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NO PLACE LIKE HOME Center raised in College Station follows championship pedigree

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The Battalion ver the last few years, the Aggie women’s basketball team has been known for its dominant centers. First was Danielle Adams, who led the team to its first National Championship in 2011 while taking home All-American honors. Then came Kelsey Bone, another All-American who carried her squad to an SEC tournament championship while earning tournament MVP honors in A&M’s first year in the league. This year’s starting center is unique in her own right, having been born and raised in College Station. Senior Karla Gilbert’s basketball roots run deep along with her connection to her hometown. “I loved it,” Gilbert said. “Believe it or not, a lot of times I still didn’t get to see my parents, so I still was away from home being at home. But when you always needed that shoulder [to lean on] or something like that, I could just drive down the road and there my parents are.” Gilbert comes from an athletic lineage. Her mother Nelda played basketball at the University of North Texas. Her brother Jimmie is a defensive lineman for the University

Senior center Karla Gilbert, raised in College Station, played behind two All-American centers before finding a leading role with the team this season.

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of Colorado. Her father, also named Jimmie, is an Aggie who played basketball from 1983-1986 and earned Southwest Conference Newcomer honors. Gilbert’s mother coached Karla during her days at A&M Consolidated High School. Gilbert said her parents have always had a influence on her growth as a player. “I don’t even think about it. I’m used to it,” Gilbert said. “My parents have been coaching me since I was in elementary school. With city league all-star teams and AAU tournaments, my parents have always been around coaching me. It’s just life.” Gilbert was rated as the No. 1 post player in the country by ESPN for the Class of 2010 coming out of high school. She was also a McDonald’s High School All-American and chose to stay at home and play for A&M over a number of successful women’s basketball programs including Duke, Baylor and Connecticut. “Being a part of the Aggie family, we always came to the games, both men and women,” Gilbert said. “Just seeing the crowds and the family atmosphere, it feels good to actually be a part of it. It means a lot to be home.” See Gilbert on page 4

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n the spirit of unifying all Aggies, Class Councils will be accepting T-shirt design submissions for next year’s Maroon Out game from both current students and former students for the first time. With Maroon Out being an event for Aggies of all ages, Emily Canales, marketing director of Maroon Out, said T-shirt design submissions are the largest way for individuals to contribute. “The purpose of doing the T-shirt design contest is to get the student body as well as Ag community’s input on exactly what they want for Maroon Out this year,” Canales said. Canales said the Maroon Out tradition means more than just a T-shirt — it’s about unifying Aggies. Canales said changes in the Maroon Out design

contest are not at the expense of this primary purpose. “It’s one of the most unifying traditions on campus, uniting both the present student as well as the former students,” Canales said. “It’s really one of the most powerfully policy led student traditions on campus, if not the most unifying tradition. I’m an advocate for change, as long as we stick to true tradition.” Another first for Maroon Out is this year’s partnership with Aggieland Outfitters. Dallas Shipp, Aggieland Outfitters director of marketing and communications, said the company is grateful for the opportunity to work with students who are passionate about tradition. “I know how passionate the kids are to be a part of this and we want to support students who do a lot to enhance the atmosphere of Kyle Field Saturdays,” Shipp said. “The other thing that’s very rewarding to us is the students have done all their own marketing, and they’ll still be doing that, but we can See T-shirt on page 2

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welve players from the 2013 Texas A&M football team will participate in their annual Pro Day on Wednesday at the McFerrin Athletic Center. Among the 12 participants will be Johnny Manziel, Mike Evans and Jake Matthews, all of whom have already participated in the NFL Combine. Manziel, who opted not to throw at the combine, will not throw at A&M’s Pro Day either, according to his agent Erik Burkhardt, who tweeted, “[Manziel] will do all of his throwing at his March 27th Pro Day & private workouts. Teams will have all the time & access they want.” Manziel is scheduled

to participate in every other drill with his 11 teammates. The Pro Day is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. and will test the participants vertical jump, 40-yard dash, 5-10-5 short shuttle, long shuttle, broad jump, 225-pound bench press and the L-drill after they are measured for official heights and weights. The 2013 senior class will leave with 36 wins, including three bowl victories, making them one of the most successful classes in A&M history. Every player at Pro Day started at least two games during their careers: Matthews (46), Jenkins (27), Evans (26), Manziel (25), Malena (24), Hurd Jr. (19), Hicks (18), Ennis (15), Walker (13), Jacobs (9), Labhart (6) and Askew (2). Scouts and various player personnel officials from every NFL team are expected to attend the Pro Day, according to an Aggie Athletics news release.

Also participating in Aggies’ annual Pro Day Nate Askew (LB), Kirby Ennis (DL), Nehemiah Hicks (TE), Toney Hurd Jr. (DB), Tramain Jacobs (DB), Steven Jenkins (LB), Travis Labhart (WR), Ben Malena (RB), Derel Walker (WR).

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exas A&M’s Student Research Week was created in 1994 to offer aspiring Aggie researchers access to feedback both from experts and fellow students. This year, the 17th annual research week will be held March 24-28 and will feature undergraduate and graduate student research. Samarpita Roy, event coordinator

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and civil engineering graduate student, said she is excited to see the research students have undertaken and that this year’s student research week is looking to showcase research outside of the hard sciences. “This year that is what we are trying to encourage, that we don’t want this to be just about science students collaborating and using this resource,” Roy said, “We also want people from other colleges to come in and participate.” Last year, 1,100 students, 500 judges and around 200 volunteers participated in the event, Roy said, numbers that represent a substantial growth in

participation since the event’s conception. Omid Kazemi, sponsorship and logistics coordinator for the event and civil engineering graduate student, said student research week is a great way for student researchers to receive feedback and judge whether a career in research is a good fit for them. “Maybe someone has doubts and doesn’t know if they want to do research, doesn’t know what [research presentations] are like, probably, and they can come and share,” Kazemi said. “For graduate students, they are looking for productive feedback from professors and professionals and it’s

kind of like a practice event for a professional conference.” Kazemi said the event is good practice for students and judges looking to attend larger research conventions. Laurel Christ, sophomore biomedical science and engineering major and student researcher, said at this stage of education getting feedback on research is vital. “I think it’s one of the most important parts of doing research,” Christ said. “It allows the student to understand what they are doing correctly or what they need to change and it will help them in the long run if they end up doing research.”

Students will have the opportunity to give an oral presentation or a poster presentation, and will be given a time allotment of 12 minutes to present their research to the judges and three minutes to answer questions. Awards will be given in each field of research. First- and second-place winners will receive monetary prizes. The opening ceremonies for student research week will take place from 5:30-7 p.m. March 24 in the MSC. Presentations will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. the following three days and winners will be announced in the closing ceremony from 1-3 p.m. March 28.

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hanks to an upcoming art project, milk jugs destined for disposal can now be recovered for recycling. The College of Architecture and the College of Architecture Diversity Council are collecting 3,000 plastic gallon milk jugs as materials for the Shades project, an art installation at the Brazos Valley African American Museum in downtown Bryan. Patrick Patterson, urban and regional planning graduate student, said the finalized project would be an outdoor installation raised to look like floating clouds above the museum’s patio. Weiling He, associate professor of architecture, is designing the project. As both her art and research interests focus on the transformation of materials without using any chemical alterations, she will be utilizing the individual milk jugs in their original state to construct the installation. “I’ve had this kind of commentary to our society because I think our society is trying to consume a lot and therefore we waste a lot,” He said. “But I see a lot of ways to use — to me they are not ordinary ways in which I see value in it because we put a lot of value in making the jugs, so how do we reuse and transform it into something pretty or beautiful?” Not only will the project focus on the individual nature of each jug, but also the impact the entire installation will have when it is completed, He said. “Milk jugs are an everyday object, so it’s a very personal one and once we put 3,000 milk jugs together and make it a big shaded cover, it becomes acollective effort,” He

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give them more perspective from the retail side and give them a lot of real world experience.” In echoing Canales’ argument, Shipp said Aggieland Outfitters hopes to help inspire the idea that Maroon Out extends beyond one game. “For the general student body, the biggest thing that

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said. “So we are also playing on a conceptual scale, from an individual to something more collective and serving the community.” In April, the College of Architecture will host two workshops where local high school and middle school students and A&M students can assist in the assembly of the plastic containers. The workshops will likely be held onsite at the museum. Cecilia Giusti, professor and associate dean for outreach and diversity in the College of Architecture, said the Shades project was an opportunity to expose a piece of the community she felt was unknown to the general public. “It’s very relevant in the sense that there is a portion of the population that has been so invisible or discriminated that they don’t have a voice,” Giusti said. “And [the museum staff members] have worked very hard to show all the contributions of the African-American population.” He and Giusti said profes-

we’ve talked to the student leaders about is not focusing on Maroon Out being about one game,” Shipp said. “The focus the students really want to make this year is not make it about one T-shirt for one football game. We want Maroon Out to be more about representing when you wear maroon. Wherever you are, that we just Maroon Out every day.” For some students like Matthew Lindblade, senior mechanical engineer, this everyday awareness of the

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sors from construction science and two other students were involved in the project. Patterson, who is a student representative on the diversity council, is spearheading the project’s outreach. He said he felt drawn to volunteer with the project and thought it would be a terrific opportunity to give back to the community as a graduate student. Heavily involved as an undergraduate in service related organizations at Texas A&M, Patterson said he felt it was important for all graduate students to stay involved as they continue their education. “As a grad student it’s just easy easy to get stuck in your

meaning behind Maroon Out extends throughout the years. “Tradition is what brings us together as an Aggie community,” Lindblade said. “We come together like a family, especially during football season. Maroon Out games have been some of my favorite memories in my time at A&M.” Submissions should be sent to maroonout.tamu. edu and will close at 5 p.m. March 31.

research and work,” Patterson said. “Most opportunities that graduate students get to have are usually within the college and that’s great, however the opportunity to really interact with the community — those are a little harder to find because we’re so wrapped up in our work. This project has been something that I can apply to everything I’ve learned as an undergrad while also spreading it out to the community, but not take away from my studies.” The College of Architecture will be collecting the gallon jugs until March 31 at the Biochemistry/Biophysics Building.

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Mizzou stands in way of SEC 4th seed Kennedy says team has found its identity Conner Darland

The Battalion fter winning three of its last four games, Texas A&M (17-12, 8-8 SEC) men’s basketball heads to Columbia, Mo., to tip off against the Missouri Tigers at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Mizzou Arena. The programs last played each other in the second round of the SEC tournament last year when Missouri came away with a 62-50 win over the Aggies. In that game, senior guard Fabyon Harris scored 15 points and grabbed three steals for A&M. With only two games left in conference play, Texas A&M and Missouri are competing for the fourth seed in the SEC tournament, where the top-10 teams get a first round bye and the top-four teams get a second round bye. A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said his team, although short-handed, is ready to take on Missouri and whatever the rest of the season can throw at it.

“We have a good strong core and guys are now starting to feed off each other, lean on each other and trust each other a lot better than we did in the beginning of the season,” Kennedy said. “We’re going to need to max out every game to give ourselves a chance. I said about four or five weeks ago that we were close to turning the corner with our program. Our identity is set and now we have to continue to add some more talent, which we have coming in, to take our team to the next level.” Missouri features two of the top scoring guards in the SEC with Jabari Brown, who leads the league with 20.1 points per game, and Jordan Clarkson, who averages 18.4 points per game. Junior guard Jordan Green said containing Missouri in transition defense is going to be a key element in Wednesday’s matchup. “I think if we utilize our big men and get offensive rebounds, it will stop them in transition and we can put some points in the basket off our misses,” Green said. “I think

transition is the biggest thing and just guarding their talented backcourt.” The Tigers ran away with an 85-66 win against Mississippi State on Saturday. Missouri had four players score in double figures, with Brown giving the Tigers a 21-point and fiverebound performance. Texas A&M is 1-7 in conference games on the road, while the Tigers are 6-2 at home. Sophomore guard Alex Caruso joined elite company last Saturday. His nine-assist performance put him over the 250-career assist mark, making him the 15th Aggie to do so. Caruso leads the SEC in assists (139) and assists per game (4.8) and is second in total steals. Missouri (20-9, 8-8 SEC) is a familiar face to the Aggies — the teams have played each other 25 times. The Tigers lead the all-time series with the Aggies 14-11, having played most of their previous matchups in the Big 12 conference. Texas A&M will finish out the season against the Auburn Tigers at 3 p.m. Saturday in Reed Arena. Tanner Garza — THE BATTALION

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Tyler Stafford espite a late-inning push from the University of Texas at Arlington, the Texas A&M baseball team defeated the Mavericks, 5-4, at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Freshman pitcher Tyler Stubblefield (2-1, 0.47 ERA) kept the Mavericks guessing for most of the night, allowing just five hits while recording nine strikeouts — including the first four outs of the game. Freshman right fielder Nick Banks got the Aggies on the board in the second inning when he drove in junior first baseman Cole Lankford in with an infield single to shortstop. In the sixth, junior third baseman Logan Nottebrok added to his team lead when he drove in Krey Bratsen with a single to third base for his 12th RBI on the season. After 98 pitches, Stubblefield was relieved by sophomore left hander Ty Schlottmann with a runner on first and two outs in the bottom of the sixth. Schlottmann retired the next batter to close Stubblefield’s line. Schlottmann only faced the one batter — the third time this season he has been called upon to retire just one hitter. Including his 5.1 innings pitched in his freshman season, Schlottmann has now gone his first 6.1 innings pitched in college without allowing an earned run. The Aggies added to their lead in the top of the seventh behind a two-RBI double from junior Mitchell Nau. With men on second and third, Blake Allemand brought in J.B. Moss with a sacrifice fly. Junior reliever Jason Freeman was brought in with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning after sophomore Andrew Vision allowed two singles and a walk without recording an out. Freeman was able to escape the jam by inducing a double play when UT Arlington’s Peter Cuomo was doubled off of first base by second baseman Blake Allemand after snagging a line drive. Freeman got the next batter to fly out to right field, keeping the Mavericks scoreless. UT Arlington broke the shutout in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run home run, but sophomore A.J. Minter quickly retired the next three batters. Childress brought in sophomore Andrew Vinson to slam the door on the Mavericks. A single, error and wild pitch quickly put runners at second and third with no outs. A pinch hit double from Maverick Jackson Morris brought the Aggie lead down to two with one out. Matt Shortall, who finished the game 3-for-4, hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to cut A&M’s lead to one. With the tying run on second, Vinson struck out Greg McCall to end the game. A&M returns to action at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park to take on Texas Southern.

Sophomore guard Alex Caruso leads the SEC in assists and was featured for the No. 1 play in the SportsCenter top-10 for a dunk against Ole Miss on Saturday.

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Senior infielder Jenna Stark (left) watches the action Saturday with teammates in the dugout.

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hree players on the No. 17 Texas A&M women’s basketball team received all-conference honors from the SEC on Tuesday. The trio of sophomores from the Aggies highest-ever rated recruiting class in 2012 — Jordan Jones, Courtney Walker and Courtney Williams — took home the hardware. Jones, who has 69 steals this season that are good for a thirdplace ranking in the conference and first on the team, was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year, sharing the honor with Martha Alwal from Mississippi State. Jones also made the SEC AllDefensive team. “I think [Jones] is the best onball defensive player I’ve ever had, particularly at the point guard position,” said A&M head coach Gary Blair. “She’s probably going to set our charge record, which is 37. She’s got 32 right now.”

Although she was not awarded for her offensive efforts, Jones leads the SEC in assists, dishing out 6.8 per game. She needs 26 more assists to set A&M’s singleseason record. “She’s a catalyst with what she’s doing on the offensive end,” Blair said. “She has a chance to break Lisa Branch’s assist record and she’s just really come into her own.” In Thursday’s 77-54 win over Arkansas, Jones recorded the third triple-double in A&M’s history with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. After being selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team last season, Walker was named All-SEC First Team. She leads the Aggies with 15.8 points per game in conference play. Williams was named Second Team All-SEC. Her 14.6 points per game in SEC play were second on the team. During the Aggies nine-game winning streak earlier this year, Williams averaged 17.8 points per game, including four games of 20-plus points in a row. “I’m so happy for the consis-

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Sophomore guard Jordan Jones was named SEC CoDefensive Player of the Year. tency of Courtney Walker and the explosiveness of Courtney Williams,” Blair said. Blair pointed out the absence of senior center Karla Gilbert from the SEC awards. “There were some good players left off of the first and second [All-SEC] team, notably Karla Gilbert,” Blair said. “But sometimes it’s hard to get three out of the top 20 on the first and second team.” Even without the awards, Blair said he and the team recognize

Gilbert’s importance to the team. “I think it says a lot for our team and her teammates because Karla [Gilbert] might be our most valuable player, and here she’s not even listed on the first or second team,” Blair said. A&M will go to Duluth, Ga., to participate in the 2014 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Aggies secured the No. 3 seed and will play their first game at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

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journey has meant more to her than any single game. Continued from page 1 â€œThe whole college experience â€” actually seeing what the Big 12 Gilbert was behind two AllAmericans at the center position was about, and then the SEC â€” the until this year. Rather than transfer- traveling and the different teams, itâ€™s been a good experience,â€? Gilring, Gilbert waited her turn. â€œKarla waited behind two All- bert said. Gilbert is a special education Americans without transferring,â€? major and said she said Texas A&M plans to graduate in head coach Gary There needs December. She said Blair. â€œThatâ€™s the special education to be a lot famous word in college, â€˜Well Iâ€™ve got more help in teachers need to to transfer, Iâ€™m not special education. Itâ€™s be invested in their students rather than getting my playmerely taking the ing time.â€™ Whatâ€™s something different, job at face value. wrong with the but I think being â€œThere needs to education at Texas a part of special be a lot more help A&M and the op- education also in special educaportunity to play tion,â€? Gilbert said. where your dad was teaches you a lesson â€œItâ€™s something difan All-Southwest about life.â€? ferent, but I think Conference player, â€” Karla Gilbert, senior center and being a part of spestay in your homespecial education major cial education also town and have a teaches you a lesson chance to make the All-SEC [team] about life.â€? and continue playing pro ball? Itâ€™s Gilbert and her teammates regubeen good for her, itâ€™s been good for our community to have someone larly volunteer in local elementary like her and Alex Caruso represent schools. The team has emphasized reaching out and connecting with their high schools here in town.â€? As a freshman, Gilbert played younger generations in the commuseven minutes and scored two nity, noting the importance of using points in A&Mâ€™s 76-70 win over their positions as student athletes to Notre Dame in the 2011 National benefit those around them. â€œ[Itâ€™s important] to show that Championship game. However, her

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we appreciate [our community],â€? Gilbert said. â€œWeâ€™re very busy, so I think itâ€™s great when we actually find that hour or two in between to give back. We work with kids most of the time in the community service area, so coming to their classrooms theyâ€™re always excited and eager. I think [our visits] give them a drive.â€?

Though Gilbert has been a part of historical moments in her career, she and the team are hungry and want to go out as champions once again. â€œI want to get more rings,â€? Gilbert said. â€œWho doesnâ€™t want more rings to put on their finger? I also want to continue to improve. With basketball, thereâ€™s always improvement.â€?

Senior center Karla Gilbert (No. 34) is the second member of her family to wear an Aggie jersey.

With many options ahead of Gilbert after graduation, she has yet to decide where her next steps will take her. â€œIn 10 or 15 years? Somehow, I want to give back to the community,â€? Gilbert said. â€œCoaching, still being a part of basketball, teaching. Maybe Iâ€™ll be blessed with a family by then, who knows?â€?

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n honor of an administrator remembered for inspiring and reaching out to students, the annual John J. Koldus Faculty and Staff Achievement Award recognizes Texas A&M employees who go the extra mile to nurture and encourage their own students. In an age of expansion for the University, Roy Lopez, senior regional advisor in the office of admissions, said honoring faculty members who reach out to students is paramount. “Bottom line is that we here at Aggieland are here to educate the future of tomorrow, to make sure that our University is represented well,” Lopez said. “We are an Aggie family and we can never forget that. I don’t care how big we get, we will always be an Aggie family.” Violetta Cook, director of the sponsored student programs and Koldus Award recipient of the 2001-2002 award, said she treasured the honor. “It brought tears to my eyes,” Cook said. “We get many rewards in our life but when its something you believe in it really brings those tears.” Cook said the most important part of her work is addressing the students’ needs. “The Koldus award is about taking care of students,” Cook said. “[Putting] the students first, to be educated, nurtured and guided. It’s all about the students. If there is somebody who needs you, you’re there. You just simply pick up and go help.” Lopez won the Koldus Award last year and said it was greatly significant to him. “The Koldus Award is a special award,” Lopez said. “Being born and raised in Bryan-College Station and winning the Koldus Award was special because it was special to the local community, especially the Hispanic com-

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munity. I was the second Hispanic to receive the Koldus Award in its history.” Lopez said family is the most important aspect about Texas A&M and tries to exemplify that belief every day. “What A&M says about the family, it really truly is a family,” Lopez said. “Every student to me on the campus is family and I have to take care of my family. If an Aggie falls down I reach out and help them out. It’s all about the student.” Lopez said his Koldus Award serves as a reminder for how important the Aggie family is to him. “When I wear this Aggie Ring and look at that Koldus award it helps remind me of what it’s all about,” Lopez said. “I hope we don’t lose what the family tradition is all about.” Cindy Smith, assistant to the vice president of student affairs, said the award was first given in 1988 as a tribute to Koldus. “The award was designed to honor his example,” Smith said. “We look for candidates who go beyond occupational

requirements — through guidance, leadership and personal interest to enhance students’ experiences at TAMU.” The recipient usually does not know they are receiving the award until it is presented at the Division of Student Affairs Awards Ceremony, Smith said. “We prefer it to be a surprise and we go through elaborate steps to ensure that,” Smith said. Jason Boyle, manager of Insurance Services and winner of the 2006-2007 Koldus Award, said he remembered the surprise he felt when receiving the award. “The student affairs ceremonies are pretty awesome,” Boyle said. “It’s like the Oscars. Winning the award was a complete surprise. I had no idea. My wife was smiling and then I knew.” The family of the award recipient is usually brought in for the ceremony. Lopez said seeing his family was the best part. “My favorite part when I received the award was seeing my mom, dad, wife and family sitting in the audience,”

Lopez said. “For them to see their son receive such a prestigious award was very special. I had tears in my eyes.” The award has evolved over the years, and now, along with a plaque, the award includes a $2,000 honorarium that is donated to any Texas A&M organization of the recipient’s choice. Boyle donated his honorarium to Carpool as the organization’s then-adviser. He said the award hinges on student feedback. “If the students really understood the legacy of Dr. Koldus and what the award stands for it would help allow for more nominations,” Boyle said. “Seeing the student feedback and realizing that the students took time to nominate you is very humbling.” Boyle said the consideration of student input is empowering. “It is impactful for the students to actually have a voice and actually have an impact on the people who work for them,” Boyle said. “It really is a big deal.” Nominee submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. Thursday.

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