2021 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR AWARD
“Dr. Pakdil is a wonderful role model, as evidenced by her success and accomplishments within the world of academia. I am grateful to have had her support over the past two years at Eastern Connecticut State University. Her supervision and guidance in the development and completion of my Honors thesis was invaluable. Dr. Pakdil provided countless hours of encouragement and support. She shared her skills, knowledge and expertise with me, always in a patient manner. She challenged me to be introspective, thoughtful and to problem solve whenever I stumbled.
“Dr. Pakdil allowed to me to learn by not doing tasks for me but by providing the guidance and confidence to be independent. She was committed to my learning and education. Dr. Pakdil was sympathetic, reliable, provided constructive feedback and encouragement when necessary. Dr. Pakdil was a constant in my life these past two years and was always available to me via email and/or one-on-one meetings. I always felt that I could go to her for support.
Dr. Pakdil also pushed me to believe in myself and towards numerous academic opportunities. She encouraged me to register for many conferences, to enter into a student paper competition – Healthcare Application Society (HAS) INFORMS student paper competition; to submit my project for publication consideration in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, the Journal of Patient Safety; along with a number of awards. Dr. Pakdil’s kind words of encouragement and her belief in me as a student, allowed me the confidence to be a better person and to grow professionally. I owe much of my success to Dr. Pakdil.”
Hannah Beazoglou ’21
https://www.easternct.edu/create/create-2021/mentor-awards.html
“Dr. Pakdil allowed to me to learn by not doing tasks for me but by providing the guidance and confidence to be independent. She was committed to my learning and education. Dr. Pakdil was sympathetic, reliable, provided constructive feedback and encouragement when necessary. Dr. Pakdil was a constant in my life these past two years and was always available to me via email and/or one-on-one meetings. I always felt that I could go to her for support.
Dr. Pakdil also pushed me to believe in myself and towards numerous academic opportunities. She encouraged me to register for many conferences, to enter into a student paper competition – Healthcare Application Society (HAS) INFORMS student paper competition; to submit my project for publication consideration in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, the Journal of Patient Safety; along with a number of awards. Dr. Pakdil’s kind words of encouragement and her belief in me as a student, allowed me the confidence to be a better person and to grow professionally. I owe much of my success to Dr. Pakdil.”
Hannah Beazoglou ’21
https://www.easternct.edu/create/create-2021/mentor-awards.html