Our PhD students receive Award for Advanced Doctoral Students and Academic Achievement Award

We are pleased to share the results of this year’s CEU Award for Advanced Doctoral Students and the CEU Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students. These awards celebrate excellence in doctoral research, coursework and academic achievement across our university. The Award for Advanced Doctoral Students recognizes significant progress in dissertation research and strong scholarly results. The Academic Achievement Award for First-Year Doctoral Students honors outstanding coursework and performance in the comprehensive exam.

Please join us in congratulating our 2026 award recipients.

Advanced PhD Award Recipients 2026

Emily Williamson
Pelin Kasar

First-Year PhD Award Recipient 2026

Alan Avena Gonzalez