Every spring, the College of Science recognizes and awards outstanding graduate students in three categories -- Scholarship, Service, and Teaching.

This year's award ceremony was held Tuesday, April 16, 2024. We will share details about the 2025 event soon.

Outstanding Scholarship Award

The award is given to outstanding graduate students for their research efforts and publications, presentations at meetings and symposiums, and for scholarships awarded.

2024: Haowen Zhang
2023: Harrison Schmitt
2022: Minghao Yue
2021: Laura Coco
2020: Cristian Roman-Palacios
2019: Michael Goldstein

Outstanding Service Award

The award is given to outstanding graduate students for their attention to broader impacts and involvement in activities outside of academic responsibilities that benefit the department, university and the larger community. For example, this student may represent graduate student interests on councils or committees, organize graduate student events, assist departmental recruitment, participate in K-12 outreach, etc.

2024: Brianna Billingsley
2023: Danielle Tadych
2022: Valeria Pfeifer
2021: Chelsea Privette
2020: Nicolas Garavito-Camargo 
2019: Hannah Rosenberg Jones

Outstanding Teaching Award

The award is given to outstanding graduate students for their teaching or mentoring that goes above and beyond what is required; positive evaluations or other feedback from students, willingness to help junior graduate students, etc.

2024: Justin Headley
2023: Ryan Williams
2022: Alma Tejada Padron
2021: Jocelyn Rios
2020: Jason Quinones
2019: Joshua Scholl