematics
Rosa Fattahi, English
Matthew Fendt, Computer Science
Laura B. Fitzwater, Sociology & Anthropology
Meredith Fotta Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
Aaron Freeman Fox, Crop Science
Margaret Frey, Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences
Laura Giovanelli, English
Gregory S. Gojanovich, Clinical Sciences
Sierra Hana Golden, English
James Grady, Design
Brandon M. Graver, Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
Tiffany Grovenstein, Psychology
Lena M. Guisewite, Entomology
Elizabeth Hassell††, Biology
Luyan He††, Plant Biology
John T. Hird Jr., Mathematics
Chia-Lin Ho, Psychology
Rachael Marie Huston, Graphic Design
Yari Ben Johnson, Forestry & Environmental Resources
Marc Philip Ka?, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ashley R. Kelly‡, Communication, Rhetoric, & Digital Media
Sarah A. King, Applied Mathematics
Rebecca Knowe, Graphic Design
Aycan Koksal, Economics
Jenna Kutzner-Mulligan, Animal Science
James Lavin, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Laura Alyse Leininger, English
Sarah London, Communication
Dillon Lunn, Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
Kestrel McCorkle, Plant Pathology
Mary Elizabeth Miller, Industrial Design
Terry Naranjo, Landscape Architecture
Katarina Pantic, Communication
Nicole Panza, Mathematics
Amina Patton, Design
Joshua Raabe††, Biology
Elizabeth Riley, Horticultural Science
Shari L. Rodriguez, Forestry & Environmental Resources
Kelsey Ryan, Food, Bioprocessing, & Nutrition Sciences
Dnyanada Satam , Textile & Apparel Technology & Management
Denise Shell, Foreign Languages & Literatures
Mingzhu Shi††, Plant Biology
Diane E. Silcox††, Entomology
Lindsay Smith, English
Clint Stevenson, Food, Bioprocessing, & Nutrition Sciences
Molly Hartzog Storment, English
John E. Strange, Public & International Affairs
Sarah Ravenel Suda, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Jeremy Tejada, Industrial Engineering
Melissa Turner, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Bryce Paul Tyner, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Jay Vaglio, Design
Emine Yaylali, Operations Research
(†CoAT in Economics, ††CoAT in Life Sciences , ‡CoAT in Professional Writing)
Mentoring and Teaching Practicum – Graduates and Mentors, Spring 2012
Fatih Altunok, Economics; Mentor: Dr. Greg Lilly, Elon University
Jesse Paul Crane-Seeber, International Studies; Mentor: Dr. Wayne Lee, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jennifer Hurley-Sanders, Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology; Mentor: Dr. Larry Grimes, Meredith College,
Aycan Koksal, Economics; Mentor: Dr. Thomas Nechyba, Duke University
Yun Long, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Mentor: Dr. Michael Dickey, NC State University
John E. Strange, Public & International Affairs; Mentor: Dr. Betty Morgan, Elon University
Melissa Tolley, Mathematics; Mentors: Dr. Ramesh Mathur, Shaw University, Dr. Jennifer Hontz, Meredith College
Preparing the Professoriate Fellows and Mentors, 2011-2012
Ingrid Arocho, Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering; Mentors: Dr. Joseph Hummer, Dr. John Stone
Bjorn Berg, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Mentor: Dr. Brian Denton
Kathryn Brenneman, Mathematics; Mentor: Dr. Robert Martin
Alicain S. Carlson, Horticultural Science; Mentor: Dr. John Dole
Gregory Dempsey, Mathematics; Mentor: Dr. Ernest Stitzinger
Brandon M. Graver, Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering; Mentor: Dr. H. Christopher Frey
Joshua Michael Hykes, Nuclear Engineering; Mentor: Dr. Steven Shannon
Zackary Kenz, Applied Mathematics; Mentor: Dr. H. Thomas Banks
Casey E. Letkewicz, Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences; Mentors: Dr. Gary Lackmann, Dr. Matthew Parker
You Li, Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences; Mentor: Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus
Emma Norbrothen, Mathematics; Mentor: Dr. Ernie Stitzinger
Shari L. Rodriguez, Forestry & Environmental Resources; Mentors: Ms. Suzanne Balik, Dr. James Lester
Jennifer Sabourin, Computer Science; Mentors: Ms. Suzanne Balik, Dr. James Lester
**Douglas Stefanski, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; Mentor: Dr. Jack Edwards
Jeremy Tejada, Industrial & Systems Engineering; Mentor: Dr. James Wilson
Melissa Tolley, Mathematics; Mentor: Dr. Irina Kogan
Stephanie Vereen, Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering; Mentor: Dr. William Rasdorf
Anthony Wilson, Textile Technology Management; Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Istook
Alice Wines, Plant Biology; Mentors: Dr. Chad Jordan, Dr. Dominique Robertson
April Wynn, Genetics; Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Curtis
Emine Yaylali, Operations Research & Industrial & Systems Engineering; Mentor: Dr. Julie Ivy
(** 2010-2011 Fellow)
For more information about the Graduate School’s Preparing Future Leaders initiative: go.ncsu.edu/pfl
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