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Congratulations to our 2022 Graduate Student Recognition Award recipients and nominees

Please join us in recognizing excellence in our McMaster graduate community, as we toast the recipients and nominees of the 25th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Awards!

A Grad Awards reception for recipients and nominees is happening on January 19. If you are nominated for an award, please check your email for details and RSVP.

 

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President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision

  • Laura Anderson, Health Research Methodology and Public Health
  • Gianluigi Botton, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Katherine Bujold, Chemistry/Chemical Biology *
  • Robin Cameron. Biology
  • Chelsea Gabel, Health, Aging and Society and Indigenous Studies
  • Michael Gauvreau, History
  • Kathryn Grandfield, Materials Science and Engineering *
  • Erika Haber, Physiotherapy
  • Elkafi Hassini, Operations Management *
  • Sharon Kaasalainen, Nursing
  • Victor Kuperman, Linguistics and Language *
  • Alina Sajed, Political Science *
  • Russell de Souza, Health  Evidence and Impact
  • Matthew Thiessen, Religious Studies
  • Bernardo Trigatti, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
  • Meredith Vanstone, Health Policy, Health Sciences Education, and Health Research Methodology *

* Indicates award recipient

Dean's Award for Excellence in Communicating Graduate Research

  • Stacey Mark *
  • Sergio Raez-Villaneuva *
  • Geneva Smith *

* Indicates award recipient

Keith Leppmann Teaching Assistant Excellence Award

  • Wajdi Alnoush
  • Seyedbehrad Dehnadi
  • Billy Deng
  • Lauren Dessureault *
  • Laura Facciolo
  • Julien Favreau
  • Debanjan Ghosh
  • Tamina Jose
  • Mehak Kapur
  • Roger Kou
  • Ann Kuganathan
  • Andrew Leal
  • Si Liu
  • Sulayman Lyons *
  • Leanne Monteiro
  • Matthew Nero *
  • Cameron Nowikow
  • Shane Seheult
  • Sureka Selvakumaran *
  • Kaci Switzer
  • Ahmed Teamah *
  • Yasaman Torabi *

* Indicates award recipient

Millennium Award for Community Service

  • Vibhu Bhargava *
  • Brittany Davy *
  • Mehak Kapur
  • Stephanie Ragganandan
  • Celeste Suart

* Indicates award recipient

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

  • Ahmed Abdelmaksoud *
  • Nicole Rakowski
  • Moyosore Sogaolu *
  • Yasaman Torabi *

* Indicates award recipient

GSA Award for Contributions by Non-Academic Staff

  • Mary-Anne Bechamp
  • Lindsay Godard *
  • Debbie Lobban
  • Cindy Ma *
  • Bani Rafeh
  • Antoinette Somo

* Indicates award recipient

Mary Keyes Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service to McMaster

  • Paramita Bhattacharyya
  • Rebecca Correia
  • Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier
  • Vanessa De Rubeis
  • Hanna Dias
  • Renata Hall
  • Si Liu
  • Bethany Loshusan
  • Adil Maswala
  • Ana Portillo
  • Anthony W.K Quarshie
  • Nicole Rakowski
  • Amandeep Saini *
  • Caroline Seiler *
  • Sasha Skaidra
  • Mai Wageh

* Indicates award recipient

Therese Quigley Award of Excellence for Graduate Student Leadership in Athletics

  • Sommer Chou
  • Kenneth Noguchi *
  • Nicole Rakowski *
  • Alissa Smith
  • Claire Velikonja

* Indicates award recipient