Oklahoma State University graduate students were recognized with awards presented by the Graduate College April 15 during the college’s annual spring awards ceremony.

 

Graduate Research Excellence awards recognize outstanding accomplishments reflected in master’s theses or doctoral dissertations. Recipients receive a letter of commendation from OSU President Burns Hargis and a commemorative plaque from Interim Vice President for Research Sheryl Tucker. Winners of the 2015 Graduate Research Excellence Awards from Arts & Sciences programs are:

• Justin McBride, Ph.D., English Linguistics, Pawhuska, Okla.                          
• Kazuo Yamazaki, Ph.D., Mathematics, Pullman, Wash.
• Connor Patros, Ph.D., Psychology, Columbia, Conn.                     

Two master’s and two doctoral students were named Honorary Commencement Marshals for academic performance and discipline-appropriate scholarly contributions that capture the essence of OSU’s land-grant mission. Recipients receive $1,000 award, are recognized at commencement and are provided special gown adornments. These four will lead the graduates in the processionals/ recessionals and awarding of the diploma covers. Two of the students named were from Arts & Sciences programs:

• Leah Ashley Palmer, M.A., English, Oklahoma City
• Allan Axelrod, M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Fort Myers, Fla.          
• Masoud Sadeghian, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Isfahan Iran
• Shreyashi Chakdar, Ph.D., Physics, Kolkata, India

The Summer Dissertation Fellowships support summer research for outstanding OSU post-candidacy, doctoral students from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary program. The summer fellowships include a $6,000 stipend and a tuition waiver for up to three credit hours. This year’s Summer Dissertation Fellowships winners from Arts & Sciences programs are:

• Sharmily Khanam, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Andrew Davis, English, Stow, Ohio 
• Medhavi Ambardar, Integrative Biology, Dollar Bay, Mich.
• Chelsea Medlock, History, Hutchinson, Kan.
• Connor Patros, Ph.D., Psychology, Columbia, Conn.