Winners of the A&S Excellence Awards: Community Engagement -- Dr. Lora Haynes; Outstanding Graduate Mentor -- Dr. Marci DeCaro!

Congratulations to our well-deserved winners of the A&S Excellence Awards for Community Engagement -- Dr. Lora Haynes; and the Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor -- Dr. Marci DeCaro!


Community Engagement

Lora Haynes (Psychological & Brain Sciences)

"Dr. Haynes has been director of the Resilient Families Project since 2011. The Resilient Families Project (RFP) is compassionate and engaged. It provides educational experiences to strengthen families and communities by promoting evidence-based habits of resilience, mindfulness, and happiness in children and adults who are at-risk." — Prof. Benjamin Mast (Psychological & Brain Sciences)

Outstanding Graduate Mentor

                                                               

Marci DeCaro (Psychological & Brain Sciences)

"Dr. DeCaro has three great strengths that make her an incredible mentor: high standards for scientific rigor and investigation, project-based timelines and expectations, and a flexible, developmental attitude toward her graduate students." — Campbell R. Bego, Ph.D., former mentee