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Graduate College student services specialist Kristin Terrill earns doctorate from Iowa State

June 26, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

TerrillDr. Kristin Terrill recently achieved a significant milestone in her academic journey by earning her doctorate in Applied Linguistics and Technology from Iowa State in the spring of 2023. As a student services specialist for the Graduate College’s Center for Communication Excellence (CCE), Terrill worked full-time while pursuing her degree, ...

Dr. Rick Dorn wins Zaffarano Prize for Graduate Student Research

May 30, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Rick Dorn, recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Chemistry, is the winner of the 2023 Zaffarano Prize for Publishable Research. The prize, established by former Graduate College dean Daniel Zaffarano 1988, honors students with superior publishable research, as Zaffarano believed publishing was a vital part of the graduate ...

Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson wins Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation

May 05, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson, recent Ph.D. graduate in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, focused her dissertation on a highly under-researched topic: whisper networks, or the informal communication channels that women use to keep one another safe from sexual harassment and other forms of sexism. Her work earned her the 2023 Karas ...

Q&A with Heather Greenlee, Graduate College associate dean for student & scholar success

April 04, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Heather Greenlee started her role in the Graduate College as associate dean for student and scholar success in spring 2023. She will lead the efforts to increase graduate student enrollment by improving recruitment and admissions, onboarding and retention, and mentoring by major professors. Greenlee earned her master's and doctoral degrees from ...

Q&A with Elena Cotos, Graduate College associate dean for professional development

February 13, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Elena Cotos began her role as associate dean for professional development in the Graduate College last month. She has worked for Iowa State since 2009 and became the director of the Graduate College's Center for Communication Excellence (CCE) in 2015. Cotos also serves as an associate professor of English and ...

Q&A with Michelle Soupir, interim associate dean of the Graduate College

February 02, 2023 - by Sarah Igram

Michelle Soupir joined the Graduate College as interim associate dean in 2022. Her main focus is an initiative to enhance and modernize Graduate College operations. Soupir has also served as associate chair for research and extension in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State and has been an ...

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