Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration
The Graduate Student Recognition Celebration, which began in 1999, recognizes students who receive prestigious fellowships and awards. These honorees are making a significant contribution to the mission of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a wide variety of fields of study.
The event is held each year in April, beginning with the awards ceremony at 4 p.m. and followed by a reception with research poster presentations.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
4:00 p.m. — Awards Ceremony
4:30-5:30 p.m. — Research Poster Presentations and Reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres
Alumni Hall in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center
The honorees include the following:
- Awards and Honors
- GEAB Impact Awards and Horizon Awards
- Excellence In Graduate Student Services Award
- Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished Service
- Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education
- Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award
- The GPSF Graduate Student Awards For Excellence In Mentorship
- Graduate and Professional Student Federation UNC Academic Research Conference Honorees GPSF Awards
- Sigma XI Travel Awards
- Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society Inductees
- Order of the Golden Fleece Inductees
- Graduate School Leadership Development Scholars
- Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellows (2016)
- Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Inductees
- Prestigious External Fellowships and Awards