Virtual Annual Meeting & Awards

Welcome and Friends Update
Bob Bishop, President, Friends of the Waisman Center

Waisman Center Update & Announcement of the Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships
Qiang Chang, PhD, Director, Waisman Center

• Sarah Furnier, nominated by Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH
• Brianna Piro-Gambetti, nominated by Sigan Hartley, PhD

Friends of the Waisman Center Presentation and Awards

Student Awards:

• Graduate Student Award, IDDRC
  Emily Burg, nominated by Ruth Litovsky, PhD
• Undergraduate Student Award, IDDRC
  Keegan Schoeller, nominated by Xinyu Zhao, PhD
• Graduate Student Award, UCEDD
  Kiley McLean, nominated by Anne Harris, PhD, MPH, RD & Lauren Bishop, PhD

Staff Awards:

• University Staff Award
  Lisa Fisher & Manda Ratcliff, nominated by Amy Whitehead, MPA
• Academic Staff Awards
  Carrie Arneson, nominated by Leann DaWalt, PhD, & Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD
  Elizabeth Hecht, nominated by Amy Whitehead, MPA

Family Appreciation Award for Volunteer Efforts:

• Sharon, Steve & James Manlick, nominated by Audra Sterling, PhD