STRIDE’s Jennifer McCauley Honored with Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education

The Graduate School at Stony Brook University coordinates an annual awards program to honor outstanding students, faculty, and staff. The awards celebrate excellence and achievement in areas from teaching and research to leadership and service. One such award is the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate Education by a Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC).

We are very excited to announce that STRIDE’s Jennifer McCauley has been recognized as one of the winners of the 2019 Graduate School Awards for her efforts as STRIDE Program Coordinator. Since the program’s inception two years ago, Dr. McCauley has served as GPC for STRIDE, and has proven to be an outstanding asset to the university.

Her attention to her students goes far beyond giving advice on coursework. She counsels them with regard to career portfolio skills and helps them to navigate any issues they may be having with faculty or other students. She is always thinking about and creating new programming for her students to take part in, including internships, professional development workshops, teaching experiences, recruiting trips, mentee and mentor opportunities, interactions with K-12 community and industry, etc. Dr. McCauley has recently collaborated with a student on a paper that will be presented at an upcoming IEEE Integrated Stem Education Conference (ISEC) at Princeton University.

Dr. McCauley is committed to broadening diversity in STEM and making it more inclusive and equitable for all. In this pursuit, she has been involved with recruitment efforts in partnership with the Center for Inclusive Education to recruit underrepresented students who are interested in STRIDE. She has also been involved with the Graduate Career Consortium, serving on both the mentoring and diversity committees. She has been generous with her time in supporting a large number of graduate students, serving as a guest judge for the 2018 3-Minute Thesis competition and attending the G-WISE Women in STEM showcase, where she served as a panelist and guest judge.

Awards will be presented at the Graduate School’s Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Please join us in congratulating her on this well-deserved accomplishment.