{"id":37900,"date":"2019-05-18T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=37900"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:34:01","slug":"pardee-school-2019-student-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2019\/05\/18\/pardee-school-2019-student-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardee School 2019 Student Awards Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During convocation ceremonies for the class of 2019 held on Saturday, May 18, 2019<\/a> at Boston University\u2019s Walter Brown Arena, the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies\u00a0honored<\/span>\u00a0the achievements of some of its brightest and most talented students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Carole A. Chandler Citizenship Award<\/span> recognizes the spirit of citizenship and a commitment to the values and mission of the Pardee School of Global Studies. The award is given to graduate or undergraduate students who demonstrated exemplary commitment to the school\u2019s mission while maintaining academic excellence. The award celebrates the spirit of community and citizenship that was exemplified by Carole A. Chandler, the administrative co-founder and first Executive Assistant of the Center for International Relations.<\/p>\n

This year the\u00a0Chandler Award was given to two students:\u00a0Kristin Leigh Bruno<\/strong>, who is graduating with an MA in International Affairs, and\u00a0Andrew Benton Chiao<\/strong>,\u00a0who is graduating with a BA in International Relations. Bruno and Chiao will<\/span>\u00a0graduate with the school\u2019s highest honor for a student \u2013 the Chandler Citizenship Award \u2013 for demonstrating the highest standards of citizenship in service of the School\u2019s mission while maintaining academic excellence.<\/p>\n

A faculty nomination describes Bruno as \u201ca real leader.\u201d A Pardee School Dean\u2019s Ambassador<\/a> and one of the founders of the Pardee Womens\u2019 Group (PWG)<\/a>, Bruno demonstrated leadership in helping mobilize a new student group at the Pardee School dedicated to advancing women in academia. She demonstrated leadership in reaching out to women leaders beyond the Pardee School and in organizing a special International Women\u2019s Day event for the Pardee community<\/a>. She demonstrated leadership in expanding the scope of the group\u2019s work, in nurturing the interest of her fellow-students, and in ensuring the sustainability of the group.<\/p>\n

A faculty nomination describes Chiao as \u201can exemplary citizen.\u201d Chiao is the Chair of the Senate for the Boston University Student Government, a Student Admissions Representative, and a champion for health and education programs for youth, nonprofits, and refugee and asylee populations. A faculty nomination describes him as \u201creliably enthusiastic\u201d about making the world a better place. It goes on to say that \u201chis enthusiasm is infectious and helps instill [in others] a joy of learning and discovery. That joy embodies the spirit of Pardee.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Amb. Hermann Frederick Eilts Thesis Awards\u00a0are given to the best undergraduate and graduate theses written by students at the Pardee School. The prize recognizes the value of good research and policy analysis at the Pardee School and celebrates the contribution of Ambassador Hermann Frederick Eilts, the founder of the International Relations programs at Boston University.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the graduate level, the Eilts Award goes to\u00a0<\/span>Mohammad Aumar Abaas Chaudhry<\/strong>, MA in International Affairs, for his thesis\u00a0Stable Difference: Conceptions of Inclusive Citizenship and Civic Coexistence for Religiously Pluralistic Societies in the Works of Contemporary Traditional Muslim Scholars\u00a0<\/em>(Adviser: Pardee School\u00a0Professor of Anthropology and International Relations<\/span> Robert Hefner<\/a>). On the undergraduate level,\u00a0the Eilts Award goes to\u00a0<\/span>Tal Salomon Dickstein<\/strong>, BA in International Relations, for his thesis Contemporary Power Transitions: Is China Ready to Challenge the U.S Hegemony?\u00a0<\/em>(Adviser: Pardee School\u00a0Professor of International Relations and Political Science<\/span>\u00a0Joseph Fewsmith<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The winner of the College of Arts and Sciences Prize for Undergraduate Excellence at the Pardee School is\u00a0<\/span>Masha C. Vernik<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>who is receiving a\u00a0<\/span>BA in International Relations<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0The prize is given to the undergraduate student at the Pardee School who has demonstrated high academic achievement while also demonstrating outstanding service and leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

The final category of awards is the Pardee School Academic Excellence Awards. These are given to graduate and undergraduate students who\u00a0have demonstrated the highest levels of academic excellence in courses taken at the Pardee School.<\/span><\/p>\n

The award for Graduate Academic Excellence is being\u00a0given to\u00a0<\/span>Leanne Renee Violette,<\/strong>\u00a0MA in Global Policy.\u00a0Undergraduate Academic Excellence Awards are being given to\u00a0<\/span>Christopher William Brown,\u00a0<\/strong>BA in International Relations and European Studies;\u00a0Katie Jane Diclemente,\u00a0<\/strong>BA in International Relations; and\u00a0Ta-Wei Huang,\u00a0<\/strong>BA in International Relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet the students who were honored with graduation awards at the Pardee School\u2019s 2019 convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11789,8414,8416],"tags":[11087,11246,11251,8797,11252,11245,11250,11249,11247,8633,9498,11253,11248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37900"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47603,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37900\/revisions\/47603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}