Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 1:56 pm
POTSDAM - More than 750 Clarkson University students will be granted bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at commencement ceremonies in May in Cheel Arena.
Due to current NYS guidance on capacity requirements, and to allow each student the option to bring two guests, multiple ceremonies in Cheel Arena are scheduled for Thursday, May 13 and Saturday, May 15. As we have done in the past, all ceremonies will have video options for remote guests.
During the weekend, the Levinus Clarkson Award and the Frederica Clarkson Award will be bestowed upon two students, respectively, who have demonstrated unsurpassed scholarship and promise of outstanding academic achievement. Faculty members will be honored with the John W. Graham Jr. Faculty Research Award and the Clarkson University Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Prof. Silvana Andreescu
Clarkson University Professor Silvana Andreescu has been awarded the Distinction in Faculty Mentoring for Research and Scholarship Award.
The Distinction in Faculty Mentoring for Research and Scholarship Award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to faculty mentoring in research and scholarship by actively assisting pre-tenure and mid-career faculty in developing their careers.
Andreescu is the Egon Matijević Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry at Clarkson. She is the Associate Dean of Research for the School of Arts & Sciences, and the Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science. She received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Perpignan, France, and the University of Bucharest, Romania in 2002, and has been a member of the Clarkson faculty since 2005. Between 2003 and 2005 she was an NSF-NATO postdoctoral fellow at the State University of New Y
April 20, 2021
Washington State University Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture recognized outstanding students, faculty and staff at its annual convocation ceremony on April 15. Honored award winners included:
Outstanding Sophomore:
Michael Hatfield
Hatfield is a highly active undergraduate researcher and mentor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. A bioengineering major, he has been part of several research projects that explore how to prevent and cure diseases. He serves as a Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture student ambassador, a WSU peer mentor, and serves as his class representative for the Biomedical Engineering Society at WSU, where he helps his fellow students navigate their academic career paths.
The
NACS Master of Convenience designation acknowledges the hard work and investment NACS members have made in their personal leadership development. It is awarded to convenience retailers who have attended 3 or more of the 5 NACS Executive Education programs. For questions, contact Brandi Mauro, NACS Education Program Manager: bmauro@convenience.org or (703) 518-4223.
Who Should Attend?
Individuals preparing to take on key leadership roles in NACS retail member companies should attend the NACS Executive Leadership Program. This program provides opportunities to supplement experience with formalized instruction on skills needed to drive long-term organizational performance. Past participants include:
Presidents and CEOs
The NACS Executive Leadership Program is administered by faculty in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, recently ranked number three in Bloomberg BusinessWeek s rankings of undergraduate business programs. See below for the speakers
Dr. Terence S. Dermody is the Vira I. Heinz Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Dermody received his B.S. degree from Cornell University and his M.D. degree from Columbia University. He completed an internal medicine residency at Presbyterian Hospital in New York and fellowships in infectious diseases and molecular virology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh in 2016, Dr. Dermody was Dorothy Overall Wells Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program and Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.