International graduate students honored
for research and teaching

Western Michigan University honored 80 of its most outstanding graduate students, including 16 international graduate students, during an awards program on Thursday, April 26, in the Bernhard Center's South Ballroom. Click here for the full story at WMU News.

The Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Awards were given for the first time in 1985 by the Graduate College and the Graduate Studies Council to honor outstanding achievement by graduate students in research and creative activity. In 1998, the Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Awards program was implemented to honor outstanding teaching effectiveness by graduate students.

2011-2012 Graduate Research and Creative
Scholar Award recipients

All-University Scholars
    Ali Eshkeiti, electrical and computer engineering (Iran)
    Isurika Fernando, chemistry (Sri Lanka)
   
Department Scholars
    Gerardo Bohorquez Gonzalez, Spanish (Mexico)
    Ting Chen, paper engineering, chemical engineering
    and imaging (China)
    Mary Sajini Devadas, chemistry (India)
    Tamrat Gashaw, economics (Ethiopia)
    Sooman Lim, paper engineering, chemical engineering
    and imaging (South Korea)
    Raed M. Salih, computer science (Iraq)
    Jiangang Xia, educational leadership, research
    and technology (China)
  
2011-2012 Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Awards

 Department Graduate Teachers
    Ahmed Tausif Aijazi, paper engineering, chemical engineering
    and imaging (Pakistan)
    Racha El Kadiri, geosciences (Morocco)
    Subash Gokanakonda, mechanical and aeronautical
    engineering (India)
    Carolina Gonzalo Llera, Spanish (Spain)
    Daniel Kueh, biological sciences (Malaysia)
    Lalith Prasad Narasimhan, electrical and computer
    engineering (India)
    Buddhi Rai, physics (Nepal)