Faculty, Staff, and Student Awards and Achievements for 2008 and 2009
Renuka Dhandapani, TMI doctoral student, was selected to participate in the Graduate School's Emerging Leaders Program for 2009-1010.
Furnishing and Interiors students and faculty (Jaya Rose) designed the craft room for the Greenhaven Decorator Show House in Marietta, GA. Greenhave showcases the latest eco-friendly products in design and construction features.
Several TMI graduate and undergraduate students were awarded scholarships from the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. M.S. students Jing Cao received the Kilgore Award and Joo Ran Kim received the Emily Quinn Pou and Joe Pou Scholarship. Elizabeth Patterson, FM undergraduate received the Leonora Anderson scholarship, Camille Blair, a FI/FACSED undergraduate received the George Griffeth and Leolene Chapman Montgomery Scholarship and FI major Savannah Smith received the Opal Ward Jones Scholarship, 2009-2010.
Mrs. Anne Allen, TMI Advisor of the Year, 2008
Dr. Jose Blanco, College of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year, 2009; Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Teacher of the Year, 2008
Miss Xinying Cheng, M.S. student won third place in the Herman and Myrtle Goldstein Student Research Paper Competition at the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists International Conference, 2008
FI undergraduate student, Gloria Valencia-Martin received the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Outstanding Student Achievement Award, sponsored by TOTO, for 2008-2009.
FI undergraduate students, Heather Pyne, Elizabeth Sims, and RAchel Vaccaro were G.E. Charette Award winners, 2008-2009.
Fashion Merchandising undergraduate students, Jill Kornau and Abigail Wilson had abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2009 CURO (Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Symposium. Jill's paper was titled:"Manicures: Not just paying for Pretty Nails. Abigail's paper entitled "Bolivian Wrestlers in Skirts" won Best Paper in the Social Science Division. Jill and Abie developed their papers in Dr. Katalin Medvedev's class, TXMI 4230 Dress, Society and Culture, 2009
Seven FI undergraduate students received recognition from the FI program for their project excellence in the NKBA 2008 Student Design Competition. The students included for Bath design: Rosemary Heath and for Kitchen Design: Caroline Irvin, Rachel Lwarence, Dannon Marshall, Sarah M. McCullough, Heather Pyne and Elizabeth Sims.
Dr. Patricia Hunt-Hurst, Inducted into UGA's Teaching Academy, 2008
Mrs. Diane Kesler, TMI's nominee for the Nettie Marie Nickols Award, 2008.
Dr. Megan Lee was selected as a 2009-2010 Service Learning Fellow, University of Georgia.
Ms. Jaya Rose and the FI program received an Excellence in Education Award from the National Kitchen and Bath Association, for 2008-2009
Prior to 2008
Mrs. Anne Allen, TMI Advisor of the Year, 2007
Dr. Patti Annis - Gamma Sigma Delta's Distinguished Senior Teaching Award, 2007
Mrs. Emily Blalock - TMI Teacher of the Year, 2007
Dr. José Blanco - Nominated for Gamma Sigma Delta's Junior Distinguished Teaching Award, 2007, 2008
Dr. Helen Epps inducted into the Teaching Academy, 2006; was selected a Senior Teaching Fellow for UGA, 2006
Dr. Patricia Hunt-Hurst - UGA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, 2006
Dr. Soyoung Kim received funding from the International Academic Development Fund (UGA Office of International Programs) to visit Japan to develop a study abroad program for 2007.
Mrs. Dawn Schueneman - TMI Teacher of the Year, 2007; College of Family and Consumer Sciences; TMI Advisor of the Year, 2006
Dr. Charles Yang received the Creative Research Medal, the University of Georgia, 1998. Senior Faculty Award, Gamma Sigma Delta (the Honor Society of Agriculture) University of Georgia Chapter, 2004.
Students
Ms. Xialing Wu (advisor - Dr. Charles Yang), won second place at the Student Paper Competition at the International Conference and Exhibition of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists held this week. Her paper was "Flame Retardant Finishing of Cotton Fleece Using Maleic Acid/Sodium Hypophosphite". The award carried with it a $500 cash award, 2007. This is the third time over the last four years that a TMI Graduate student has won either first or second place in the competition. Wang Lu and Yiping Lu won first in 2004 and 2005.
Two Furnishings and Interiors majors placed in the National Kitchen and Bath Competition: Alan Gilman - Honorable Mention and Michelle Wilcher 2nd place, 2006
Genevieve Trousdale, FI undergraduate student, was Honorable Mention in The National Kitchen and Bath Design Competition, 2006
TMI won first place at South Campus Tailgate, 2006 & 2007.
Hui Yang received the Endsley-Peifer Student Research Award, 2006
Hui Yang also received travel award from INDA for a student paper competition, 2006
Nicki Sauls was one of three students from the College of Family and Consumers Sciences that was selected to participate in the Tunisia Service Learning project for two weeks in Tunisia this summer, 2006.
Nicki Sauls awarded American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Graduate Student Fellowship for Research, 2006
Hang Liu and Hong Yu (doctoral students) were 2nd place winners for their project, "Design of Multilayer Disposable Surgical Gown," in the Materials Interest Group Engineering Design Competition, AATCC, 2006
Xueheng Zhao, Wang Lu, and Yiping Lu (doctoral students) won third place in the poster section at UGA's Faculty of Engineering conference, 2004. Their poster "Analysis of the Decolorization of Dyes by the White Rot Fungus Pleurotus Ostreatus" competed againg 29 posters from a variety of departments on campus.
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