The Graduate and Professional Student Government Association serves as the sole voice for all graduate and professional students in the Oklahoma State University system. Our mission is to enhance your graduate experience through a unilateral representative body which provides student input on the policies that impact your health, finances, and professional development. GPSGA also provides aid for scholarship, fellowship, and leadership opportunities.

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Phoenix Awards Winners and Finalists

We are glad to announce the winners and the finalists for the Phoenix Awards for this year. The winners are

  • Amanda Mollet (College Student Development Program)
  • Traci Naile (Ag Ed, Com, & Leadership)
  • Dr. Ranga Komanduri (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)

Check out the coverage on the OSU website

The finalist are as follows.

 

Master's Category

  • Amanda Mollet
  • Kaushal Maskey
  • Eric Kennel

Doctoral Category

  • Hui Yang
  • Tanya Franke
  • Traci Naile

Faculty Category

  • Dr. Ramesh Sharda
  • Dr. Ranga Komanduri
  • Dr. Kathleen Kelsey

We congratulate all the finalists as well as all the nominees for being considered for this prestigious award.

Research Symposium 2009

The research symposium is over. Thanks to all GPSGA representatives that were actively involved in making this one of the best organized symposiums ever. Check out the latest pictures from the symposium here. The award winners are listed below.

 

Research Symposium 2009 Award Winners

Graduate*Paper Winners

Biological Sciences
•1st              Ngan Nguyen ($100)
• 2nd              Drew Lane ($50)

Biomedical Sciences
• 1st              Kavitha Penugonda ($100)
• 2nd (tie)      Rahul Mirani ($50)
• 2nd (tie)      Pooja Iyer ($50)

Education
• 1st              Zhanna Shatrova ($100)
• 2nd              Regina Foster ($50)

Environmental Sciences
• 1st              Rachel MacClure ($100)
• 2nd (tie)      Elizabeth Doxon ($50)
• 2nd (tie)      Lyn Chin ($50)

Humanities
• 1st              Luella Putnam ($100)
• 2nd              Rachel Flynn ($50)

Physical Sciences and Technology
• 1st              Syadaruddin Syachrani ($100)
•  2nd              Jorge Guzman ($50)

Social Sciences and Minority Issues
•  1st              Nick Wisdom ($100)
•  2nd              Krista Schumacher ($50)

Graduate*Poster Winners

Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• 1st (tie)       Kaushal Maskey ($100)
• 1st (tie)       Mckale Davis ($100)
•  2nd              Elizabeth Rendina ($50)

Environmental Science
• 1st              Michelle Black ($100)
• 2nd              Lindsay Brown ($50)

Physical Sciences and Technology
• 1st              Yesuf Assen ($100)
• 2nd              Dhivakar Jeeven Kumar ($50)

Social Sciences and Education
• 1st              Darshon Anderson ($100)
• 2nd              Nicki Aubochon-Endsley ($50)

*In addition to the cash prize awards, all 1st place graduate student winners are also eligible to apply for one $750 travel award to support travel to present their research work at a national or international conference between now and the end of Spring 2010. To apply for the $750 award, winners must submit an application to GPSGA for travel support and meet all necessary requirements and conditions as described in the GPSGA travel award guidelines (http://gpsga.okstate.edu/content/travel-grant). The funding for the $750 travel awards has graciously been provided by the Vice-President of Research and Technology Transfer.

Undergraduate Paper Winners

Biological Sciences
• 1st              Erin Rogers ($100)

Undergraduate Poster Winners

Biological Sciences
• 1st              Lauren Colom ($100)
•  2nd              Katelyn Patterson ($50)

Biomedical Sciences
• 1st              Angela Brown ($100)
• 2nd              Ellen Jarrett ($50)

Education
• 1st              Bailey Slough ($100)

Environmental Science
• 1st              Savannah Smith ($100)

Physical Sciences and Technology
• 1st (tie)       Markus Vasquez ($100)
• 1st (tie)       Dalton Kelley ($100)

Social Sciences
•  1st              Lisa Neitzke ($100)
•  2nd              Chelsie Williams ($50)