¹ú²úÂ鶹AV graduates 25 staff members in latest DAWG cohort
Contact: LeLe Kirkpatrick
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Twenty-five Mississippi State staff members are the latest graduates of the Office of Research Development’s DAWG program, a professional development initiative for those working with research grants and contracts.
DAWG—short for Departmental Administrators Working Group—classes are taught by high-level ¹ú²úÂ鶹AV staff members, with topics including proposal preparation, budgeting and regulations. Participants learn the fundamentals of pre-award sponsored projects, from proposal development to reading and interpreting an award.
The 2025-2026 DAWG cohort graduates include:
—Maggie Ballard, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
—Hannah Bell, International Institute
—Mia Bridges, Delta Research and Extension Center
—Caitlin Burton, Sponsored Programs Accounting
—Tonya Calmes, Department of Psychology
—Elizabeth Carrithers, Department of Teacher Education and Leadership
—Margaret-Mary Coker, Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach
—Patricia Coley, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President
—Kim Collins, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
—Stacy Davis, Department of Technology, Leadership, and Design
—Lisa Dye, Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute
—Janice Greenslade, Office for Student Well-Being
—Emily Jenkins, Advanced Composites Institute
—Abby Kendricks, Sponsored Programs Accounting
—Ryan McClung, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President
—Emlis Mickens, Sponsored Programs Accounting
—Bryce Mitchell, Institute for Imaging and Analytical Technologies
—Brittney Mosley, ¹ú²úÂ鶹AV-Meridian School of Health Professions
—Mari Quinn, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences
—Todd Rosenzweig, Raspet Flight Research Laboratory
—Elizabeth Standley, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
—Carrie Grace Stroud, ASSURE
—Kelsey Trainer, Mississippi Water Resources Research Institute
—Brandon Vineyard, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
—Michia Williams, College of Arts and Sciences
DAWG will take a one-year hiatus before returning for the 2027-28 academic year. For more information, email LeLe Kirkpatrick at lele@ord.msstate.edu.
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