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ATSU’s Kirksville, Missouri, campus SGA presents 2024 student, faculty awards

Posted: April 29, 2024

A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Kirksville, Missouri, campus Student Government Association (SGA) presented its 2024 student and faculty awards April 19 in Mehegan Classroom.

Awards were as follows:

ATSU-Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) Student Dentist of the Year: Madison Schurb, D3 (presented by Brooke Robinson, MPA, director of student success, ATSU-MOSDOH)

Madison Schurb, D3, accepts the ATSU-MOSDOH Student Dentist of the Year award from Brooke Robinson, MPA

ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) Student Doctor of the Year: Jacob Speechley, OMS IV (presented by Peter Kondrashov, PhD, ATSU-KCOM Anatomy department chair)

Jacob Speechley, OMS IV, Zoomed in to receive the ATSU-KCOM Student Doctor of the Year award, presented by Dr. Kondrashov

ATSU-MOSDOH Class of 2026 Outstanding Teacher Award: Graziela Ribeiro Batista, DDS, PhD, MS, associate professor (presented by Hanna Matejka, D2)

Dr. Batista receives her award from ATSU-MOSDOH student Hannah Matejka, D2

ATSU-MOSDOH Class of 2027 Outstanding Teacher Award: Sumitra Miriyala, PhD, MBA, MPH, FAHA, associate professor of anatomy, ATSU-KCOM (presented by Austin Seaborn, D1)

Dr. Miriyala receives her award from ATSU-MOSDOH student Austin Seaborn, D1

Max Gutensohn, DO, Class of 2026 Outstanding Teacher Award: Julie Hessler, DO, assistant professor, family medicine (presented by Vinny Cook, OMS II)

Dr. Hessler receives her award from ATSU-KCOM student Vinny Cook, OMS II

Max Gutensohn, DO, Class of 2027 Outstanding Teacher Award: Sara Funk, DPT, assistant professor, anatomy (presented by Danielle Graf, OMS I

Dr. Funk receives her award from ATSU-KCOM student Danielle Graf, OMS I

ATSU Student Researcher of the Year: Hope Welter, OMS II (presented by William Sexton, PhD, professor, physiology)

Hope Welter, OMS II, received the Research Award, presented by Dr. Sexton

ATSU-MOSDOH Elsie Gaber Compassion and Integrity Award: Euslah Kigen, D2 (presented by Elsie Gaber, PhD)

Euslah Kigen, D2, receives her award from Dr. Gaber

SGA Leadership Award: Sameer Khan, OMS II; Roger Woolley OMS II; and Nivedita Biju, OMS II (presented by Dan Martin, MA, director, Thompson Campus Center)