Through a new partnership and campus summit, The Graduate School and Center for Faculty Excellence are equipping faculty to better mentor graduate students across disciplines.

Joseph Ruiz, president of the biotechnology company, also recently joined CareerWell as an executive in residence and Advisory Committee member.

The professorship emphasizes mentoring, and Robertson says that working with graduate students ‘has been one of the best and most meaningful experiences of my career.’

Abramowitz: ‘It is the greatest feeling to see my students flourish during their time at Carolina and beyond.’

Annegret Fauser, the Harold J. Glass USAF Faculty Mentor/Graduate Fellow Distinguished Term Professor, selected Li for the fellowship.

Michele Kelley, who has both a Royster Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, is pursuing innovative research and also seeking ways to encourage others to pursue science.

Graduate School Dean Steve Matson presented the honor during the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony.

Doctoral alumna in business administration, academic entrepreneur, mentor shares advice for graduate students, support for diversity.

Her fellowship provides, among other benefits, mentoring from Annegret Fauser, the professor who selected her specifically for the award.

Blossom Damania, Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the 2018 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring.