Arianna Tieppo Rappo, a doctoral student in chemical engineering, was one of 10 students recently honored as a university-wide 2014 Outstanding Doctoral Student by the Graduate School and the Graduate Student Council. Honorees were nominated by their departments throughout campus, and a committee of graduate faculty members selected the winners. Recipients were recognized at the Graduate School’s annual awards ceremony. In the same week, Rappo was also recognized for her academic achievements by the International Student Organization which named her the 2014 Outstanding International Graduate Student. Rappo played a pivotal role in establishing Auburn’s student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers in 2010, the university’s first Hispanic engineering student organization.