MSU recognizes newest Preparing Future Faculty graduates

Celebrating the MSU Preparing Future Faculty program's recent graduation are (front, l-r) Daniel Chesser, Marta Amirsadeghi, Bahareh Kokabian, Eghbal Rashidi, Demarcus Thomas and Katie Collins; (rear, l-r): Puskar Khanal, program instructor Deborah Lee, Shahriar Shahrokhabadi, program coordinator Meghan Millea, Roslyn Miller, Nava Subedi, instructor Rebecca Long, Erika Womack, Hasan Tekedar, program associate Margaret McMullen and Yan Luo. Not pictured are graduates Vivek Dixit and Raju Pokharel and program instructor Lori Bruce.
Photo by: Russ Houston

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Fifteen ��ɫ��Ƶ doctoral students are recent graduates of the university's Preparing Future Faculty program.

A collaboration among the Office of the Graduate School, College of Business, Center for Teaching and Learning, and Mitchell Memorial Library, PFF equips graduate students with resources and skills needed for successful higher education careers.

During both the fall and spring semesters, participants must attend 20 hours of group meetings and complete a capstone course during Maymester (intensive semester held in May).

The 2015 Future Faculty summer graduates and their respective majors include (by hometown):

CLEVELAND--Erika D. Womack, molecular biology.

COLUMBUS--Nava R. Subedi, engineering/applied physics.

STARKVILLE--Marta Amirsadeghi, chemical engineering; Daniel Chesser, agricultural science/engineering technology; Vivek Dixit, engineering/applied physics; Puskar N. Khanal, forest resources/forestry; Bahareh Kokabian, civil engineering; Yan Luo, forest resources/forest products; Roslyn B. Miller, curriculum and instruction; Raju Pokharel, forest resources/forestry; Eghbal Rashidi, industrial and systems engineering; Shahriar Shahrokhabadi, civil engineering; Hasan C. Tekedar, veterinary medicine science with concentrations in infectious diseases and computational biology; and Demarcus M. Thomas, computer science.

WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA--Katie Collins, agricultural science/poultry science.

Program instructors include Lori M. Bruce, William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, Graduate School dean and associate vice president for academic affairs; Linda Morse, professor and director of the counseling and educational psychology department; Deborah Lee, professor and coordinator of graduate student services and co-director of the university's Maroon and Write Quality Enhancement Plan; and Rebecca Long, Graduate School associate dean.

For more about PFF, visit or contact program associate Margaret McMullen at 662-325-1622 or mmcmullen@grad.msstate.edu.

MSU, the Magnolia State's flagship research institution, is online at msstate.edu, meridian.msstate.edu, facebook.com/msstate, instagram.com/msstate and twitter.com/msstate, using hashtag #WeRingTrue.

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