The Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research hosted the 2019 GradShow at CSU. Photos by William A. Cotton
Presentations by nearly 300 graduate students at the 2019 GradShow included live performances, visual arts, and research posters. Participants competed for 56 scholarship awards while sharpening their ability to communicate their work to audiences outside their field.
Award winners were announced Nov. 12 by the Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research following a day of presentations and professional development focused on communications skills. Melissa Marshall, a communications faculty member at Penn State and consultant perhaps best known for her popular TED Talk, “Talk Nerdy to Me,” who discussed how to engage audiences in your research. A video of her CSU talk is available at gradshow.colostate.edu.
Distinction in Creativity
1st Place for $250
Kayna Hobbs – Design and Merchandising
2nd Place for $150
Pratyoosh Kashyap – Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Business Sustainability Award
$500 award
Michael Somers – College of Business
Great Minds in Research
1st Place for $250
Katie DeRose – Mechanical Engineering
2nd Place for $150
Abdelrahman Abdallah – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Honorable Mention for $100
Audrey Beattie – Mechanical Engineering
Cetan Christensen – Bioagricultural Science and Pest Management
Colby Evans – Chemistry
Hajar Homayouni – Computer Science
Jimmy Johnson – Mechanical Engineering
Sean Markovic – Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Emma McGinnis – Health and Exercise Science
Hailey Summers – Mechanical Engineering
Jon Thai – Chemistry
Raj Trikha – Food Science and Human Nutrition
CSU Ventures Drivers of Innovation
Platinum award for $500
Kaylee Clark – Chemistry
Mitchell Page – Mechanical Engineering
Silver award for $250
Hunter Cuchiaro – Chemistry
Robin Cywar – Chemistry
Office of International Programs – Global Impact: Research
$400 award
Clara Mosso – Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Cynthia Ortega – Anthropology and Geography
Yan Xue – Anthropology and Geography
Graduate Student Council – New Graduate Student
Visual Arts Top Scholar for $250
Clark Valentine – Art and Art History
Research Top Scholar for $250
Arielle Hay – Microbiolgy, Immunolgy and Pathology
Dillon O’Hare – College of Business
Sere Williams – Cell and Molecular Biology
Undergraduate Choice
Visual Arts Top Scholar for $125
Amy Young – Art and Art History
Research Top Scholar for $125
Lindsey Burton – Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Adam Heck – Cell and Molecular Biology
Paige Ostwald – Cell and Molecular Biology
College Specific Awards
Top Scholars for University Interdisciplinary Programs
1st Place for $500
Jared Luxton – Cell and Molecular Biology
2nd Place for $300
Samantha Mosier – Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
3rd Place for $250
Nikolas Bergum – Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences
College of Agricultural Sciences – Top Scholar
$500 award
Alyx Shigenaga – Bioagricultural Science and Pest Management
College of Business – Dean’s Award for Research Excellence
$500 award
Chris Castells – College of Business
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering – Excellence in Research
$250 award
Sohaib Habiballah – Chemical and Biological Engineering
Sid Jain – School of Biomedical Engineering
Tara Wigmosta – School of Biomedical Engineering
College of Natural Sciences Outstanding Scholar Award
$500 award
Ryan Czarny – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pascal Jundt – Physics
Kate McMahon – Chemistry
Eve Mozur – Chemistry
College of Health and Human Sciences – Excellence in Research and Scholarship
Excellence in Creativity for $250
Jessica Shaver – Design and Merchandising
Excellence in Research and Scholarship for $250
Kiri Michell – Food Science and Human Nutrition
Arianna Odom – Health and Exercise Science
Janee Terwoord – Health and Exercise Science
College of Liberal Arts – Highest Achievement
Visual and Performing Arts for $500
Esther Hayes – English
Samuel Dong Saul – Art and Art History
Scholarship/Research for $500
Megan Clevenger – History
Marie Taylor – Anthropology and Geography
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences – Top Scholar
$500 award
Savannah Rocha – Micrbiolgy, Immunology and Pathology
Luke Schwerdtfeger – Biomedical Sciences
Ariel Timkovich – Micrbiolgy, Immunology and Pathology
Warner College of Natural Resources – Top Scholar
$500 award
Matthew Creasy – Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Juarez Michelotti – Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Shaunie Rasmussen – Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
