Elise Karinshak, a junior majoring in Data Science and Marketing, was named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar, the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in the United States for excellence in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Drs. Yan Jin, Jeff Hancock and Abhyuday Mandal were her mentors for this scholarship.

Congratulations to Huimin Cheng (from the Big Data Analytics Lab) for being selected to receive the prestigious Southeastern Conference (SEC) Emerging Scholars Assistantship for 2022-2023. An initiative of the SEC provosts, this award recognizes outstanding students and serves to prepare them for careers in higher education. This grant enables doctoral students to conduct research in support of their dissertations. Under the guidance of Drs.

Monsur Chowdhury is the recipient of the 2022 Franklin College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.

This award is made possible by a generous gift from the late Ted and Caroline Ridlehuber, friends and alumni of the college who make a life-changing impact on their students. Students are responsible for nominating faculty for the award. A committee of students (Franklin Ambassadors) chose the finalists. The letters that nominated Monsur commented on his outstanding skills and dedication as a teacher.

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