Graduate Student Senate gives out Faculty Mentor Awards

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.