{"id":29062,"date":"2019-04-18T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=29062"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:10:57","slug":"katrina-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=29062","title":{"rendered":"Katrina Morgan, co-founder of Girls Talk Math, receives 2019 Boka W. Hadzija Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service recipient Katrina Morgan. (Photo by Ilich Mej\u00eda)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Katrina Morgan, a doctoral student in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the 2019 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service.<\/p>\n

The annual award recognizes one graduate or professional student for outstanding character, scholarship, leadership and service to UNC-Chapel Hill. The Graduate School presented the award during the 21st Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration, held April 4. Morgan and other students were recognized for their outstanding leadership at the Chancellor\u2019s Awards Ceremony on April 16.<\/p>\n

In announcing Morgan\u2019s award on April 4, Graduate School Dean\u00a0Steve Matson\u00a0commended her for providing \u201ca tremendous amount of outreach to encourage girls\u2019 interest in STEM fields.\u201d One of these initiatives is Girls Talk Math<\/a>, a two-week summer day camp for high school girls. Morgan and\u00a0Francesca Bernardi, a recent doctoral alumna, co-founded the annual camp in 2016, and it has now expanded to the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n

In July 2017, Girls Talk Math was honored with the Association for Women in Mathematics\u2019 first Student Chapter Award for Community Outreach. Morgan and Bernardi received the 2018 University Award for the Advancement of Women for their work.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Morgan frequently volunteers at outreach events such as the UNC Science Expo, the InspiHER Student Club at East Chapel Hill High School and conferences for undergraduate women in mathematics. She has served as president of the UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate Mathematics Association and is currently president of the campus student chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics.<\/p>\n

The nomination letter provided examples of her excellence in service to UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond, in research and in teaching. Morgan holds both a Dissertation Completion Fellowship within The Graduate School and a Thomas S. Kenan III Graduate Fellowship within the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is excelling in all aspects of academic life, including independently procuring funding for many of these activities. It has been a privilege to work with her,\u201d her nominator wrote.<\/p>\n

Jason Metcalfe, a professor of mathematics, is Morgan\u2019s doctoral adviser.<\/p>\n

Boka W. Hadzija\u00a0was an award-winning professor in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy; she established the award in 2000 in honor of her students. Hadzija, who died in 2013, is remembered by students and faculty for her strong mentorship, her generous support of students and her outstanding leadership.<\/p>\n

By Carolina Graduate School Magazine\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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