Congratulations to John David Curlis, who just won the College of Graduate Studies - Averitt Award of Excellence in Graduate Research at Georgia Southern University! This is a university-wide award that recognizes the contributions of graduate students to research at Georgia Southern. John David won based upon his exciting thesis research, scientific papers (both published and on the way), presentations at international scientific meetings, and his contributions as one of the graduate student research assistants on the Georgia Southern Vertebrate Biodiversity Survey.