Friends of the Waisman Center Annual Reception & Awards

Posted August 28, 2009

The Friends reception took place on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the 8th floor Ziemann Suite. This event brought together more than 80 people, including members of the Friend's organization and faculty, staff, and students of the Waisman Center.  The program featured an update on the previous year's activities and achievements at the Waisman Center by center director Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD.

Waisman Center Director Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD,
gives an update on the Waisman Center.

 

Fellowships

 

Erik Carter, PhD (left) nominator, and Lynn Sisco, recipient of the
Jeanette Anderson Hoffman Distinguished Graduate Fellowship.

Erin Jones (left) accepts the Wayne and Jean Roper Distinguished Graduate
Fellowship certificate from Marsha Mailick Seltzer, PhD.

 

Student Awards

 

Susan Ellis Weismer, PhD, (left) nominator, and Courtney Karasinski, recipient of the
Alvin L. Berman & Ruth Bleier Memorial Research Award for a Graduate Student in the
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC).

Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD, (left) and Jacob Zimbric, recipient of the IDDRC
Undergraduate Student Research Award.

 

Thom Evans (left) accepted the UCEDD Undergraduate Student Research Award on behalf
of his daughter, Jenna Evans. Angela Radloff, nominator, is pictured at right.

Not pictured: Jessica Valadez Spruyt, recipient of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Award (UCEDD).

 

Staff Awards

 

Left to Right: Jeff Tubbs, president, Friends of the Waisman Center, Harrison Wiley,
recipient of the Classified Staff Award, Waisman Center director Marsha
Mailick Seltzer, and Carole Maddox, nominator.

Waisman Center medical director, Lawrence Kaplan, MD, ScM, FAAP (left), nominator, and
Waisman Center geneticist David Wargowski, MD, recipient of the Academic Staff Award.

 

Family Volunteer Award (New award this year)

 

Peggy Nied Family is the recipient of the Family Volunteer Award.
Pictured, (l - r) Chris, Peggy's son in-law; Katy, her daughter & their
baby Owen; Kyle, her son, and Peggy.