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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State is honoring exceptional graduate students and faculty mentors for their contributions in teaching, research and service in the 2023-2024 academic year.
This year鈥檚 honorees include:
Outstanding Graduate Student Advisor of the Year
鈥擝randon Cline, the John 鈥淣utie鈥 and Edie Dowdle Professor of Finance and coordinator of finance graduate programs.
Graduate Research Assistant of the Year
鈥擥abe Nyen of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, a master鈥檚 student in forestry.
鈥擩iaxin Wang of China, a doctoral student in forestry.
Donald Zacharias Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year
鈥擟aroline Ferrell of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a master鈥檚 student in mathematics and statistics.
鈥擩unnatun Naym of Bangladesh, a doctoral student in finance and economics.
Graduate Service Assistant of the Year聽聽聽聽
鈥擬allie Donald of Edwards, a doctoral student in higher education leadership, educational psychology and foundations.
鈥擟arley Hand of Hattiesburg, a master鈥檚 student in higher education leadership, educational psychology and foundations.
Graduate Student Hall of Fame inductees
鈥擝rantley Ballenger of Hoover, Alabama, a kinesiology student representing the College of Education.
鈥擬ozur Chowdhury of Bangladesh, a comparative biomedical science student representing the College of Veterinary Medicine.
鈥擬d Mehedi Farhad of Bangladesh, an electrical and computer engineering student representing the Bagley College of Engineering.
鈥擩unnatun Naym of Bangladesh, a finance and economics student representing the College of Business.
鈥擩enna Russo of Winter Springs, Florida, a psychology student representing the College of Arts and Sciences.
鈥擡mma Schultz of Silver Spring, Maryland, a wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture student representing the College of Forest Resources.
鈥擱amandeep Kumar Sharma of India, a plant and soil sciences student representing the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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