Edited from Tech Today:
Two graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences received poster presentation awards at the Midwest Aquatic Plant Management Society conference Tuesday, 8 March, in Grand Rapids.
Carmen Leguizamon (advised by Casey Huckins) received a second place award. Ryan Van Goethem (advised by Amy Marcarelli) received a third place award. 
Ramkumar Mohan was awarded the 2016 Dean’s award for outstanding scholarship. Ramkumar is a Ph.D. student in Dr. Xiaoqing Tang’s laboratory working on MicroRNA and its relationship to Diabetes.
Graduate student, Travis Wakeham was recently honored with numerous awards by the Graduate Student Government , including:
Outstanding Teaching Award for his involvement and development of our Anatomy and Physiology laboratories working closely with Dr. John Durocher and Brigitte Morin.
Best oral presentation at the recent Graduate Student Colloquium that includes an award of $300.
Best attended oral presentation at the Colloquium that includes an award of $50.
In addition, his picture was featured on the TV website reporting on the Colloquium.
Travis is a Masters student working in the lab of Dr. John Durocher and conducted much of the research for his presentation in the lab of collaborating colleague Dr. Stephen Elmer in the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology.