SENTI-MERRIMAN AWARD
Pictured left to right: Vanesa Gaspar, Sumra Khan, and Simran Gaheer
The ResNet Steering Committee presents the 2024 Senti-Merriman award to Sumra Khan and Simran Gaheer. Here is what their nominator, Vanesa Gaspar, had to share about them.
Sumra is our current student lead technician. Sumra has worked with us for 2 years now but you would guess that it was double that based on her leadership and people skills. I am so happy that she has stayed with us. She was super instrumental in helping to lay the groundwork for what would become this year’s conference and she is very deserving of this award. Sumra is presenting “Empowerment Through Engagement – From a ResNet Student Lead” so you can see first hand how awesome she is.
Simran has been with ResNet for 2 years. She took up the conference organizing mantle from Sumra and I am eternally grateful for all her work in making this conference a reality for you all. Simran’s time at ResNet is coming to an end and I while I will miss her I am also grateful to her as she’s truly made me a better supervisor. This conference is her last week with our team as she has earned a spot in our competitive UCDC program where she will move to Washington DC and trade in her view of the redwoods for an internship at our nation’s capital.
Simran, Sumra and the rest of the ResNet team are the reason why I do what I do every day and I am thankful that we were able to recognize them for all their hard work and dedication. Please join me in a congratulating our hard working students.
For more information on the Senti-Merriman award please visit our award page.