The NIU Graduate School celebrated the outstanding accomplishments of several students this spring.
Students were nominated for recognition by their academic departments, are fellowship recipients or are dissertation and thesis prize winners.
Recipients of the 2022-2023 awards included 17 from the College of Education.
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
- Marissa Bamberger – Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
- Gina Caronna – Counseling and Higher Education
- Rafael Casas – Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Alexandra Doman – Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Giselle Navarro – Counseling and Higher Education
- Abdelrahman Osman – Counseling and Higher Education
- Samuel Patrick Post – Special and Early Education
- Carly Rhodes – Special and Early Education
- Mary Sanderson – Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
- Kassandra Santos – Counseling and Higher Education
- Vitor Siqueira – Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Aniqa Tahsin – Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
- Huntleigh Wozniak – Kinesiology and Physical Education
Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- Lisa Lazansky-Roach – Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
- Cynthia Padilla-Gaytan – Counseling and Higher Education
Carter G. Woodson Fellowship
- Gabrielle Bennett – Kinesiology and Physical Education
Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Fellowship
- Sherry Franklin – Curriculum and Instruction
