The Graduate Student Senate presented its Seventh Annual Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards April 26 in the Women’s Building.
The awards were established in 1999-2000 to honor faculty members whose dedication to graduate students and commitment to excellence in graduate training have made a significant contribution to the quality of life and professional development of graduate students in Arts & Sciences.
This year’s recipients are:
• James M. Cheverud, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the School of Medicine, and of anthropology and of biology, both in Arts & Sciences;
• Lutz Koepnick, Ph.D., professor of Germanic languages and literatures and of Film and Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences;
• Kathleen McDermott, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences and of radiology in the School of Medicine;
• Enola K. Proctor, Ph.D., the Frank J. Bruno Professor of Social Work Research and dean for research in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work;
• Wolfram Schmidgen, Ph.D., assistant professor of English in Arts & Sciences; and
• Michael Strube, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences and of physical therapy in the School of Medicine.
Additionally, the Graduate Student Senate handed out several Special Recognition for Mentoring Awards. For a full list of these recipients, go online to artsci.wustl.edu/~gss/OFMA awards 060430.htm.
The Graduate Student Senate Committee, chaired by Blaine Maley, doctoral student in anthropology, and Heather Nehre, doctoral student in music in Arts & Sciences, selected faculty recipients based on nominations by graduate students and alumni in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.