TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Graduate School recently hosted a reception to honor its 2008-2009 recipients of the Graduate Council Fellowships, the National Alumni Association Fellowships and the McNair Graduate Fellowships — the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA.
Recipients are selected by the Financial Aid Committee, a sub-committee of the Graduate Council. The fellowships provide an award for tuition and fees, an annual stipend of $15,000 and single health care coverage.
The following UA students were awarded a Graduate Council Fellowship: Richard D. Wilson, Tasha Marie Parrish, Gregory John Keefer, Paige Reece McCormick, Jamie C. Bryars, Brent D. Nichols, James Lance Ross, Marie Suzanne Moore, Bonnie Rebecca Brewer, Mary Kathryn Sewell, Stephanie Traylor Gillison, Christian Leigh McWhirter, Leesa Jill Alexander, Alisha B. Gaines, Christopher Lee Klein, Jennifer Nichole Wheelus, Dusten Ryan Horton, Elizabeth Simpson McKnight, Rachel Anne English, Meghan Alayne Stringer, Daniel T. Ventress, Tara N. Rich, Daniel A. Mullins, Caroline T. Brown, Eric Andrew Stough, Simpla Mahato, Raluca Craciun, Paulina Maria Pospieszna, Sreenivasulu Vutukuri, Mary Katherine Alsip, Emily Grace Zeigler, Amanda Lynne Scott, Marco Bianchi, Debabrata Pradhan, Subhash Anurag, Juan Meng, Louis Arthur Ginocchio, Michael Jeffrey Lee, Daryl W. Lam, George Michael Boszilkov, Meg E. Sheppard, Amy L. Dagley, Alicia Lynn Frederick, Catherine Marie Merritt, Yuji Inoue, Carolyn Elizabeth Smith, Ted Kijeski, Julie Cunningham, Grant Michael Harris, Sara Louise Stromeyer, Lauren Elizabeth Faulkenberry, Kerry Michelle Cohen, Megan Fink, Christopher Jesse Thawley, Parvathy Hariharan, Diane B. Eaton, Jestina Anne Hansen, Melanie Diane Smith, Richard John Brophy, Travis M. Hicks and Bradford Howland Patterson.
The McNair Graduate Fellowship is the newest fellowship offered by the Graduate School. The first recipients of this award included: Brittany Bates, Dayne Fraser, Alberto Jimenez-Carmango, Curtis Rutherford, Karen Torres and Latrice Vinson.
The following graduate students were awarded a National Alumni Association License Tag Fellowship, supported by the sale of UA license plates and designated for in-state students: Timothy Davis Wynn, Nickolaus Lynn Cordes, Heather Malone Watson, Chapin Rose Gray, Audry Lanese Austin, Misti Nicole Johnson, Joe Marshall McCreary, Jason Eugene Dyer, Karla Renee Horton, Van Gardner Baucum, Melissa Renee VanKirk, April Branton Kendrick, Christopher R. Redden, Ryan Grant Beam, Andrew William McKenzie, Joel Daniel Bundy, Nicole Lee Weldon, Kelly N. Poole, Frank Gamblin Adams, Elizabeth Catherine Laera, Amy Muckleroy Carwile, Cynthia Ann Nichols, Charles Austin McDonald, Sarah Ruth Hartman, Chantae M. Calhoun, Brittney Michelle Tingle, Chandria Lavette Lacey, Jessica Averitt Taylor, Lee Barnes Walker, Sara Kathryn Duke and Rosemary Richardson.
Contact
Drew Wood or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu
Source
Dr. Natalie Adams, assistant dean,
UA Graduate School, 205/348-8283, nadams@ua.edu