May 4, 1999
Awards offered include the Carlin Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award and the Graduate Student Awards for Distinguished Service.
The Carlin and outstanding GTA award winners also will be recognized during commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 23, in Memorial Stadium. The processional march begins at 2:30 p.m.
The Carlin Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards go to
- Anne Marie Maglia, doctoral candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology from New Bedford, N.H., and
- Laura Eugenia Moriarty, master's degree candidate in English from Overland Park.
The Carlin awards provide $1,000 to each recipient and are made possible by a gift from former Kansas governor John Carlin and Diana Carlin, associate professor of communication studies.
The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant awards go to
- William James Carpenter, Ph.D. candidate in English from Lawrence;
- Michele Marie Casavant, Ph.D. candidate in American studies, teaching in humanities and western civilization from Lawrence;
- Sarah McBain Crawford, Ph.D. candidate in art history from Victoria;
- Elaine Cahalan Hollensbe, Ph.D. candidate in business from Gladstone, Mo.; and
- Susan Denise Sergent, Ph.D. candidate in psychology from LaCygne.
The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award provides $500 each for those demonstrating accessibility to their students, commitment to teach critical thinking and enthusiasm for their subject and knowledge of it. The KU Graduate School, the Office of the Chancellor and the Graduate and Professional Association sponsor the award.
The 1999 Graduate Student Awards for Distinguished Service go to
- Mark L. Horowitz, Ph.D. candidate in sociology from Springfield, Mass., and
- Jong-Deock Lim, Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology from South Korea.
The distinguished service award was established in 1983 to honor graduate students who have demonstrated a genuine commitment to serving the university while maintaining a high level of academic achievement. Award winners' names are placed on a plaque that is displayed in the Kansas Union.
Five finalists for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards also will be honored on May 7. Thirty-one teaching assistants were nominated, representing departments and programs across the university. All nominees will be recognized.
Finalists for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching awards were
- Daniel Charles Cliburn, master of science candidate in electrical engineering and computer science, from Corydon, Ind.
- Steven Robert Garrison, Ph.D. candidate in political science, from Leawood.
- William Stewart Lawler, Ph.D. candidate in American Studies, from Lawrence.
- Bjorn Ingmunn Sletto, master of arts candidate in geography, from Norway.
- Kirk A. Wolf, Ph.D. in philosophy, teaching in the humanities and western civilization, from Lititz, Pa.
Story by Mary Jane Dunlap, University Relations, (785) 864-8853