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Department of Statistics celebrates excellence at Spring Awards Gathering

May 8, 2025

Department of Statistics celebrates excellence at Spring Awards Gathering

Alan Gan standing and speaking to a seated audience
Alan Gan presenting the Thomas and Jean Powers Teaching Award

On Wednesday, April 30, faculty, students and staff gathered to celebrate the excellence demonstrated in the 2024-2025 academic year. This event includes the presentation of annual awards and this year featured an inaugural cornhole tournament! The award recipients are as follows:

Thomas and Jean Powers Teaching Award
Tenure Track Faculty Recipient: Christopher Hans
Teaching Practice Recipient: Thomas Metzger
Teaching Associate Recipients: Andrew Heeszel, Andrea Kuhn, Nicholas Mandarano, Jacob Roberts

 

Staff Award
Michael Jeter

 

Whitney Award
Research Leading to a PhD: Ye Jin Choi, Biqing Yang
Best Research Associate: Jiaxin Chen, Yi Tang Chen, Eric Crislip

 

Craig Cooley Memorial Prize
Sean Tomlin

 

Cornhole Tournament Winners

Gold: Patrick McHugh and Sean Tomlin
Silver: Riley Coburn and Jacob Roberts
Bronze: Thomas Metzger and Yuheng Ou
 

Congratulations to these outstanding award recipients, as well as to the rest of the department for their achievements and significant contributions to a successful academic year!