The Jerold L. Hale Graduate Student Service Award was established in 2009 to recognize one of our graduate students “for significant contributions to the Department of Communication Studies graduate program in service and citizenship.” The recipient of this award receives $100, and has their name engraved on a plaque that is on display in the graduate student office. Past recipients: 2009: Jamie Landau 2010: Lisa Slawter-Volkening 2011: Christin Bates and Emily Winderman 2012: Athena Murray 2013: Lee Pierce 2014: Jason Williamson 2015: Atilla Hallsby 2016: Kristin Anderson 2017: Mollie Murphy 2018: Yachao Li 2019: Anastacia Janovec 2020: Alexander Morales 2021: Anastacia Janovec and Jessica Fabbricatore 2022: Savannah Downing 2023: Matthew Farmer 2024: Blake Cravey