Celebrating a silver jubilee of graduate community contributions

Excellence in leadership, supervision, and volunteerism carried the day at the 25th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Awards.

After a three-year hiatus, Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Steve Hranilovic was happy to see more than 80 students, faculty and staff at the Phoenix for an in-person celebration of the outstanding work done by McMaster University’s graduate community.

“It’s wonderful to be able to come together in a space that belongs to graduate students, to pay tribute to individuals who are making so many meaningful contributions to graduate education across the university,” says Hranilovic.

The Graduate Student Recognition Awards are a community-based initiative to highlight excellence in supervision, teaching, leadership, communication, student support, and service to the university and broader communities.

“These awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements beyond academic performance in graduate studies. This is our opportunity to say thank you to those helping create a more supportive space for living and learning.”

Congratulations to the recipients of the 25th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Awards:

President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision

• Katherine Bujold, Chemistry/Chemical Biology
• Kathryn Grandfield, Materials Science and Engineering
• Elkafi Hassini, Operations Management
• Victor Kuperman, Linguistics and Language
• Alina Sajed, Political Science
• Meredith Vanstone, Health Policy, Health Sciences Education, and Health Research Methodology

Keith Leppmann Teaching Assistant Excellence Award

• Lauren Dessureault
• Sulayman Lyons
• Matthew Nero
• Sureka Selvakumaran
• Ahmed Teamah
• Yasaman Torabi

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Communicating Graduate Research

• Stacey Mark
• Sergio Raez-Villaneuva
• Geneva Smith

Millennium Award for Community Service

• Vibhu Bhargava
• Brittany Davy

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Leadership & Contributions to the International Graduate Student Community

• Ahmed Abdelmaksoud
• Moyosore Sogaolu
• Yasaman Torabi

GSA Award for Contributions by Non-Academic Staff

• Lindsay Godard
• Cindy Ma

Mary Keyes Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service to McMaster

• Amandeep Saini
• Caroline Seiler

Therese Quigley Award of Excellence for Graduate Student Leadership in Athletics

• Kenneth Noguchi
• Nicole Rakowski

The Graduate Student Recognition Awards are supported through a partnership between the School of Graduate Studies and McMaster’s Graduate Students Association.