Students, faculty honored for graduate school achievements at MSU
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āSix Mississippi State graduate students and one faculty member are being recognized for significant achievements at the university.
Honored formally at the 15th annual Graduate Student Association Awards Banquet, they are among more than 65 cited for various personal accomplishments during the 2016-17 school year at the recent campus event sponsored by the GSA and the Graduate School. Ļć½¶Ö±²„Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Young Hyatt was featured speaker.
Ļć½¶Ö±²„Associate Professor of History James C. āJimā Giesen received the Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor of the Year Award. A University of Georgia doctoral graduate, he also holds a masterās degree from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and a bachelorās degree from DePauw University. His research interests are the agricultural, rural and environmental histories of the U.S., with a particular focus on the South in the 20th century.
In addition to Giesen, this yearās honorees included (alphabetically):
āIsabelle Lang of Houma, Louisiana, an English masterās student receiving the Donald Zacharias Masterās Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award. She also is a summa cum laude English bachelorās graduate of MSU.
āJustin B. McMahan of Long Beach, a biomedical engineering masterās student receiving the Graduate Service Assistant of the Year Award. He also is a summa cum laude biological engineering/biomedical engineering graduate of MSU.
āEleanor M. Moen of Paxton, Illinois, an agricultural life sciences/entomology masterās student receiving the 2017-18 Graduate Student Association Ambassador of the Year Award.
āJennifer L. Stevens of Pineville, Louisiana, a business administration/marketing doctoral student receiving the Donald Zacharias Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award.
āAlexander K. āAlexā Tice of Springdale, Arkansas, a biological sciences doctoral student receiving the Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant of the Year Award.
āJulie L. White of Magee, an electrical and computer engineering masterās student receiving the Masterās Graduate Research Assistant of the Year Award. She also is a cum laude computer engineering graduate of MSU.
Additionally, students in the universityās Graduate Student Research Symposium and Three-Minute Thesis Competition were recognized at the banquet. Information on these individuals was released earlier at /newsroom/article/2017/04/msu-honors-2017-graduate-student-research-symposium-winners and /newsroom/article/2016/11/and-your-time-starts%e2%80%a6now-msu-grad-students-participate-three-minute-thesis.
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