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Awards and Recognitions:
Brian Balmer
Best Ph.D. Level Oral Presentation, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium,
March, 2010.
Nathan Gavin
Second Place Oral presentation, South Eastern Phycological Colloquy
Leigh Anne Harden
2010. University of North Carolina Wilmington Graduate Student Association award for best
graduate student poster.
2010. Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honors Society. University of North Carolina Wilmington.
2009. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Storer Award for best student
herpetology poster. “Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Habitat Utilization in a North
Carolina Salt Marsh: Assessment of Overlap with Blue Crab Fisheries.”
Kenneth Hoadley
Sigma Xi Associate Member
Anne-Marie Hodge
Hodge, A. M. C. Breaking New Trails in the Route to a Career in Research. Keynote Alumnus
Address. Auburn University Undergraduate Research Forum. Auburn, Alabama, April 2010.
Caitlin Kielhorn
Best Graduate Poster Presentation, SEAMAMMS 2010
Sheila Kitchen
Poster presentation at International Society of Protistologist conference received Third Place
Honors, June 2009
Sara McClelland
18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals: Best oral presentation by a non-
Ph.D. student
Caitlin McKinstry
SEAMAMMS Best Masters Level Oral Presentation
Pedro Medina-Rosas
GSA Travel Award
Selected to present a poster at Intercultural Festival, organized by International Programs, UNCW
Steve Midway
2010 UNCW Graduate School Travel Award
Carolina Priester
Biology and Marine Biology Graduate Teaching Award
Graduate School Summer Research Award