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国产麻豆AV honors graduate students, mentors for 2024-2025 excellence

国产麻豆AV honors graduate students, mentors for 2024-2025 excellence

Contact: Meghan Wolf

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥敼槎笰V is recognizing outstanding graduate students and faculty mentors for exceptional contributions in the areas of teaching, research, service and academic leadership during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Hosted by the Graduate School, this year鈥檚 recent awards celebrate the impactful work of students and faculty advisors across a range of academic disciplines.

Honorees include:

Hasan Tekedar poses with an award.
Hasan Tekedar (Photo submitted)

鈥擮utstanding Graduate Student Advisor of the Year: Hasan Tekedar, assistant research professor, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine.

Jordan Smink poses with an award.
Jordan Smink (Photo submitted)

鈥擥raduate Teaching Assistant of the Year: Jordan Smink of Starkville, Ph.D. student, biological sciences, College of Arts and Sciences; and Alena Sowell of Spring Hill, Tennessee, master鈥檚 student, communication, College of Arts and Sciences.

鈥擥raduate Research Assistant of the Year: Craig Sklarczyk of Riverview, Michigan, Ph.D. student, wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture, College of Forest Resources; and William Laird of Jackson, master鈥檚 student, geosciences, College of Arts and Sciences.

Serena Rozsa poses with an award.
Serena Rozsa (Photo submitted)

鈥擥raduate Service Assistant of the Year: Serena Rozsa of Thousand Oaks, California, master鈥檚 student, business administration, College of Business.

From left: Kevin Jones and Ridwan Ayinla pose with awards.
From left: Kevin Jones and Ridwan Ayinla. Not pictured: Seto Ogunleye. (Photo submitted)

鈥擥raduate Student Excellence Award: Kevin Jones of Lakewood, Ohio, master鈥檚 student, wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture, College of Forest Resources; Seto Ogunleye of Ekiti State, Nigeria, Ph.D. student, veterinary and biomedical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Ridwan T. Ayinla of Kwara State, Nigeria, Ph.D. student, sustainable bioproducts, College of Forest Resources.

Members of the 2025 Graduate School Hall of Fame pose.
From left: Samuel David Juarez Escamilla, Patricia Cordero-Irizarry, Maria Victoria Bracamonte Larios, Jitka Elizarraras, Thevathayarajh Thayananthan, Suman Pradhan and Fenny Patel. Not pictured: Aidan Taylor. (Photo submitted)

Graduate Student Hall of Fame inductees include:

鈥擩itka Elizarraras of Star, Idaho, Ph.D. student, special education, College of Education.

鈥擣enny Patel of Waynesboro, Ph.D. student, biomedical sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine.

鈥擳hevathayarajh Thayananthan of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Ph.D. student, biosystems engineering, College of Engineering.

鈥擬aria Victoria Bracamonte Larios of Lima, Peru, Ph.D. student, business administration/management, College of Business.

鈥擲amuel David Juarez Escamilla of Chihuahua, Mexico, Ph.D. student, chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences.

鈥擲uman Pradhan of Athens, Georgia, Ph.D. student, sustainable bioproducts, College of Forest Resources.

鈥擯atricia Cordero-Irizarry of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Ph.D. student, agricultural and extension education, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

鈥擜idan Taylor of Red Banks, master鈥檚 student, historic preservation, College of Architecture, Art and Design.

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