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2024 GRADUATE SCHOOL ALUMNI OF DISTINCTION AWARDS

2024 GRADUATE SCHOOL ALUMNI OF DISTINCTION AWARDS

The University of Georgia Graduate School is pleased to present the 2024 recipients of the Alumni of Distinction Award. This award recognizes graduates who have achieved meritorious success in their professions, distinguished themselves as mentors and role models in their fields, and made substantive impact at the regional, national, and international levels. These graduate alumni exemplify the University of Georgia mission, “to teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.”

All graduate-level UGA alumni are eligible to be considered for the annual award. Recipients were nominated by their respective schools and colleges and selected by members of the Graduate Education Advancement Board.

The Graduate School Alumni of Distinction Award was established in 2012.

This year’s awardees are:

 

Khalifeh AlJadda

Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2014

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

 

Ashvin Chhabra

M.S. in Physics, 1984

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

 

Peter Groffman

Ph.D. in Environmental Science, 1984

Odum School of Ecology

 

Theda Perdue

M.A. and Ph.D. in History, 1974 and 1976

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

 

Inez Tenenbaum

B.S.Ed. and M.Ed. in Elementary Education and Teaching, 1972 and 1974

Mary Frances Early College of Education

 

Leo Twiggs

Ed.D. in Art Education, 1970

Mary Frances Early College of Education and Lamar Dodd School of Art, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

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