Student of The Week
August
Congratulations Piash for being the ‘GSU Graduate Student of the Week’
Piash is pursuing M. Engg in Civil Engineering at MUN. His research is to model large-scale landslides in sensitive clays. He is now serving as the Interim Director of Social Affairs at the Teaching Assistants’ Union of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is putting his previous volunteer experience and expertise in organizing social and professional events to good use. Before this, Piash volunteered with the Graduate Students’ Union, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) MUN Student Chapter, and Engineering Graduate Students’ Society in different roles. He is a total movie buff. He also enjoys playing soccer or FIFA in his spare time.
ciety and an engineering professional.
Thank you Piash for all your great contributions! You are a star
Congratulations Piash for being the ‘GSU Graduate Student of the Week’
Piash is pursuing M. Engg in Civil Engineering at MUN. His research is to model large-scale landslides in sensitive clays. He is now serving as the Interim Director of Social Affairs at the Teaching Assistants’ Union of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is putting his previous volunteer experience and expertise in organizing social and professional events to good use. Before this, Piash volunteered with the Graduate Students’ Union, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) MUN Student Chapter, and Engineering Graduate Students’ Society in different roles. He is a total movie buff. He also enjoys playing soccer or FIFA in his spare time.
ciety and an engineering professional.
Thank you Piash for all your great contributions! You are a star
July
Congratulations Arindam for being the ‘GSU Graduate Student of the Week’
Arindam pursued his graduation at the Memorial University of Newfoundland as a Plant Molecular Biologist. He started his journey in 2016 September then involved with the Graduate Student Union of MUN in 2017. He will be convocated in October 2021. He represented as an Academic Director of Biology (BOD) for two consecutive years. He was a member of the finance committee, award committee, electoral committee, a member of constitution committee, and Chair of the election committee (2018) in GSUMUN. He volunteered in fall grad-fest 2018. Since May, Arindam tries to active himself in campaigning to get better leaders for the sake and betterment of the Graduate student Union during each year of the GSU election. Arindam matches his efforts restating the quote of Hesburgh- “Essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”
Thank you Arindam for all your great contributions! You are a star
Congratulations Makayla for being the ‘GSU Graduate Student of the Week’
Makayla attended the IUCN Global Youth Summit as part of a delegation from an amazing organization called Students on Ice. She participated in many sessions and conversations covering various topics such as climate change, conservation efforts and importance, the need for environmental equity and helped lead a session. She is currently the professional development coordinator for the Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA). She planned and led a workshop on info graphics throughout the fall and showed excellent tools for students to convey complicated research topics. She was also asked to be a part of a NEXUS brown bag lunch panel on info graphics and data visualization to share that presentation.
She led in planning and organizing a new online format for the BGSS with the new online environment, and with her effort, they had an amazing turnout. She proposed and helped create four interactive networking and professional development sessions in BGSA that students could attend.
Makayla is a shining star!
Thank you Makayla for all your great contributions! You are a star
Congratulations Piash for being the ‘GSU Graduate Student of the Week’
Piash is pursuing M. Engg in Civil Engineering at MUN. His research is to model large-scale landslides in sensitive clays. He is now serving as the Interim Director of Social Affairs at the Teaching Assistants’ Union of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is putting his previous volunteer experience and expertise in organizing social and professional events to good use. Before this, Piash volunteered with the Graduate Students’ Union, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) MUN Student Chapter, and Engineering Graduate Students’ Society in different roles. He is a total movie buff. He also enjoys playing soccer or FIFA in his spare time.
ciety and an engineering professional.
Thank you Piash for all your great contributions! You are a star
April
Congratulations Shailen for being the ‘GSU Graduate Student of the Week’
Shailen Saha is from Bangladesh and pursuing an M.Eng. in the Department of Process Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering and Applied science at MUN. His research is related to mineral processing with metals’ recovery using environmentally friendly techniques like the Ion Exchange resin process. He is currently involved with the Teaching Assistant Union of Memorial University as a Secretary and an active member of the Bangladesh Graduate Students’ Association. Prior to this, he served as a member of the Social Events Committee of the Graduate Students’ Union and as the Event Coordinator of the Engineering Graduate Student Society.
Throughout the volunteering activities, Shailen learned how to organize workshops for academic and professional development. For his volunteering efforts towards the MUN community, he was awarded with the Bronze and Silver awards by the Student Volunteer Bureau in 2020. He believes volunteering boosts one’s self-confidence through serving the community and providing a natural sense of accomplishment. Shailen likes playing indoor and outdoor sports, hanging out with friends, and reading in his spare time.
Thank you Shailen for all your great contributions! You are a star
