Last modified: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
IU Graduate and Professional Student Organization announces travel award winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 9, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Each semester, the Indiana University Graduate Professional Student Organization awards $3,000 in Travel Awards for graduate and professional students to support expenses for events that promote academic and professional development (such as conferences, workshops, competitions and auditions).
Funds may be used for registration fees, presentation materials, transportation costs, lodging and per diem expenses. The recipients are selected through a competitive process in which fellow graduate and professional students review and assess anonymous applications. The GPSO received 45 applications for the fall semester and eight were selected.
This semester's winners are:
- Nicholas Henriksen, Hispanic Linguistics
- Marda Rose, Hispanic Linguistics
- Jonathon Pettit, Department of Religious Studies
- Lauren Boyle, Health Behavior
- Shameem Farouk, Human Performance Technology
- Zohra Ismail, Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- Dunia Mendez Vallejo, Linguistics
- Jihyun Nam, Language Education
The GPSO Travel Awards are made possible by generous support from the University Graduate School. More information about the Travel Awards can be found at https://www.indiana.edu/~gpso/academic/travel/travel.php.
The GPSO is the formally recognized government for graduate and professional students at Indiana University.
Questions can be directed to Nick Clark, the GPSO Moderator, at gpsomod@indiana.edu or at 812-391-0573.
