Curriculum and Instruction has instituted and awarded two new C&I graduate student awards in 2009. The first, an award for Outstanding Graduate Instructor, was awarded to Mary E. Lee-Nichols, a Ph.D. candidate in the Culture and Teaching track (adviser: Tim Lensmire). The second, an award for Outstanding Research Paper, was granted to Pamela Wesely, a student in the Second Languages and Cultures Education track (adviser: Diane Tedick). Dr. Wesely just defended her dissertation and graduated last week.

These two recipients and all the nominees for these awards were honored Saturday, May 9, at C&I's Graduate Studies Open House celebration, an annual gathering to congratulate our M.A. and Ph.D. graduates.