The 20th annual Graduate School recognition celebration honored multiple Department of Allied Health Sciences students across the health care spectrum.
On Thursday, April 5, 2018, The UNC Graduate School held its 20th annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration. This year’s recipients gathered at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center, where they celebrated the ingenuity, creativity, and research contributions of the University’s graduate students.
“[Graduate students] infuse new talent, energy and ideas every day at Carolina,” said Chancellor Carol Folt. “I am grateful and thankful for our amazing graduate students, and I congratulate those being honored for their superior performance and contributions.”
The Graduate School recognized several Department of Allied Health Sciences students at the ceremony, including Nancy Quick, PhD, a 2018 Impact Award recipient. Other DAHS award recipients included:
Frank Porter Graham Graduate Professional Honor Society Inductees
Sallie Nowell, Speech and Hearing Sciences
2018 Impact Award
Nancy Quick, Speech and Hearing Sciences, A Multilinguistic Analysis of Spelling Among Children with Hearing Loss
Prestigious External Fellowships
Human Movement Science
Timothy Eckard, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Award
Jody Feld, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarship
Ilana Levin, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarship
Kyeongtak Song, American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant
Laura Stanley, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarship; Margaret L. Moore Award
Eric Trexler, NSCA Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Ashwaq Alzamel, Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP)
Abigail Messinger, Love of Learning Award
Daniel Picetti, Van R. Johnson Sutter Scholars Program
Michael Smith, Students Preparing for Academic Research Careers Award (SPARC)
Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellows (2017)
Sallie Nowell, Speech and Hearing Sciences