Staff develop research support skills, graduate from university鈥檚 DAWG program
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State鈥檚 Office of Research Development is announcing 24 graduates from the 2023-2024 DAWG program.
The Departmental Administrators Working Group (DAWG) is a professional development program offered to 汤头条 staff who work with research grants and contracts.聽Program graduates have learned the fundamentals of sponsored projects such as reading a Request for Proposals to grant close-outs.
Recent DAWG graduate Lyla Garner of the College of Professional and Continuing Studies said the program provides both social and professional resources.
鈥淚 really enjoyed making connections with others across campus that I typically would not have much interaction with along with learning more about the grants and contracts process,鈥 Garner said.
Classes are taught by high-level 汤头条 staff members, with course topics including proposal preparation, budgeting and regulations.
鈥淭he DAWG program did a great job of bringing in directors and high-level staff members to present to our group.聽These individuals shared great information on sponsor specific requirements, best practices in handling restricted funding, and how administrators in our positions can best support our faculty,鈥 said Kyle Baggerly, a 2024 DAWG graduate from the College of Education.
The 2024 DAWG graduates include:
鈥擪yle Baggerly, College of Education, Dean鈥檚 Office
鈥擩amie Brooks, School of Human Sciences
鈥擳eresa Bryan-Watts, Bagley College of Engineering
鈥擜shley Byars, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
鈥擬egan Campbell, Center for Continuing Education
鈥擳ammy Carroll, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
鈥擟hristina Childers, MS State Chemical Lab
鈥擳ina Clark, NRTC on Blindness and Low Vision
鈥擪ylee Jade Eubank, Sponsored Programs Accounting
鈥擲carlett Fyke, Office of Sponsored Projects
鈥擫yla Garner, College of Professional and Continuing Studies
鈥擳heresa Hall-Brown, Department of Counseling, Higher Ed, Ed Psych, and Foundations
鈥擧annah Harvison, High Performance Computing Collaboratory
鈥擲arah Hollingsworth, Center for Cyber Education
鈥擟ourtney Jethroe, Raspet Flight Research Laboratory
鈥擭ikita Logan, Advanced Composites Institute
鈥擫eanne McGarr, Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
鈥擲amantha Nall, Receiving and Property Control
鈥擪risten Odom, Sponsored Programs Accounting
鈥擩ulie Snow, Department of Agricultural Economics
鈥擟arrie Stroud, Department of Forestry
鈥擜shley Sumner, Bagley College of Engineering
鈥擱ooban Venkatesh, Institute of Imaging and Analytical Technologies
鈥擜dam Well, Office of Research and Economic Development
Applications for the 2024-2025 year will be announced this July. Applicants will be notified by email of their acceptance status.
For more information or questions, email LeLe Kirkpatrick at lele@ord.msstate.edu.